A. Panagiotidis, G. Reina, Michael Burch, Tilo Pfannkuch, T. Ertl
{"title":"Consistently GPU-Accelerated Graph Visualization","authors":"A. Panagiotidis, G. Reina, Michael Burch, Tilo Pfannkuch, T. Ertl","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801053","url":null,"abstract":"Graph visualization is essential for the analysis of networks and relational data sets. Often, most of the effort is expended on computing sophisticated layouts of the visual representation of the graph. Even though this is increasingly accelerated by use of graphics processing units (GPUs), the rendering is often considered as circumstantial. In this paper, we present a coherent approach to graph visualization that utilizes all features of modern GPUs. We describe specialized data structures and our GPU-centric pipeline for computing and rendering a layout, while enabling steering and interaction. We evaluate technical aspects of our approach as well as its applicability to huge real-world graphs.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127122416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vision-Based Technique and Issues for Multimodal Interaction in Augmented Reality","authors":"A. W. Ismail, M. Billinghurst, M. S. Sunar","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801058","url":null,"abstract":"Although many progresses have been accomplished in multimodal interaction, most researchers still treat each modality such as vision and speech, separately. They integrate the results at the application stage. This is because the roles of multiple modalities and their interactions continue to be quantified and precisely understood. However, there are many remaining issues in combining each modality individually. This paper will highlight the main vision problems based on our review for multimodal applications. This review paper will give an overview of the Augmented Reality (AR) technologies which are contributing in most of recent multimodal applications. We cluster vision techniques according to the natural human senses such as face, gesture, and speech that are frequently used in multimodal applications. The main contribution of this paper is to consolidate some of the main issues and approaches in vision-based technique, and to study some of the applications in AR that have been developed within the context of multimodal interaction. We conclude this paper with the future directions.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114674589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visual Cyber Situational Awareness for Critical Infrastructures","authors":"M. Angelini, G. Santucci","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801052","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing number of security accidents, due to failures or cyber attacks, that critical infrastructures/smart grids are experimenting is pushing researchers to investigate on the different issues associated with such a problem. Among them, an increasing attention has been devoted to the development of monitoring systems that exploit geographical data about the network under control. This papers focuses on situational awareness and describes a Visual Analytics solution for monitoring and put in tight relation data from network level (computers, routers, etc.) with organization's mission. The goal of the proposed solution is to make security officers aware of both the actual network endangerment level and the impact it actually has on the infrastructure mission, making clear the relationships and the responsibilities that exist between the network level and the business level. The solution proposed is then instantiated on ACEA infrastructure, a company that provides power and water purification services to cities in central Italy (millions of end users).","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116898360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Visualization of News Shot Cloud with Employing Circular Layout","authors":"Norio Katayama, Hiroshi Mo, S. Satoh","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801071","url":null,"abstract":"TV news programs are one of major information sources for daily lives. Since the computer storage cost has reduced significantly, today we can digitally archive a huge amount of TV news programs. On the other hand, as the archive size grows larger, the cost for browsing and utilizing news video archives also increases significantly. To circumvent this problem, we devised a visualization method called \"News Shot Cloud\" in our former work. The news shot cloud displays TV news shots in the similar manner with the tag clouds. In this poster, we present an enhancement method of the news shot cloud by modifying the thumbnail layout from the conventional linear layout to the circular. The design and the advantages of the new layout are shown with experimental implementation. The new layout is more helpful to identify informative news shots rapidly, and at the same time, it also helps users to examine less-weighted news shots to find lower-ranked but unexpectedly informative ones.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122036318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Clustered Graph Layouts Sketched by Users Based on Predefined Clusters","authors":"Chun-Cheng Lin, Weidong Huang, Wan-Yu Liu, Shierly Tanizar","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801064","url":null,"abstract":"The aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of clustered graphs with known clustering information is analyzed empirically. In our experiments, given the adjacency list of a clustered graph and its predefined clustering information, each participant was asked to manually sketch clustered graphs \"nicely\" from scratch on a tablet system using a stylus. The main feature of this work different from the previous work is to investigate if the user's complex task of sketching clustered graphs \"nicely\" can be alleviated by providing the cluster partition information. Results show that most participants can draw graphs with clear presence of bridge edges and clustering cohesiveness.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129464911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Interactive Radial Visualization of Geoscience Observation Data","authors":"Jie Li, Z. Meng, M. Huang, Kang Zhang","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801061","url":null,"abstract":"Geoscience observation data refers to the datasets consisting of time series of multiple parameters generated from the sensors at fixed locations. Although a few works have attempted to visualize features of these data, none of them views these data as a specific type and attempts to show the overview in all the space, time and attribute aspects. It is important for domain experts to select interested subsets from huge amounts of observation data according to the high level patterns shown in the overview. We present a novel approach to visualizing geoscience observation data in a compact radial view. Our solution consists of three visual elements. A map showing the spatial aspect is in the center of the visualization, while temporal and attribute aspects are seamlessly combined with the spatial information. Our approach is equipped with interactive mechanisms for highlighting the selected features, adjusting the display range, as well as interactively generating a fisheye view. We demonstrate the effectiveness and usability of our approach with a usability experiment. Eye tracking records and user feedbacks obtained in the experiment prove the effectiveness of our approach.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128514434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Tachihara, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Naoki Ishiura, M. Dinomais, P. Richard, S. N. Tich
{"title":"Data Analysis Tool for Arm Movement Pattern in Virtual Catching Task: A Preliminary Development","authors":"S. Tachihara, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Naoki Ishiura, M. Dinomais, P. Richard, S. N. Tich","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801068","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of our virtual reality based rehabilitation system for children with cerebral palsy (CP). This system was designed to facilitate intrinsic motivation of CP patients for a rehabilitation exercise by integrating a gamification framework. In a previous study, we identified patient's strategy changes during the rehabilitation task involving catching. The aim of this study is to develop a data-mining framework that utilizes results from the previous study coupled with real-time visualization and data generation to further the understanding of the strategy changes during the catching task. In this paper, we describe a result of a preliminary development of the proposed framework.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125408424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Visual Approach to Detecting Drive-by Download Attacks","authors":"Tetsuji Takada, K. Amako","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801070","url":null,"abstract":"Drive-by Download(DbD) attack is one of malware infection schemes that pose a major threat to users on the Internet. The attack tends to go unnoticed by users, because, upon infection, there is almost no visible change to the screen or the computer. Moreover, infections can occur merely as a result of a user visiting a web page. The conventional approach to DbD attacks is to use anti-virus(AV) software to detect malware. However, this approach is limited, because AV software does not always correctly detect emerging malware. Therefore, we designed a network-communication visualization system to assist in the detection of DbD attacks. We expect that the proposed visualization system will successfully give an awareness to users of suspicious software downloads.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126652108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Graph Landscape: a Concept for the Visual Analysis of Graph Set Properties","authors":"Andrew Kennedy, K. Klein, A. Nguyen","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2801059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2801059","url":null,"abstract":"In a variety of research and application areas graphs are an important structure for data modeling and analysis. While graph properties can have a crucial influence on the performance of graph algorithms, and thus on the outcome of experiments, often only basic analysis of the graphs under investigation in an experimental evaluation is performed, and a few characteristics are reported in publications. We present Graph Landscape, a concept for the visual analysis of graph set properties. The Graph Landscape aims to support researchers to explore graphs and graph sets regarding their properties, in order to allow to select good experimental test sets, analyze newly generated sets, compare sets and assess the validity (or range) of experimental results and corresponding conclusions.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126410378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Shirota, Yutaka Takahashi, Nobuhide Tanaka, Michiya Morita
{"title":"Visually Do Statistics for Business Persons: Visual Materials from Regression to Black-Sholes Model","authors":"Y. Shirota, Yutaka Takahashi, Nobuhide Tanaka, Michiya Morita","doi":"10.1145/2801040.2802138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2801040.2802138","url":null,"abstract":"Visualization has the power to make people understand the content meaning at a glance and visualization is required also in mathematics education. We have developed and used visual teaching materials for our university statistics lectures. In the paper, we present visual materials in various fields from regression to Black-Sholes model.","PeriodicalId":399556,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131198227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}