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We are interested in questions of improving user control in best-match text-retrieval systems, specifically questions as to whether simple visualizations that nonetheless go beyond the minimal ones generally available can significantly help…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Donald Byrd

Working with abstract information often relies on static, symbolic representations that constrain exploration. We introduce Explorable Ideas, a framework that externalizes abstract concepts into explorable environments where physical…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Euijun Jung , Jingyu Lee , Minji Kim , Youngki Lee

We propose and study a novel cross-reality environment that seamlessly integrates a monoscopic 2D surface (an interactive screen with touch and pen input) with a stereoscopic 3D space (an augmented reality HMD) to jointly host spatial data…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Lixiang Zhao , Tobias Isenberg , Fuqi Xie , Hai-Ning Liang , Lingyun Yu

Composite visualization represents a widely embraced design that combines multiple visual representations to create an integrated view. However, the traditional approach of creating composite visualizations in immersive environments…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Qian Zhu , Tao Lu , Shunan Guo , Xiaojuan Ma , Yalong Yang

We present a comprehensive survey on the use of annotations in information visualizations, highlighting their crucial role in improving audience understanding and engagement with visual data. Our investigation encompasses empirical studies…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Md Dilshadur Rahman , Bhavana Doppalapudi , Ghulam Jilani Quadri , Paul Rosen

In this demo paper, we introduce LogCanvas, a platform for user search history visualisation. Different from the existing visualisation tools, LogCanvas focuses on helping users re-construct the semantic relationship among their search…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Luyan Xu , Zeon Trevor Fernando , Xuan Zhou , Wolfgang Nejdl

Upcoming HI surveys will deliver large datasets, and automated processing using the full 3-D information (two positional dimensions and one spectral dimension) to find and characterize HI objects is imperative. In this context,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-02 D. Punzo , J. M. van der Hulst , J. B. T. M. Roerdink , T. A. Oosterloo , M. Ramatsoku , M. A. W. Verheijen

The aim of visualization is to support people in dealing with large and complex information structures, to make these structures more comprehensible, facilitate exploration, and enable knowledge discovery. However, users often have problems…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Christina Stoiber , Markus Wagner , Florian Grassinger , Margit Pohl , Holger Stitz , Marc Streit , Benjamin Potzmann , Wolfgang Aigner

This paper revisits the role of quantitative and qualitative methods in visualization research in the context of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). The focus is on how we can bridge between the different methods in an integrated…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Daniel Weiskopf

Purpose: The timespan over which exploratory searching can occur, as well as the scope and volume of the search activities undertaken, can make it difficult for searchers to remember key details about their search activities. These…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Orland Hoeber , Md Nazmul Islam , Miriam Boon , Dale Storie , Veronica Ramshaw

Data exploration and visualization systems are of great importance in the Big Data era. Exploring and visualizing very large datasets has become a major research challenge, of which scalability is a vital requirement. In this survey, we…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-02-01 Nikos Bikakis , Timos Sellis

An explorative data analysis system should be aware of what the user already knows and what the user wants to know of the data: otherwise the system cannot provide the user with the most informative and useful views of the data. We propose…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-01 Kai Puolamäki , Emilia Oikarinen , Buse Atli , Andreas Henelius

This paper proposes the usage of \emph{visualisation widgets} for exploratory search with \emph{sentiment} as a facet. Starting from specific design goals for depiction of ambivalence in sentiment, two visualization widgets were…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-01-12 Eduardo Graells-Garrido , Mounia Lalmas , Ricardo Baeza-Yates

We present a system for summarization and interactive exploration of high-valued aggregate query answers to make a large set of possible answers more informative to the user. Our system outputs a set of clusters on the high-valued query…

Databases · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Yuhao Wen , Xiaodan Zhu , Sudeepa Roy , Jun Yang

We present an open-source interface for scientists to explore Twitter data through interactive network visualizations. Combining data collection, transformation and visualization in one easily accessible framework, the twitter explorer…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Armin Pournaki , Felix Gaisbauer , Sven Banisch , Eckehard Olbrich

Exploratory search aims to guide users through a corpus rather than pinpointing exact information. We propose an exploratory search system based on hierarchical clusters and document summaries using sentence embeddings. With sentence…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Austin Silveria

Science communication aims at making key research insights accessible to the broad public. If explanatory and exploratory visualization techniques are combined to do so, the approach is also referred to as exploranation. In this context,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Benedikt Mayer , Karsten Donnay , Kai Lawonn , Bernhard Preim , Monique Meuschke

Experts in different domains rely increasingly on simulation models of complex processes to reach insights, make decisions, and plan future projects. These models are often used to study possible trade-offs, as experts try to optimise…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Nadia Boukhelifa , Anastasia Bezerianos , Ioan Cristian Trelea , Nathalie Mejean Perrot , Evelyne Lutton

Conversational search has evolved as a new information retrieval paradigm, marking a shift from traditional search systems towards interactive dialogues with intelligent search agents. This change especially affects exploratory…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Phillip Schneider , Anum Afzal , Juraj Vladika , Daniel Braun , Florian Matthes

We present a systematic review on tasks, interactions, and visualization widgets (refer to tangible entities that are used to accomplish data exploration tasks through specific interactions) in the context of tangible data exploration.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Haonan Yao , Lingyun Yu , Lijie Yao