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The research communities studying visualization and sonification for data display and analysis share exceptionally similar goals, essentially making data of any kind interpretable to humans. One community does so by using visual…

In this paper we show how advanced visualization tools can help the researcher in investigating and extracting information from data. The focus is on VisIVO, a novel open source graphics application, which blends high performance…

We introduce STRAUSS (Sonification Tools and Resources for Analysis Using Sound Synthesis) a modular, self-contained and flexible Python sonification package, operating in a free and open source (FOSS) capacity. STRAUSS is intended to be a…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-11-29 James W. Trayford , Chris M. Harrison

Radio astronomical observations have very poor signal to noise ratios, unlike in other disciplines. On the other hand, it is possible to observe the object of interest for long time intervals as well as using a wider bandwidth.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-02 Sarod Yatawatta

The muti-modal or multi-sensorial perception of nature is presented in this article as part of research devoted to inclusive tools developed in the framework of User Centered Design. This proposal shows that it is possible to work in a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Johanna Casado , Beatriz García , Natasha Maria Monserrat Bertaina Lucero

In the last years several solutions were proposed to support people with visual impairments or blindness during road crossing. These solutions focus on computer vision techniques for recognizing pedestrian crosswalks and computing their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-06-25 Sergio Mascetti , Lorenzo Picinali , Andrea Gerino , Dragan Ahmetovic , Cristian Bernareggi

Analysis tools used in research laboratories, for sound synthesis, by musicians or sound engineers can be rather different. Discussion of the assumptions and of the limitations of these tools permits to propose a first tool as relevant and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-08 Laurent Millot

Sonification is a data visualization technique which expresses data attributes via psychoacoustic parameters, which are non-speech audio signals used to convey information. This paper investigates the binary estimation of cognitive load…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Gulshan Sharma , Surbhi Madan , Maneesh Bilalpur , Abhinav Dhall , Ramanathan Subramanian

Astronomical imaging remains noise-limited under practical observing conditions. Standard calibration pipelines remove structured artifacts but largely leave stochastic noise unresolved. Although learning-based denoising has shown strong…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-17 Shuhong Liu , Xining Ge , Ziying Gu , Quanfeng Xu , Lin Gu , Ziteng Cui , Xuangeng Chu , Jun Liu , Dong Li , Tatsuya Harada

Annotations are a critical component of visualizations, helping viewers interpret the visual representation and highlighting critical data insights. Despite their significant role, we lack an understanding of how annotations can be…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Rhys Sorenson-Graff , S. Sandra Bae , Jordan Wirfs-Brock

Astrophysics and cosmology are rich with data. The advent of wide-area digital cameras on large aperture telescopes has led to ever more ambitious surveys of the sky. Data volumes of entire surveys a decade ago can now be acquired in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-18 Jan Kremer , Kristoffer Stensbo-Smidt , Fabian Gieseke , Kim Steenstrup Pedersen , Christian Igel

Pitch-based sonification of quantitative data increases the accessibility of data visualizations that are otherwise inaccessible for blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals. We argue that, although pitch representations can reveal the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Can Liu , Wenjie Jiang , Shaolun Ruan , Kotaro Hara , Yong Wang

Objective: This study addresses conceptual issues around data standardisation in audiology, and outlines steps toward achieving it. It reports a survey of the computational audiology community on their current understanding, needs, and…

Over the past few years, the role of visualization for scientific purpose has grown up enormously. Astronomy makes an extended use of visualization techniques to analyze data, and scientific visualization has became a fundamental part of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Becciani , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , C. Gheller , L. Calori , F. Buonomo , S. Imboden

Solid materials may appear static, but at the atomic scale they are in constant vibrational motion. These vibrations, described by phonons, govern many key material properties, including structural stability, mechanical strength, optical…

Traditional analysis techniques may not be sufficient for astronomers to make the best use of the data sets that current and future instruments, such as the Square Kilometre Array and its Pathfinders, will produce. By utilizing the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-14 Amr H. Hassan , Christopher J. Fluke , David G. Barnes

Sonification serves as a powerful tool for data accessibility, especially for people with vision loss. Among various modalities, speech is a familiar means of communication similar to the role of text in visualization. However, speech-based…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Yichun Zhao , Jingyi Lu , Miguel A Nacenta

The sensory perceptions of vision and sound may be considered as complementary doorways towards interpreting and understanding physical phenomena. We provide a few selected samples where scientific data of systems usually not directly…

Popular Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Carsten Henkel

Edukoi is a software that aims to make interactive sonification suitable to convey and extract information. The program design is a modification of the software Herakoi, which sonifies images in real time mapping pitch to colour using a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 Lucrezia Guiotto Nai Fovino , Massimo Grassi , Anita Zanella , Luca Di Mascolo , Michele Ginolfi

Collecting accurate and fine-grain information about the music people like, dislike and actually listen to has long been a challenge for sociologists. As millions of people now use online music streaming services, research can build upon…