CAREER: Design Principles, Algorithms, and Interfaces for Visual Communication

职业：视觉通信的设计原理、算法和界面

• 批准号: 0643552
• 负责人: Maneesh Agrawala
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0643552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Design; Principles; Algorithms; Interfaces

Abstract for Proposal 0643552CAREER: Design Principles, Algorithms, and Interfaces for Visual CommunicationManeesh Agrawala, University of California, BerkeleyVisual communication is fundamental to the process of exploring and disseminating concepts and information. The most effective visualizations are carefully crafted by human designers, who use a variety of design principles to graphically emphasize important information while de-emphasizing or omitting irrelevant details. Such visualizations help analysts rapidly find patterns lurking within large data sets and they help audiences quickly understand complex ideas. Yet, even with the aid of computers, hand-designing effective visualizations is time-consuming and consumes considerable human skill and effort. Too often, this lack of time and skill results in poorly designed visualizations that hinder understanding. This work is developing algorithms and user interfaces that facilitate visual communication by making it fast and easy to generate compelling visualizations.The investigators develop a three-stage approach for building such algorithms and interfaces. In stage 1 they identify domain-specific design principles that are used to create the most effective visualizations within an information domain. In stage 2 they instantiate the design principles within new algorithms and interfaces for creating visualizations. In stage 3 they evaluate the resulting visualizations and the creation tools. Although the general approach has application to a wide variety of information domains, the investigators focus on visual design problems in cartographic visualization, structural visualization of complex 3D objects such as human anatomy and mechanical parts, and the design of diagrams and slide presentations. While the initial results are producing domain-specific algorithms and interfaces, the broader goals of this line of research are to refine the general three-stage approach and develop strategies to apply it to wider varieties of information domains.

提案摘要0643552Career：设计原理，算法和视觉通信的接口，加利福尼亚大学，伯克利大学，伯克利大学的交流是探索和传播概念和信息的过程。最有效的可视化是由人类设计师精心制作的，他们使用各种设计原理在图形上强调重要信息，同时否定或忽略无关紧要的细节。这种可视化有助于分析师迅速找到潜伏在大型数据集中的模式，并帮助观众迅速理解复杂的想法。然而，即使借助计算机，手工设计有效的可视化也很耗时，并且消耗了大量的人类技能和精力。通常，这种缺乏时间和技能会导致设计较差的可视化，从而阻碍理解。这项工作正在开发算法和用户界面，通过使其易于生成引人注目的可视化来促进视觉交流。研究人员开发了一种三阶段的方法来构建此类算法和接口。在第1阶段，他们确定了特定领域的设计原理，这些设计原理用于在信息域中创建最有效的可视化。在第2阶段，他们实例化了新算法中的设计原理和用于创建可视化的接口。在第3阶段，他们评估了由此产生的可视化和创建工具。尽管总体方法应用于各种信息域，但研究人员将关注制图可视化的视觉设计问题，复杂3D对象的结构可视化，例如人体解剖和机械零件，以及图表和幻灯片的设计。尽管最初的结果是生成特定领域的算法和界面，但此研究线的更广泛的目标是完善一般的三阶段方法，并制定将其应用于更广泛的信息域的策略。