Publications

Ph.D. Dissertation

O. Hoeber, A Study on Interactive Visualization for Web Information Retrieval, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada, April, 2007.

Papers in Refereed Journals

2009

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, HotMap: Supporting visual explorations of Web search results, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(1):90-110, 2009.

2008

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Evaluating WordBars in exploratory Web search scenarios, Information Processing & Management, 44(2), pp. 485-510, 2008.

2007

O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, VisiQ: supporting visual and interactive query refinement, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, an International Journal, 5(3):311-329, 2007.

 

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

2009

M. Tilsner, O. Hoeber, A. Feich, CubanSea: Cluster-based visualization of search results, To appear in the Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence - Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), 2009.

O. Hoeber, D. Schroeder, and M. Brooks, Real-world user evaluations of a visual and interactive Web search interface, To appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, 2009.

O. Hoeber and J. Gorner, BrowseLine: 2D timeline visualization of Web browsing histories, To appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, 2009.

O. Hoeber, User evaluation methods for visual Web search interfaces, To appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, 2009.

2008

O. Hoeber, M. Brooks, D. Schroeder, and X. D. Yang, TheHotMap.com: Enabling flexible interaction in next-generation Web search interfaces, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 730-734, 2008.

O. Hoeber, Web information retrieval support systems: The future of Web search, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence - Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), pp. 29-32 2008.

O. Hoeber, Lightweight additions to the Web search interface supporting exploratory Web search (poster), In Proceedings of the Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, 2008.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Evaluating the effectiveness of term frequency histograms for supporting interactive Web search tasks, In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 360-368, 2008.

2007

O. Hoeber, Exploring Web search results by visually specifying utility functions, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 650-654, 2007.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, User-oriented evaluation methods for interactive Web search interfaces, In Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Workshops (Intelligent Web Interaction Workshop), pp. 239-243, 2007.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Visual support for exploration within Web search results lists (interactive poster), In Conference Compendium of the IEEE Information Visualization Conference, 2007.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A unified interface for visual and interactive Web search, In Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet, and Information Technology, pp. 16-22, 2007.

2006

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Interactive Web Information Retrieval Using WordBars, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 875-882, 2006.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A comparative user study of web search interfaces: HotMap, Concept Highlighter, and Google, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 866-874, 2006.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A model for interactive web information retrieval, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Smart Graphics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 4073, pp. 242-247, 2006.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, The visual exploration of Web search results using HotMap, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 157-165, 2006.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Exploring Web search results using coordinated views, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization, pp. 3-13, 2006.

O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Visually exploring concept-based fuzzy clusters in Web search results, In Proceedings of the Fourth International Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, Studies in Computational Intelligence, volume 23, pp. 81-90, 2006.

2005

O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, Visualization support for interactive query refinement, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 657-665, 2005.

O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, Conceptual query expansion, In Proceedings of the Third International Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, pp. 190-196, 2005.

 

Conference Presentations

2009

1. L. Hoeber, A. Doherty, O. Hoeber, R. Wolfe, K. Misener, and B. Cummings-Vickaryous, An exploration of the nature of innovations in community sport organizations, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2009), 2009.

2008

L. Hoeber, O. Hoeber, C. Mills, A. Doherty, and R. Wolfe, Using technology in community sport organizations: A case study of innovation adoption and implementation, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2008), 2008.

J. Cuneen, D. Gray, M. Verner, R. Baker, O. Hoeber, D. Young, Teaching the millennial student redux: A discussion on connecting with generation me, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2008), 2008.

2007

K. Dorsch, H. Riemer, E. Karreman, L. Hoeber, W. Kolmel, and O. Hoeber, Examining the congruence of attitudes towards ice hockey between young athletes and their parents, Presented at the European Congress of Sport Psychology, 2007.

E. Karreman, H. Riemer, K. Dorsch, L. Hoeber, W. Kolmel, and O. Hoeber, Congruencies of motivations for sport involvement between children and their parents, Presented at the European Congress of Sport Psychology, 2007

L. Hoeber and O. Hoeber, Adopting innovative technology in a non-profit sport organization: A case study on strategic decision making, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2007), 2007.

O. Hoeber, Visual and interactive Web search, Presented at the University of Regina Graduate Students' Research Conference 2006.

2006

O. Hoeber, E. Karreman, H. Riemer, L. Hoeber, Comparing online and mail survey research methods in longitudinal research, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2006), 2006.

O. Hoeber, Using visualization to support web search tasks, Presented at the University of Regina Graduate Students' Research Conference 2006. Recipient of the best oral presentation award.

E. Karreman and O. Hoeber, Using online survey methods in long-term research projects, Presented at the University of Regina Graduate Students' Research Conference 2006.

2005

O. Hoeber, H. Riemer, K. Dorsch, L. Hoeber, The application of web-based survey research methods to longitudinal designs, Presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Annual Conference (NASSM 2005), 2005.

prior to 2005

D. Hepting, O. Hoeber, M. Berg, A framework for the unified presentation of environmental risk information, Presented at the International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS 2004), 2004. Published as University of Regina Computer Science Technical Report CS2004-11, 2004.

O. Hoeber, The Internet via Access 230: necessary modifications to the existing telephone network, Presented at the Eighth Annual Graduate Symposium on Computational Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 1996.