Research

Information Visualization

Information visualization takes advantage of the human visual information processing systems by genearting graphical representations of data or concepts. The goal is to allow the viewer to gain understanding or insight into the underlying data.

At the most basic level, we use information visualization whenever we draw a graph or a picture to convey a concept. As such, information visualization techniques have been used for centuries. Computers have not only allowed us to generate visual representations of data much more quickly, but have also added the ability for the user to interact with these representations. Therefore, virtually all software that makes use of information visualization includes the ability for the user to interact with and explore the data.

In terms of a scientific discipline, information visualization exists somewhere between computer graphics, human-computer interaction, perceptual psychology, and cognitive psychology.

Wikipedia:

• information visualization
• graphic visualization
• Edward Tufte
• Ben Shneiderman

Conferences:

• IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2006)
• International Conference on Information Visualization (IV)
• International Conference on Human Computer Interacton (CHI 2006)
• Graphics Interface (GI 2006)

Journals:

• Information Visualization
• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
• IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
• Human-Computer Interaction
• International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Other Web Resources:

• InfoVis Wiki
• http://iv.homeunix.org/

 

Web Information Retrieval

Information retrieval can be defined as the broad research field concerned with the retrieval of information from collections. In web information retrieval, we are primarily concerned with the retrieval of documents and other types of information over the web (i.e., web search).

Wikipedia

• information retrieval
• text retrieval
• document retrieval

Conferences

• ACM Conference on Research and Development on Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2006)
• Text Retrieval Conference (TREC 2006)

Journals

• Information Retrieval
• ACM Transactions on Internet Technology

Other Web Resources

• Seach Engine Watch
• http://www.webir.org/
• notes on using the Google API in a Java Applet

Web Intelligence

Web intelligence is a field of research that applies artificial intelligence research and information technology to the development of "next generation" web-enabled systems.

Conferences

• IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2006)
• Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference (AWIC 2006)

Journals

• Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Other Web Resources

• Web Intelligence Consortium
• WIC Canada Research Centre