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

建议摘要：视觉交流的设计原则、算法和接口加州大学伯克利分校的Maneesh Agrawala视觉交流是探索和传播概念和信息的过程的基础。最有效的可视化是由人类设计师精心设计的，他们使用各种设计原则来图形化地强调重要信息，而不强调或省略不相关的细节。这样的可视化可以帮助分析师快速找到隐藏在大型数据集中的模式，并帮助受众快速理解复杂的想法。然而，即使在计算机的帮助下，手工设计有效的可视化也是耗时的，需要相当多的人类技能和努力。通常情况下，这种时间和技能的缺乏会导致设计糟糕的可视化，从而阻碍理解。这项工作是开发算法和用户界面，通过使其快速和容易地生成引人注目的可视化来促进视觉交流。研究人员开发了构建此类算法和界面的三阶段方法。在阶段1中，他们确定了特定于领域的设计原则，这些原则用于在信息领域内创建最有效的可视化。在第二阶段，他们在创建可视化的新算法和界面中实例化设计原则。在阶段3中，他们评估产生的可视化效果和创建工具。尽管一般方法可应用于各种信息领域，但研究人员主要关注地图可视化、人体解剖和机械部件等复杂3D对象的结构可视化以及图表和幻灯片演示的设计中的视觉设计问题。虽然初步结果是产生特定于领域的算法和界面，但这一系列研究的更广泛的目标是改进一般的三阶段方法，并制定战略，将其应用于更广泛的各种信息领域。

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.