Transcript Information Visualization

Information
Visualization
Presented by: Mee Cha
ISM 158
Spring 2010
What is Information Visualization?
 visual representation of data
 amplify cognitive performance
 makes analyses more accessible and understandable to a
general business audience
 One Look = quick absorption
 Challenge = matching data to right style of visualization to the
point you are trying to convey
Example
Difficulties
 Requires people with a lot of creativity to effectively
communicate data
 Easy to copy, difficult to create!
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The Twingly Screensaver visualizes the blogosphere worldwide in real time. You get a continuous feed of blog activity straight
to your screen. (Source)
What are IV’s advantages?
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A simple quote from Confucius:
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What I hear, I forget;
What I see, I remember;
But what I do, I understand
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Visualization makes sense of data
With the right visual picture, people can make better decisions, faster, backed with more
information (IT Coaching)
Business Intelligence Tool
Powerful for analytics
 reveal patterns/trends
 risk forecasting
Competitive Advantages
 allows decision-makers to more quickly understand the hidden relationships in their data and
identify trends that can be exploited for competitive advantage
Who benefits?
 Businesses
 Business Partners
 Customers
Business Level Services
 IBM ILOG Visualization
 Advanced graphical displays for user interface developers
 link to site
 SAP
 STARTREE, TABLELENS, TIMEWALL, AND
VIZSERVER
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 Tableu
 visual data exploration
Resources
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Grimes, Seth. “Image Gallery: See Connections with Visualization.” 14 May 2009. Intelligent Enterprise.
10 April 2010. <http://intelligententerprise.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YTJGXTKSQ0BBLQE1GHPSKHWATMY
32JVN?articleID=217500159>
“IT Coaching: "What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; But what I do, I understand.” 10 April 2010.
http://www.fix-it.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:it-coaching-qwhat-i-hear-iforget-what-i-see-i-remember-but-what-i-do-i-understandq&catid=25:training&Itemid=185
Brath, Richard. “Information Visualization for Business – Past & Future.” Jan 2005. Information
Mangement. 10 April 2010. <www.information-management.com/issues/20050101/1016489-1.html>
Interesting Links
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175+ Data and Information Visualization Examples and Resources
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Visualization and Data Mining Software
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www.meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/
www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html
Information Visualization definition son InfoVis
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www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Information_Visualization