Taxonomy Visualization in Support of the Semi-Automatic Validation and Optimization of Organizational Schemas

Never before in history, mankind had access to and produced so much data, information, knowledge, and expertise as today. To organize, access, and manage these highly valuable assets effectively, we use taxonomies, classification hierarchies, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies among others. We create directory structures for our files. We use organizational hierarchies to structure our work environment. However, the design and continuous update of these organizational schemas that potentially have thousands of class nodes to organize millions of entities is challenging for any human being. The Taxonomy Visualization and Validation (TV) tool introduced in this paper supports the semi-automatic validation and optimization of organizational schemas such as file directories, classification hierarchies, taxonomies, or any other structure imposed on a data set as a means of organization, structuring, and naming. By showing the “goodness of fit” of a schema and the potentially millions of entities it organizes, the TV eases the identification and reclassification of misclassified information entities, the identification of classes that grew over-proportionally, the evaluation of the size and homogeneity of existing classes, the examination of the “well-formedness” of an organizational schema, etc. The TV is exemplarily applied to display the United States Patent and Trademark Office patent classification, which organizes more than three million patents into about 160,000 distinct patent classes. The paper concludes with a discussion and an outlook to future work

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

Corresponding author R.J.Wilson ([email protected]); 113 pages, 90 figuresCorresponding author R.J.Wilson ([email protected]); 113 pages, 90 figuresIn early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of different beam, near- and far-detector configurations. Nine initial topics were identified as scientific areas that motivate construction of a long-baseline neutrino experiment with a very large far detector. We summarize the scientific justification for each topic and the estimated performance for a set of far detector reference configurations. We report also on a study of optimized beam parameters and the physics capability of proposed Near Detector configurations. This document was presented to the collaboration in fall 2010 and updated with minor modifications in early 2011

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of different beam, near- and far-detector configurations. Nine initial topics were identified as scientific areas that motivate construction of a long-baseline neutrino experiment with a very large far detector. We summarize the scientific justification for each topic and the estimated performance for a set of far detector reference configurations. We report also on a study of optimized beam parameters and the physics capability of proposed Near Detector configurations. This document was presented to the collaboration in fall 2010 and updated with minor modifications in early 2011.Comment: Corresponding author R.J.Wilson ([email protected]); 113 pages, 90 figure

Aplicacions interactives i de visualització per a textos i lectura

Amb moltes de les seves impressions de textos com a escenari, W. Bradford Paley revela les teories i idees creatives que el porten a la creació d'aquestes composicions artístiques, en què el text adquireix diferents capacitats. Paley investiga i treballa en dues vies diferents però connectades; una és el text interactiu, per a donar als usuaris l'oportunitat d'entrar dins la composició i descobrir el discurs del text navegant per les paraules clau, línies elàstiques ( rubber lines ), etc. I l'altra via és una versió impresa de la composició del text, mostrat d'una manera que fa que els teus ulls es moguin amunt i avall buscant el sentit dels paràgrafs. Així, aquell text t'entra pels ulls, tal com diu Paley, de la mateixa manera que quan mires la natura. W. Bradford Paley és fundador de Digital Image Design Incorporated, creador de TextArc.org i professor adjunt a la Universitat de Colúmbia. Vull veure el vídeo de l'entrevista [YouTube - 11 min

Illustrative Interfaces: Building Special-Purpose Interfaces with Art Techniques and Brain Science Findings

Abstract. Restricting the scope of a user interface allows designers to apply domain-specific and task-specific knowledge, making the interface itself an illustration of the process it is meant to control. Such interfaces may be more easily learned and understood, and perhaps more efficient. This position paper demonstrates how we might apply to interface design findings from the study of human information processing and behavior, from psychophysics to behavioral psychology. It also explores the rationale behind using techniques derived from the fine and graphic arts. It suggests a simplified model of the mind as a “designer’s checklist ” that might help interface designers take advantage of the power inherent in people’s ability to understand illustrations.

Design and Evaluation of Semi-Transparent Keyboards on a Touchscreen Tablet

@inproceedings{Kim:2018:DES:3279778.3279801, author = {Kim, Sunjun and Lee, Geehyuk}, title = {Design and Evaluation of Semi-Transparent Keyboards on a Touchscreen Tablet}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces}, series = {ISS '18}, year = {2018}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5694-7}, location = {Tokyo, Japan}, pages = {155--166}, numpages = {12}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3279778.3279801}, doi = {10.1145/3279778.3279801}, acmid = {3279801}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {mobile, semi-transparent, soft keyboard, tablet, text entry, touchscreen, translucent, transparency, virtual keyboard}, }As tablet computers are hosting more productivity applications, efficient text entry is becoming more important. A soft keyboard, which is the primary text entry interface for tablets, however, often competes with applications for the limited screen space. A promising solution to this problem may be a semi-transparent soft keyboard (STK), which can share the screen with an application. A few commercial STK products are already available, but research questions about the STK design have not been explored in depth yet. Therefore, we conducted three experiments to answer 1) the effect of the transparency level on usability, 2) exploration of diverse design options for an STK, and 3) the effect of an STK on the different text caret positions. The results imply that STKs with 50% opacity showed a balanced performance; well-designed STKs were acceptable in both content reading and typing situations; which could reach 90-100% of an opaque keyboard in terms of overall performance; and the text caret could intrude theSTK down to the number row.Peer reviewe