VAST 2006 Contest - A Tale of Alderwood

Author

Grinstein, Georges ; Connell, Theresa O. ; Laskowski, Sharon ; Plaisant, Catherine ; Scholtz, Jean ; Whiting, Mark

Author_Institution

Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 31 2006-Nov. 2 2006

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

216

Abstract

Visual analytics experts realize that one effective way to push the field forward and to develop metrics for measuring the performance of various visual analytics components is to hold an annual competition. The first visual analytics science and technology (VAST) contest was held in conjunction with the 2006 IEEE VAST Symposium. The competition entailed the identification of possible political shenanigans in the fictitious town of Alderwood. A synthetic data set was made available as well as tasks. We summarize how we prepared and advertised the contest, developed some initial metrics for evaluation, and selected the winners. The winners were invited to participate at an additional live competition at the symposium to provide them with feedback from senior analysts

Keywords

data analysis; data visualisation; Alderwood; human information interaction; sense making; visual analytics science and technology contest; Cities and towns; Data analysis; Data visualization; Feedback; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; IEEE news; Laboratories; NIST; Visual analytics; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces & Presentations]: User Interfaces - Graphical User Interfaces (GUI); contest; evaluation; human information interaction; metrics; sense making; visual analytics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visual Analytics Science And Technology, 2006 IEEE Symposium On

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0591-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0592-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VAST.2006.261420

Filename

4035768