Founded in December 2008 by Jean-Daniel Fekete and Fanny Chevalier.


The Parisian seminar on Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction is co-organized by Aviz and in situ.


ACM SIGCHI Chapter Creation!


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Open House on June, 7th


The HCI-Infovis Open House will present the cutting-edge research being conducted at the Aviz and in situ teams at INRIA and Université Paris-Sud.

Open House 2010


Past talks


Sheelagh Carpendale - Integrating art with information visualization to create interactive tabletop applications

31st May 2010, 14.30
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)

Abstract

Integrating the arts with computer science can open doors to discovery and creation and point the way to new understandings of the aesthetic in interactions with digital technologies. I will discuss how our integrated research methodology has impacted the development of our interactive information visualizations and tabletop computing research. I will illustrate this with examples of information visualization and interactive tabletop research. (more...)


Scott Hudson - Conservation of Human Attention as an Approach to New HCI Research

8th June 2010, 14.30
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)

Abstract

In 1969 Herbert Simon put forward the idea that: “in an information rich world, the scarce resource is [human] attention.” Today this would seem to be increasingly true. This talk will suggest that a number of the important challenges for modern interactive computing – including goals we describe as “invisible”, “ambient”, “pervasive”, “ubiquitous” or even “calm” – are fruitfully considered in these terms. I will suggest that traction can be gained by focusing on conservation of human attention as an organizing paradigm, describe some specific approaches to building systems in this light, and consider where the most fruitful research challenges for future work in this area may lie. (more...)


Daniel Vogel Hand Occlusion and Direct Input

18th June 2010, 14.30
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)

Abstract

Operating a computer by touching or drawing directly on the display would seem to be more natural and efficient. However, issues specific to this kind of direct input, such as when your hand covers portions of the display while interacting, create new problems not experienced with conventional mouse input. This talk presents research investigating and addressing the problem of hand occlusion in the context of direct pen input. (more...)


Nicolas Garcia Belmonte - Using Web Standards to create Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web

7 Dec. 2009, 11:00
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

What is the best way to render complex information on the Web? The Document metaphor has been used for years in Web Standards to define the best way to show information on the Web. Today, Web Documents are turning into full fledged Web Applications and a Web Standards revolution is taking place to provide richer ways to present complex data. HTML is covering new patterns as Drag and Drop and 2D graphics; CSS is now covering transforms and animations, and JavaScript just got 100% faster. Web Standards are important because they are built natively in Web Browsers providing common functionality guidelines, independence from third-party libraries, and high interoperability with other Web components. (more...)


Tobias Isenberg - From Illustration and Visualization to Interaction: Applications of Computer Graphics

5th Nov. 2009 - 11:30-12:15
INRIA Saclay (Building I - Joint Center) (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Traditionally and with increasing success to date, computer graphics has been trying to emulate the photographic camera as closely as possible. During the last two decades, however, non-photorealistic rendering has been established as an exciting new research direction that breaks free from this goal of (photo-)realism. As a research area it takes its inspiration from a long tradition of artistic and illustrative techniques. (more...)


Petra Isenberg - Together it was fun, alone it would be work: Interactive and Collaborative Information Visualization

5th Nov. 2009 - 14:00-15:00
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Information visualization research has been developing new methods to represent data and interact with graphical displays of information for more than two decades. In many disciplines, however, the size and complexity of datasets are rapidly growing. As a consequence it is becoming increasingly necessary to join the domain expertise and data analysis skills of several people to inform decisions about the content of a dataset. While the technological possibilities for supporting teamwork are gradually evolving, several obstacles remain for designing information visualizations that can support team members as they collaboratively explore and analyze information. (more...)


Mary Beth Rosson - Web Development by Nonprogrammers: Issues and Opportunities

19th Oct 2009 - 14:00
Salle 101, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

The Web has become a reliable resource for solving many everyday problems, from work-related information retrieval and analysis to finding the best deals for a weekend trip to a nearby city. But while pervasive access to useful information and services is supported through front-ends like Google Search and or online shopping sites like Amazon or eBay, it is impossible for professional web developers to anticipate all possible problems or questions that might arise for frequent users of web-based information. Thus researchers have been exploring mechanisms that could enable nonprogrammers to pursue more complex questions using end-user programming (EUP) techniques such as those developed to support spreadsheet modeling, scientific analysis, or educational applications. (more...)


Frank Van Ham - Large Graph Visualization : State of the Art

1st Oct 2009 - 14:00
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Networked data (or graphs as they are called in mathematics) forms an increasingly important part of data that is captured in many different data domains. One can think of social networks, citation networks, genetic/biological networks or program call graphs. However, analyzing this data is a significant challenge without a proper mental image, even for smaller networks. While we can create acceptable visualizations for networks of a few hundred nodes, properly visualizing complex networks of tens of thousands of nodes remains an open problem. (more...)


IHM-Visu video showcase

10 July 2009 - 18:00
Salle Piazza, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation du Centre Pompidou, Paris (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Le 10 juillet 2009 aura lieu à l'IRI (Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation) du Centre Pompidou une soirée de projection autour du thème de l'Interaction Homme Machine et de la visualisation d'informations. Cette manifestation a pour objectif de viser un public large et est ainsi susceptible d'intéresser aussi bien étudiants, designers, que les personnes s'intéressant aux usages.

Nous présenterons un ensemble de vidéos issues des conférences majeures (ex: SIGCHI, UIST, InfoVis, ...) du domaine afin d'offrir un aperçu de la recherche récente en IHM (more...).


Neva Cherniavsky - Activity Analysis of Sign Language Video

15 May 2009 - 14:00
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

The goal of enabling access for the Deaf to the current U.S. mobile phone network by compressing and transmitting sign language video gives rise to challenging research questions. Encoding and transmission of real-time video over mobile phones is a power-intensive task that can quickly drain the battery, rendering the phone useless. Properties of conversational sign language can help save power and bits: namely, lower frame rates are possible when one person is not signing due to turn-taking, and the grammar of sign language is found primarily in the face. Thus the focus can be on the important parts of the video, saving resources without degrading intelligibility. (more...)


Alex Telea - Visualization of Multidimensional Metrics on Software Architecture Diagrams

24 April 2009, 14:00
Salle 79, LRI, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Software architecture diagrams, such as UML and component diagrams, are an important part of the daily activities in the software industry. However, in tasks such as maintenance, diagrams need to be complemented by several software quality metrics computed on their elements. There is still no accepted way to visually combine the presentation of structural diagram information and metric information in a single view. In this talk, we present recent results in this direction. (more...)


Ben Shneiderman - Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery

2 March 2009, 14:00
Grand amphithéâtre du PUIO, Orsay (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Interactive information visualization tools provide researchers with remarkable capabilities to support discovery. By combining powerful data mining methods with user-controlled interfaces, users are beginning to benefit from these potent telescopes for high-dimensional data. They can begin with an overview, zoom in on areas of interest, filter out unwanted items, and then click for details-on-demand. With careful design and efficient algorithms, the dynamic queries approach to data exploration can provide 100msec updates even for million-record databases (more...)


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Jeffrey Heer - Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Collaborative Information Visualization

3 December 2008
Telecom ParisTech(ENST) (how to get there ?)


Abstract

Interactive visualizations leverage human visual processing and cognition to increase the scale of information with which we can effectively work. However, most visualization research to date focuses on a single-user model, overlooking the social nature of visual media. Visualizations are used not only to explore and analyze, but to communicate findings. People may disagree on how to interpret data and contribute contextual knowledge that deepens understanding. Furthermore, some data sets are so large that thorough exploration by a single person is unlikely. Such scenarios arise regularly in scientific collaboration, business intelligence, and public data consumption (more...)