A Topical History of Data Visualization

2. An Atypical A Topical History of Data Visualization Ted Morris Kent State University School of Library and Information Science, Columbus Program ASIST SIG-CON - Long Beach, CA - October 20, 2003

3. Molecular biophysics (A8715) Artificial intelligence (C1230) Cellular biophysics Human factors Neural nets Physiological models Information retrieval Systems analysis & programming (C6110) Cellular biophysics (A8725) Neurophysiology Digital simulation Expert systems & other AI software & techniques (C6170) Systems software (C6150) Biomechanics Internet Bioelectric phenomena General theoretical & mathematical biophysics (A8710) Medical information systems Graphic user interfaces Biophysical instrumentation & techniques (A8780) Statistical analysis Data visualization Microcomputer applications Probability & statistics (C1140) Data handling techniques (C6130) Pattern classification Brain Real-time systems Medical signal processing Telecommunications applications (B6210) Medical image processing Biomechanics biorheology biological fluid dynamics (A8745) Blood Numerical analysis (B0290) Pattern recognition (C1250) Image Segmentation Digital signal processing (C5260) Patient care and treatment (B7520) Biophysics of neurophysiological processes (A8730) Signal processing & detection (B6140) Biomagnetism (A8740) Biology and medical computing (C7330 ) Biomedical Equipment Sensing devices & transducers (B7230) Biomedical measurement & imaging (B7510) Spectral Analysis Medical and biomedical uses of fields radiations and radioactivity; health physics(A8760) Biomedical engineering (A8770) Just as Citation Analysis Mapping Has Had its Detractors…

5. …So have other forms of data visualization techniques

7. Visualization, Like Innovation, Diffuses • Popular data visualization models have spread to other “markets” beyond information science • Notable example: Venn Diagrams, as used in Food Service Marketing

8. Many Models And Groupings To Choose From!

9. CASE 0 5 10 15 20 25 Label+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ B0290 -+-+ B6140 -+ +-+ MEDIMGPR ---+ | C1250 -+---+-----+ IMAGESEG -+ | +---------+ C7330 -----+ | | A8770 -----------+ | MEDSIGPR -+-------+ +---+ SPECANAL -+ +---+ | | A8730 ---------+ | | | B7520 -+-+ +-------+ | BIOMDEQP -+ +-+ | | A8740 ---+ +-----+ | +-----------------+ BLOOD -----+ +-+ | | A8760 -------+ | | | C5260 -------+---+ | | B7510 -------+ | | B7230 -------------------------+ +-----+ | | BRAIN -----------+-------+ | | NEURPHYS -----------+ +---------------------+ | | C1230 -----------+-------+ | | | NEURLNET -----------+ | | | | | | A8710 ---------------+-------+ +-+ | A8745 ---------------+ +-------+ | | BIOMECH ---------------+-------+ | | | PHYSMOD ---------------+ +---------+ | | | A8715 ---+-------------+ | | CELLBIOP ---+ +-----+ | | A8780 -----------+-----+ +-------+ | BIOELECT -----------+ | | | | A8725 -----------------------+ | C6150 ---+-----+ | GUI ---+ +-----------+ | INFORETR ---+ | | | INTERNET ---+-----+ +-----------------+ | C6110 ---+ | | | HUMANFAC ---------------------+ | | | | C1140 -------+-------+ +---------+ PATTCLAS -------+ +-------+ | STATANAL ---------------+ | | DATAVIS -----+---------+ | | MEDINFSY -----+ +-+ +---------------+ C6130 -----+-----+ | | | C6170 -----+ +---+ | | MICROAPP -+---+ | +-----+ REALTIME -+ +-----+ | B6210 -----+ | DIGSIM -----------------+ 6 Clusters

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15. In Closing

17. The End?