Information Interfaces: Blending Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction
5Over the past ten years, the Internet and the WWW have expanded our access to an incredible amount of information. While there can be a tremendous benefit in this, too often people are overwhelmed by the sheer volume and the complexities inherent in all that information. My research develops ways to help people better harness and take advantage of available information, focusing on projects that combine human-computer interaction and information visualization. In this talk, I will highlight three principles that have emerged from my work and I will illustrate the principles through specific example projects and systems from the Information Interfaces Lab at Georgia Tech. The three key principles involve the importance of understanding a person's goals and tasks while using a visualization, the key role of interaction in visualization, and the potential of using opportunistic, peripheral channels to communicate information to people.