Exploiting the Power of the Human Visual System
Type:
On-Demand Webinar
Length:
59:30 Human vision can help people work with data because it is a powerful information processing system. However, effective visual displays of data must work with the visual processing system, rather than against it. Design issues range from basic perceptual factors like color and contrast to cognitive models like the management of attention.
In this talk, you’ll learn:
- What years of research by vision scientists, statisticians and others have taught us about designing great visualizations
- How good choices for color, shape and size can keep visual displays from being confusing, misleading or illegible
- Examples of how Tableau was designed to work with the visual system to make it easy to create great visualizations
Featured Speaker(s):
Jock Mackinlay
Director, Visual Analysis - Tableau Software
Jock Mackinlay is Tableau Software's Director of Visual Analysis. At Stanford University he pioneered the automatic design of graphical presentations of relational information. He joined Xerox PARC in 1986, where he collaborated with the User Interface Research Group to develop many novel applications of computer graphics for information access, coining the term "Information Visualization." Much of the fruits of this research can be seen in his book, "Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think." Jock has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.
Maureen Stone
Principal - Stone Soup Consulting
Maureen Stone has been working in digital color, graphics, perception and the tools for information display for over 30 years. As principle of StoneSoup Consulting, she assists clients both business and research clients on a wide range of color and visualization problems, as well as teaching. She is an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University’s School for Interactive Arts and Technology, and editor-in-chief of IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications. Her book, A Field Guide to Digital Color, was published by A.K. Peters in 2003. Prior to starting StoneSoup Consulting, she worked at Xerox PARC on projects in digital color, graphics, design and interaction.