| Author(s): |
Catherine Plaisant; Georges Grinstein; Jean Scholtz; Mark Whiting; Theresa O'Connell; Sharon J. Laskowski; T Chien; A Tat; W Wright; C Gorg; Z Liu; N Parekh; K Singhal; John Stasko; |
| Title: |
Evaluating Visual Analytics: The 2007 Visual Analytics Science and Technology Symposium Contest |
| Published: |
January 14, 2008 |
| Abstract: |
The second Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) contest?s data consisted of a heterogeneous synthetic collection of news articles with additional supporting files and contained a scenario with embedded threats that provided ground truth. Using visual analytic tools, participants sought evidence of illegal and terrorist activities. We describe the contest and the evaluation methodology. We report results and lessons learned. |
| Citation: |
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |
| Keywords: |
contest;evaluation;information/knowledge management;metrics;sense making;visual analytics |
| Research Areas: |
Data and Informatics |
| PDF version: |
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