VITA-IE Visual Interface for Text Analysis [Interface Enhancement] Zack Jacobson Ben Houston Els Goyette Sarah Rosser Zack Jacobson Ben Houston Els Goyette Sarah Rosser

Concept Based Queries User gives a query as keywords or in the form of a question. Search engine identifies concepts related to the query. For each concept relevant portions of documents are identified. User gives a query as keywords or in the form of a question. Search engine identifies concepts related to the query. For each concept relevant portions of documents are identified.

An Example… 1)The Query: What color is the sky? 1)The Query: What color is the sky? 2)The Concepts: Color, Hue, Sky, Atmosphere 2)The Concepts: Color, Hue, Sky, Atmosphere 3)The Extracts and Documents: “the sky is blue.” Questions Children Ask “the bluish hue results from the refraction of light in the upper atmosphere” Introduction to Physics 3)The Extracts and Documents: “the sky is blue.” Questions Children Ask “the bluish hue results from the refraction of light in the upper atmosphere” Introduction to Physics

VITA Preliminary exploration of text visualisation Initial demo shown at 1998 N/X Used semantic search engine InQuizit, California 3-D “cityscape” interface to “hit” parameters Preliminary exploration of text visualisation Initial demo shown at 1998 N/X Used semantic search engine InQuizit, California 3-D “cityscape” interface to “hit” parameters

VITA-IE [  VITA showed promise Further exploration authorized [VITA-IE] Early findings presented at N/X-99 Developed with Ben Houston. VITA showed promise Further exploration authorized [VITA-IE] Early findings presented at N/X-99 Developed with Ben Houston.

Visualizing Relations Concepts. Extracts -- relates the Concepts to the Documents. Documents. Concepts. Extracts -- relates the Concepts to the Documents. Documents. sky blue Questions Children Ask Intro to Physics

3D Layout Mechanism fixed planes Concepts Documents Extracts

Densely Connected Example coloring indicating components coloring indicating connectivity

3D Layout Mechanism - 3 Simulated Annealing Model attraction repulsion (or “Magnets & Elastics” )

More Representative Example 45 o view top view circular layouts clustered Layouts

Web Browser Integration view document view an extract

VITA-IE [  ] Visual interface for Text Analysis-- Interface Enhancement Tool to aid corpus comprehension, management. “Crown-of-Thorns” Visual interface to any semantic search engine Links Concepts Hits Documents Tool to discover relations within corpus VITA-IE [  ] Visual interface for Text Analysis-- Interface Enhancement Tool to aid corpus comprehension, management. “Crown-of-Thorns” Visual interface to any semantic search engine Links Concepts Hits Documents Tool to discover relations within corpus

VITA-IE [  ] [Cognitive Modalities]

VITA-IE [  [Autonomy]

VITA-  gravity self selection

VITA-  filtering VITA-  filtering