University of British Columbia Department of Computer Science Tamara Munzner Visualization: From Pixels to Insight March 3, 2007 UBC CS TechTrek

2 Computer Graphics n create or manipulate images with computer n movies, games, photorealistic simulation

3 Computer Graphics n create or manipulate images with computer n movies, games, photorealistic simulation n but wait, there’s more!

4 Visualization n using interactive computer graphics to help people understand information better n substitute visual perception for cognition n make the computer do the hard work n some ways we've used it so far n untangling biology n seeing what we speak n finding who's who in the movies n playing with math

5 Evolutionary Relationships M Meegaskumbura et al., Science 298:379 (2002)

6 Small Frogs, Small Tree M Meegaskumbura et al., Science 298:379 (2002)

7 Big Planet, Big Tree of Life David Hillis, Science 300:1687 (2003) Plants Protists Fungi Animals

8 Big Planet, Big Tree of Life David Hillis, Science 300:1687 (2003) Plants Protists Fungi Animals You are here!

9 The Old Way… focus context

10 The New Way: TreeJuxtaposer n side-by-side comparison of evolutionary trees n stretch and squish to navigate n demo at more info at

11 Protein-Gene Pathways: Cerebral n pathway-style diagrams familiar to biologists n automatically place items with minimal clutter n demo at more info at

12 Untangling the Ball of Yarn: TopoLayout n breaking it up into the right pieces n using the right tool for the job to draw each piece TopoLayout GRIP FM 3 more info at

13 Who's Who in the Movies: Grouse more info soon at

14 Seeing What We Speak: Constellation n computational linguistics more info at graphics.stanford.edu/papers/const

15 Mapping Out Math: Movies n topology and geometry Outside In The Shape of Space more at more at

16 Symmetries of Space n play with patterns to learn underlying principles n demo at more info at

17 Yet More Information n pictures, videos, software, papers, talks n n these talk slides n