1. Information Visualization Presented by: Mee Cha ISM 158 Spring 2010 Presented by: Mee Cha ISM 158 Spring 2010

2. What is Information Visualization?  visual representation of data  amplify cognitive performance  makes analyses more accessible and understandable to a general business audience  One Look = quick absorption  Challenge = matching data to right style of visualization to the point you are trying to convey  visual representation of data  amplify cognitive performance  makes analyses more accessible and understandable to a general business audience  One Look = quick absorption  Challenge = matching data to right style of visualization to the point you are trying to convey

3. Example

4. Difficulties  Requires people with a lot of creativity to effectively communicate data  Easy to copy, difficult to create!  The Twingly Screensaver visualizes the blogosphere worldwide in real time. You get a continuous feed of blog activity straight to your screen. (Source)Twingly ScreensaverSource  Requires people with a lot of creativity to effectively communicate data  Easy to copy, difficult to create!  The Twingly Screensaver visualizes the blogosphere worldwide in real time. You get a continuous feed of blog activity straight to your screen. (Source)Twingly ScreensaverSource

5. What are IV’s advantages?  A simple quote from Confucius: What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; But what I do, I understand  Visualization makes sense of data  With the right visual picture, people can make better decisions, faster, backed with more information (IT Coaching)  Business Intelligence Tool  Powerful for analytics  reveal patterns/trends  risk forecasting  Competitive Advantages  allows decision-makers to more quickly understand the hidden relationships in their data and identify trends that can be exploited for competitive advantage  A simple quote from Confucius: What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; But what I do, I understand  Visualization makes sense of data  With the right visual picture, people can make better decisions, faster, backed with more information (IT Coaching)  Business Intelligence Tool  Powerful for analytics  reveal patterns/trends  risk forecasting  Competitive Advantages  allows decision-makers to more quickly understand the hidden relationships in their data and identify trends that can be exploited for competitive advantage ” “

6. Who benefits?  Businesses  Business Partners  Customers  Businesses  Business Partners  Customers

7. Business Level Services  IBM ILOG Visualization  Advanced graphical displays for user interface developers  link to site link to site  SAP  STARTREE, TABLELENS, TIMEWALL, AND VIZSERVER  link to site link to site  Tableu  visual data exploration  IBM ILOG Visualization  Advanced graphical displays for user interface developers  link to site link to site  SAP  STARTREE, TABLELENS, TIMEWALL, AND VIZSERVER  link to site link to site  Tableu  visual data exploration

8. Resources  Grimes, Seth. “Image Gallery: See Connections with Visualization.” 14 May 2009. Intelligent Enterprise. 10 April 2010.  “IT Coaching: "What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; But what I do, I understand.” 10 April 2010. http://www.fix-it.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:it-coaching-qwhat-i-hear-i- forget-what-i-see-i-remember-but-what-i-do-i-understandq&catid=25:training&Itemid=185 http://www.fix-it.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:it-coaching-qwhat-i-hear-i- forget-what-i-see-i-remember-but-what-i-do-i-understandq&catid=25:training&Itemid=185  Brath, Richard. “Information Visualization for Business – Past & Future.” Jan 2005. Information Mangement. 10 April 2010. www.information-management.com/issues/20050101/1016489-1.html Interesting Links  175+ Data and Information Visualization Examples and Resources  www.meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/ www.meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/  Visualization and Data Mining Software  www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html  Information Visualization definition son InfoVis  www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Information_Visualization www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Information_Visualization  Grimes, Seth. “Image Gallery: See Connections with Visualization.” 14 May 2009. Intelligent Enterprise. 10 April 2010.  “IT Coaching: "What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; But what I do, I understand.” 10 April 2010. http://www.fix-it.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:it-coaching-qwhat-i-hear-i- forget-what-i-see-i-remember-but-what-i-do-i-understandq&catid=25:training&Itemid=185 http://www.fix-it.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:it-coaching-qwhat-i-hear-i- forget-what-i-see-i-remember-but-what-i-do-i-understandq&catid=25:training&Itemid=185  Brath, Richard. “Information Visualization for Business – Past & Future.” Jan 2005. Information Mangement. 10 April 2010. www.information-management.com/issues/20050101/1016489-1.html Interesting Links  175+ Data and Information Visualization Examples and Resources  www.meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/ www.meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/  Visualization and Data Mining Software  www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html  Information Visualization definition son InfoVis  www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Information_Visualization www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Information_Visualization