We present new techniques for retrieval of data-graphics and a system, SageBook, that
employs these techniques to facilitate the process of visualization design. Design is an …

In this paper we propose a framework that combines the functionality of data exploration and
automatic presentation systems to create a knowledge-based interactive data exploration …

Successful visual querying requires users to understand what data selection means and
how it works in interactive and dynamically linked graphics. Visually selecting data differs …

We present three novel tools for creating data graphics:(1) SageBrush, for assembling
graphics from primitive objects like bars, lines and axes,(2) SageBook, for browsing …

In creative and conceptual designing, architects often look to books, magazines, and other
collections of images to find forms they can adopt and adapt in designs. On line visual …

Our approach views data-graphic design as two complementary processes: design as a
constructive process of selecting and arranging graphical elements, and design as a …

In widely available multimedia digital libraries, querying, browsing, and displaying data pose
new challenges given the diversity of the applications, of the users, and of the data. We …

There are many challenges for a developer when creating an information visualization tool
of some data for a client. In particular students, learners and in fact any designer trying to …

Data visualization has been called the “killer app” of the 1990s (Card 1996). It is a powerful
tool for exploring and analyzing data—for discovering as well as testing hypotheses. This …

Due to the proliferation of drafting packages, there are a lot of vector drawings available for
people to integrate into documents. Moreover, creative designers and drafts-people often …