This thesis advances visualization design research by developing and evaluating new theoretical knowledge and computational techniques, which target the rising complexity of data and growing …
Interpreting visual representations of abstract concepts (e.g. graphs and signs) requires inferring abstract meanings from visual features (e.g., colors). We predicted that this process would …
This dissertation primarily contributes to the visualization and visual analytics community. It offers findings and methods to expand the visualization design space and to deepen …
This dissertation makes contributions to the field of data visualization related to evaluating visualization systems with novel methods that focus on analysts' thoughts and behaviors. …
This dissertation contributes to visualization research by introducing findings and methods that help advance the design of visual analytics tools for scientific reasoning. We have …