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The SAMSI-FODAVA Workshop on Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Massive Data will be held on December 10-12, 2012.
Posted: October 02, 2012
The FODAVA Annual Meeting will immediately follow (Dec 12-13) the SAMSI/FODAVA joint workshop at the same location.
Posted: September 05, 2012
Many of the modern data sets such as text and image data can be represented in high-dimensional vector spaces and have benefited from computational methods that utilize advanced techniques from num
Posted: June 30, 2012

Visual Analytics Library for learning and teaching

The Visual Analytics Digital Library is a great structured web resource for visual analytics. The motivation behind the site is to organize and consolidate useful materials to encourage education and research within the visual analytics field.

In addition to providing some of the latest research materials happening in visual analytics, the digital library provides even the most basic materials for those interested in learning more about visual analytics.

The VADL (Visual Analytics Digital Library) includes a collection of videos, recorded lectures supplemented with Powerpoint presentations, sample tests and other documents organized into their prototype taxonomy.

A quick overview of the general menu shows the following

  • Overview / Courses
  • Analytical Reasoning and Processes
  • Cognition, Perception and Social Processes
  • Data and Knowledge
  • Visualizing Data, Information and Knowledge
  • Production, Presentation and Dissemination
  • Human Concerns in Use of Technology for Visual Analytics
  • Software & Hardware for Visual Analytics Systems