C. Plaisant

Publications
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Designing the user interface strategies for effective human-computer interaction

B. Shneiderman, C. Plaisant
Computer Science
SIGB
1 March 1998

A comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to the dynamic field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX) design. Expand

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Technology probes: inspiring design for and with families

H. Hutchinson, W. Mackay, +9 authors Björn Eiderbäck
Engineering, Computer Science
CHI '03
5 April 2003

We describe a new method for use in the process of co-designing technologies with users called technology probes with three interdisciplinary goals: the social science goal of understanding the needs and desires of users in a real-world setting, the engineering goal of field-testing the technology, and the design goal of inspiring users and researchers to think about new technologies. Expand

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The challenge of information visualization evaluation

C. Plaisant
Computer Science
AVI
25 May 2004

We summarize current evaluation practices, review challenges specific to information visualization, and propose initial steps such as the development of benchmarks and repositories, refined evaluation methodologies and toolkits, and dissemination of success stories. Expand

Empirical Studies in Information Visualization: Seven Scenarios

Heidi Lam, E. Bertini, P. Isenberg, C. Plaisant, M. Carpendale
Computer Science, Medicine
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer…
1 September 2012

We take a new, scenario-based look at evaluation in information visualization. Expand

LifeLines: visualizing personal histories

C. Plaisant, B. Milash, A. Rose, Seth Widoff, B. Shneiderman
Computer Science, Engineering
CHI
13 April 1996

LifeLines provide a general visualization environment for personal histories that can be applied to medical and court records, professional histories and other types of biographical data. Expand

Strategies for evaluating information visualization tools: multi-dimensional in-depth long-term case studies

B. Shneiderman, C. Plaisant
Computer Science
BELIV '06
23 May 2006

We describe an emerging research method called Multi-dimensional In-depth Long-term Case studies (MILCs) which seems well adapted to study the creative activities that users of information visualization systems engage in. Expand

SpaceTree: supporting exploration in large node link tree, design evolution and empirical evaluation

C. Plaisant, J. Grosjean, B. Bederson
Computer Science
IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization…
28 October 2002

We present SpaceTree, a novel tree browser that builds on the conventional node link tree diagrams. Expand

LifeLines: using visualization to enhance navigation and analysis of patient records

C. Plaisant, R. Mushlin, Aaron Snyder, J. Li, Daniel Heller, B. Shneiderman
Computer Science, Medicine
AMIA
12 November 1998

LifeLines provide a general visualization environment for personal histories. We explore its use for clinical patient records. A Java user interface is described, which presents a one-screen overview… Expand

Task taxonomy for graph visualization

B. Lee, C. Plaisant, C. Parr, Jean-Daniel Fekete, N. Riche
Computer Science
BELIV '06
23 May 2006

Our goal is to define a list of tasks for graph visualization that has enough detail and specificity to be useful to: 1) designers who want to improve their system and 2) to evaluators whowant to compare graph visualization systems. Expand

Aligning temporal data by sentinel events: discovering patterns in electronic health records

T. D. Wang, C. Plaisant, Alexander J. Quinn, R. Stanchak, S. Murphy, B. Shneiderman
Computer Science
CHI
6 April 2008

We present an interactive visual tool that complements query formulation by providing operations to align, rank and filter the results, and to visualize estimates of the intervals of validity of the data. Expand

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