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But first...

• Read and respond to progress reports
• Read and respond to White Paper reactions

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Educational uses of visualization and data mining

• "Mental models": We are interested in what "mental models" you have for using computer networks. For example, people often think about the atom as being like a miniature solar system. The solar system is then a mental model of the atom.
  What "mental model (s)" do you use to think about the World-Wide Web?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Human visual processing

  • evolutionarily earlier than more abstract thought
  • easier to see patterns visually than more abstractly
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Visualization

  • Edward Tufte
    • Napoleon's invasion of Russia
    • Thunderstorm visualizations, before & after Tufte's visit to NCSA
  • NCSA's Internet traffic map
  • WEATHER.COM's weather animations
  • CANIS' visualizations of the Internet
  • SmartMarket.com's Map of the Market

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  VisIT: Visualization of Information Tool

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  For next week:

  • Jim Buell