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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Inside Purdue's Envision Center - Krishna P.C. Madhavan, Laura L. Arns, and Gary R. Bertoline, Campus-Technologies
....What is data perceptualization? Data perceptualization deals with various theoretical and practical techniques that can translate large volumes of data into useful information by allowing, according to Stuart K. Card, “…a richer use of many [human] senses, including sound and touch, to increase the rate at which people can assimilate and understand information” (from “Visualizing Retrieved Information: A Survey,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March 1996). And Grok-It Science states that while the fundamental principle underlying data perceptualization is intuitive and powerful, it is the process of translating data to overcome “perceptual inadequacy” itself that represents a new and emerging frontier in science and technology. That’s where the NSF-funded Envision Center for Data Perceptualization (www.envision.purdue.edu) at Purdue University (IN) comes in. The Center is organized under the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, and is an interdisciplinary, high-performance, perceptualization showcase facility to support discovery and learning at Purdue.
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