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Introduction to Visual Analytics Research

비주얼 애널리틱스 연구 소개

  • Received : 2016.10.15
  • Accepted : 2016.11.30
  • Published : 2016.12.01
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Abstract

As big data become more complex than ever, there has been a need for various techniques and approaches to better analyze and explore such big data. A research discipline of visual analytics has been proposed to help users' visual data analysis and decision-making. Since 2006 when the first symposium of visual analytics was held, the visual analytics research has become popular as the advanced technology in computer graphics, data mining, and human-computer interaction has been incorporated in visual analytics. In this work we introduce the visual analytics research by reviewing and surveying the papers published in IEEE VAST 2015 in terms of data and visualization techniques to help domestics researchers' understanding on visual analytics.

컴퓨터 그래픽스 (Computer Graphics) 및 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용 (Human-Computer Interaction, HCI) 기술을 기반으로 효과적인 데이터 분석을위한 가시화 툴 (Tool) 기술이 크게 발전 하였다. 해당 기술 분야는 Visual Analytics (비주얼애널리틱스)라는 연구 분야로 발전하여 2006년 첫 심포지엄이 열린 이래, 다양한 데이터 마이닝 (Data Mining), 상호작용 (Interaction) 기술이 정보 가시화 (Information Visualization) 기술에 접목하여 사용자 중심의 빅 데이터분석 및 의사 결정 시스템을 연구하는 분야로 확장 되었다. 그러나 국내에서는 아직 해당 연구 분야에 대하여 제대로 알려지지 않아, 국내 컴퓨터 그래픽스 및 HCI 기술 연구에 비하여, 가시화 기술을 통한 빅데이터 분석 및 의사결정을 지원하는 시스템을 설계 하는 기술이 뒤쳐지는 편이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 비주얼 애널리틱스 연구의 기본 철학을 살펴 보고, IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 학회에 2015년 출판된 논문으로 사용된 데이터 및 가시화 기술 분석 서베이를 진행함으로써 국내 컴퓨터 그래픽스 연구자들의 해당 분야에 대한 이해를 돕고자 한다.

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