September 23, 2007

AT&Ts Case Studies in Information Visualization Research Problems

AT&T's Information Visualization: Case Studies:

The following application case studies illustrate how information visualization research solves real-world problems.


Software Visualization for Vplus+ (VoIP/CallVantage prototype)

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See also AT&T's information visualization:

Main Research Areas

  • Visual data mining
  • Algorithms for graphics, computational geometry and optimization
  • Graph (network) visualization
  • Large-scale database visualization

September 09, 2007

Visualizing the ‘Power Struggle’ in Wikipedia

"A new visualization Bruce Herr and I recently completed is being featured in this week’s New Scientist Magazine (the article is free online, minus the viz). They did a good job jazzing up the language used to describe the viz–’power struggle’, ‘bubbling mass’, ‘blitzed articles’–but they also dumbed down the technical accomplishments. I guess not everyone gets as excited about algorithms as I do. "



September 02, 2007

Converting Browsers Into Buyers — Know Your Ecommerce Math



In many ways the Internet has many similarities to direct marketing. It requires consistency and persistence.

Can you make money selling a $1.00 for only 85 cents? NO! Yet, this is exactly what happens at many Ecommerce web sites. Why? A failure to:

control overhead costs;
understand the cost to acquire a customer.
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See also my previous posts:
  • Visual immersion using Web Analytics
  • Pay but don’t touch – Security, Satisfaction, and ...
  • Add Sense to your AdSense: Visualizing the Return on Investment?