Interface[s] Montréal

Visualization

Michael McGuffin

Assistant Professor - Department of Software and IT Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

Information visualization: a very brief, 8 thousand year survey

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Humans have been creating images for thousands of years, in large part to see things that are inaccessible, invisible, or that don't exist in the natural world. Computers have enabled an explosion in the creation, dissemination, and viewing of images, and even the investigation of new types of images. This presentation will focus on images and graphics used in science and engineering, for visualizing scientific or abstract information, and will provide a glimpse into recent developments.

Michael McGuffin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Software and IT Engineering at ETS (École de technologie supérieure) in Montreal. His research interests lie in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and visualization. More information on his work is at http://profs.logti.etsmtl.ca/mjm/.

Visualization of a 3D slice of a 4D fractal. The slice is peeled open, layer by layer, using interactive tools.