Visual Exploration of Time-Series Data Project Description: Widespread interest in discovering features and trends in time- series has generated a need for tools that support interactive exploration. We have built a prototype environment for interactive querying and exploration of time-series data. Queries are built using timeboxes: a powerful graphical, direct-manipulation metaphor for the specification of queries over time-series datasets. These timeboxes support interactive formulation and modification of queries, thus speeding the process of exploring time-series data sets and guiding data mining. The time-series prototype is built using HCIL's Piccolo Toolkit for Zoomable User Interfaces. Participants: Harry Hochheiser, Graduate Student Computer Science Ben Shneiderman, Professor Computer Science Papers: Hochheiser, H., Shneiderman, B., Dynamic Query Tools for Time Series Data Sets, Timebox Widgets for Interactive Exploration, Information Visualization 3, 1 (March 2004), 1-18. Availability & Download Press: Related articles:
Better Web Information Presentation: 10 Timeline Tools : Performancing Reinventing business research | timetric.com FlowingData | Data Visualization, Infographics, and Statistics Welcome to Project Greenwich SBL Publications The Wired Scholar: Five Free Tools You May Not Know About The Internet has radically changed how information is stored, researched, and published. Work that was once done in a file catalog and in the midst of towering book shelves can now be done with a few keystrokes on a computer. The ability not only to find information, but to store your own information for the benefit of others makes the Internet an exciting tool for academic research. At the same time, the Internet has also become a resource for free quality resources. The purpose of this article is to introduce Forum readers to five free online tools that can serve to enhance research and productivity. Google Books Google Books, which has been discussed previously on The SBL Forum, continues its aggressive effort to digitize books and make them available for public searching. Mention should also be made of Microsoft's new Live Book Search . Google Docs can be effective for educators as well. Comments on this article?
iPad Gems: Evernote, Papers, Instapaper Pro, OmniGraphSketcher, Penultimate + Art Authority Welcome to our latest edition of iPad Gems. This roundup looks at a collection of popular apps from the Mac and iPhone platforms that have made their iPad debuts with appropriate redesigns for the device’s larger screen, as well as a new offering that demonstrates the enhanced note-taking capabilities of the iPad. Though Instapaper Pro, Papers, and Penultimate received the highest ratings in this group, everything in this piece is worth a look; as always, some apps may be targeted at a more niche audience than others. Evernote For those who may be unfamiliar with the pre-iPad versions of this app, Evernote is a popular cloud-based service that allows users to store and access “notes” of various types—text, pictures, audio files and other content—that are all tagged and indexed in an online database that can be accessed from any web browser. Desktop versions for Mac and Windows users provide a more native desktop experience and offline access. Papers Instapaper Pro OmniGraphSketcher
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