Semantic Interaction for Visual Analytics

Alex Endert is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. He directs the Visual Analytics Lab, where he and his students explore novel user interaction techniques for visual analytics. His lab often apply this fundamental research to applied domains including text analysis, intelligence analysis, cyber security, decision-making, and others. He is an active contributor to venues for human-computer interaction and information visualization (ACM CHI, IEEE VIS, IEEE TVCG, IEEE CG&A). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2012, advised by Dr. Chris North. In 2013, his work on Semantic Interaction was awarded the IEEE VGTC VPG Pioneers Group Doctoral Dissertation Award and the Virginia Tech Computer Science Best Dissertation Award.

• Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Fundamentals.- Spatializations for Sensemaking Using Visual Analytics.- Semantic Interaction.- Applications that Integrate Semantic Interaction.- Evaluating Semantic Interaction.- Discussion and Open Challenges.- Conclusion.- References.- Author's Biography.