NIH-NSF Visualization Research Challenges Report Summary

  • Authors:
  • Tamara Munzner;Chris Johnson;Robert Moorhead;Hanspeter Pfister;Penny Rheingans;Terry S. Yoo

  • Affiliations:
  • University of British Columbia;University of Utah;Mississippi State University;Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories;University of Maryland, Baltimore County;National Library of Medicine

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Nearly twenty years ago, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) convened a panel to report on the potential of visualization as a new technology, jump-starting funding for computer-based visualization. Last year, the NSF and US National Institutes of Health convened the Visualization Research Challenges Executive Committee, the authors of this article, to write a new report. This article summarizes the new report, whose goal is to evaluate the progress of the maturing field of visualization, to help focus and direct future research projects, and to provide guidance on how to apportion national resources as research challenges change rapidly in the fast-paced world of information technology. The audience is twofold: the supporters, sponsors, and application users of visualization research on the one hand, and researchers and practitioners in visualization on the other. The authors' findings and recommendations reflect information gathered from visualization and applications scientists during two workshops on Visualization Research Challenges, as well as input from the larger visualization community.