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ArticleIEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics2021

A Generic Framework and Library for Exploration of Small Multiples through Interactive Piling.

Fritz Lekschas, Xinyi Zhou, Wei Chen, Nils Gehlenborg, Benjamin Bach, Hanspeter Pfister

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Article in IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Aardvark: Composite Visualizations of Trees, Time-Series, and Images.IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics · 2025
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  3. DRAVA: Aligning Human Concepts with Machine Learning Latent Dimensions for the Visual Exploration of Small Multiples.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2023
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6 authors.

Fritz Lekschas
Xinyi Zhou
Wei Chen
Nils Gehlenborg
Benjamin Bach
Hanspeter Pfister

Funding

4D Nucleome Network Data Coordination and Integration CenterU01CA200059 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PARK, PETER J · 2015 to 2024
$24.4M
HuBMAP HIVE Tools Component SupplementOT2OD026677 · OD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GEHLENBORG, NILS · 2018 to 2021
$3.5M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA200059NIH HHS OT2 OD026677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small multiples are miniature representations of visual information used generically across many domains. Handling large numbers of small multiples imposes challenges on many analytic tasks like inspection, comparison, navigation, or annotation. To address these challenges, we developed a framework and implemented a library called PILlNG.JS for designing interactive piling interfaces. Based on the piling metaphor, such interfaces afford flexible organization, exploration, and comparison of large numbers of small multiples by interactively aggregating visual objects into piles. Based on a systematic analysis of previous work, we present a structured design space to guide the design of visual piling interfaces. To enable designers to efficiently build their own visual piling interfaces, PILlNG.JS provides a declarative interface to avoid having to write low-level code and implements common aspects of the design space. An accompanying GUI additionally supports the dynamic configuration of the piling interface. We demonstrate the expressiveness of PILlNG.JS with examples from machine learning, immunofluorescence microscopy, genomics, and public health.

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PMCPMC10029706

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