The Future of Interactive Data Analysis and Visualization

Abstract

The interactive data analysis and visualization (VIS) community has prospered for over thirty years. Generation after generation, the community has evolved its understanding of research problems and, along the way, contributed various techniques, applications, and research methods. While some of the developed techniques have stood the test of time, we will consider what else needs to be remembered or even revitalized from the good old days in this panel. Further, VIS is currently facing exciting times, with great changes and trends within and outside the community. Thus, in this panel, we want to analyze current research trends and discuss our most exciting ideas and directions. Looking ahead, it can already be anticipated that the future of VIS is subject to change. In this panel, we want to map out future research directions for our community. Along these three lines, the guiding theme of our interactive panel will be three types of (provoking) statements: (i) In the good old days, I liked when we did . . . (ii) Currently, a most exciting trend is ... and (iii) In the future, we will be doing . . . Come and join us to reflect on past and present trends, daring a look ahead to an exciting future for the interactive data analysis and visualization community!