Visual analytics experts realize that one effective way to push the field forward and to develop metrics for measuring the performance of various visual analytics components is to hold an annual competition. The second Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) contest was held in conjunction with the 2007 IEEE VAST Symposium. In this contest participants were to use visual analytic tools to find illegal and even terrorist activities that were occurring. A synthetic data set was made available as well as tasks. In this paper we describe some of the advances we have made from the first competition held in 2006.
Revised: December 22, 2008 |
Published: October 30, 2007
Citation
Grinstein G., C. Plaisant, S. Laskowski, T. O'Connell, J. Scholtz, and M.A. Whiting. 2007.VAST 2007 Contest – Blue Iguanodon. In IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics, Science and Technology, 231-232. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE.PNNL-SA-56474.doi:10.1109/VAST.2007.4389032