General visualization tools typically require manual specification of views: analysts must
select data variables and then choose which transformations and visual encodings to apply …

Visual data analysis involves both open-ended and focused exploration. Manual chart
specification tools support question answering, but are often tedious for early-stage …

Eye tracking systems are commonly used in a variety of research domains, but cost
thousands of dollars. In my thesis I investigate a new approach to enable eye tracking for …

This chapter provides an overview of the multimedia principle, which refers to the finding that
learning with words and pictures is more effective than learning with words alone. Although …

Language translation is slow and expensive, so various forms of machine assistance have
been devised. Automatic machine translation systems process text quickly and cheaply, but …

Humans perform gaze shifts naturally through a combination of eye, head and body
movements. Although gaze has been long studied as input modality for interaction, this has …

Some online display advertisements are annoying. Although publishers know the payment
they receive to run annoying ads, little is known about the cost that such ads incur (eg …

Visual analytics is inherently a collaboration between human and computer. However, in
current visual analytics systems, the computer has limited means of knowing about its users …

We introduce SearchGazer, a web-based eye tracker for remote web search studies using
common webcams already present in laptops and some desktop computers. SearchGazer is …

Web Search has seen two big changes recently: rapid growth in mobile search traffic, and
an increasing trend towards providing answer-like results for relatively simple information …