Visual Analytics for Aviation Safety: A Collaborative Approach to Sensemaking
Candidate: Andrew Wade
Type: Master of Science (MSc), School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Date: August 22, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Brian Fisher
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Abstract
Visual analytics, the "science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces", is more than just visualization. Understanding the human reasoning process is essential for designing effective visualization tools and providing correct analyses. This thesis describes the evolution, applicatoin and evaluation of a new method for studying analytical reasoning that we call paired analysis. Paired analysis combines subject matter experts (SMEs) and tool experts (TE) in an analytic dyad, here used to investigate aircraft maintenance and safety data. Development and evaluation of the method was done using interviews, pilot studies and analytic sessions during an internship at the Boeing Company. By enabling a collaborative approach to sensemaking that can be captured by researchers, paired analysis yielded rich data on human analytical reasoning that can be used to support analytic tool development and analyst training.
Graduate // Theses
Victor (Yingjie) Chen, November 23, 2011
Billy Chi-kai Cheung, November 22, 2011
Andrew Hawryshkewich, September 23, 2011
Lorne McIntosh, September 12, 2011
Andre Gagne, August 23, 2011
Andrew Wade, August 22, 2011
Lynda Nakashima, August 19, 2011
Katie Seaborn, August 16, 2011
Allen Bevans, August 12, 2011
Kristin Carlson, August 11, 2011
Jinsil Seo, July 28, 2011
Erin Ashenhurst, July 14, 2011
Veronika Tzankova, June 10, 2011
Hector Larios, May 27, 2011
Majid Bagheri, April 26, 2011
Alireza Davoodi, April 12, 2011
Pooya Amini Behbahani, March 29, 2011
Robin Oppenheimer, March 18, 2011
Dustin Dunsmuir, March 11, 2011
Nazanin Kadivar, February 28, 2011
Johnny Rodgers, February 22, 2011
Bardia Aghabeigi, February 21, 2011
Huaxin Wei, February 16, 2011