Scalable Visual Comparison of Biological Trees and Sequences

Start: Friday, April 28, 2006, 12:00PM

End: Friday, April 28, 2006, 01:00PM

Location: 325b ITE

Abstract: We present the TreeJuxtaposer and SequenceJuxtaposer visualization applications for comparing and browsing evolutionary trees and genomic sequences, respectively. These systems use the Focus+Context navigational metaphor of allowing users to fluidly stretch and shrink parts of the view, as if manipulating a rubber sheet with the borders tacked down. We introduce cognitive scalability to this approach by guaranteeing the visibility of landmarks at all times, so that users can stay oriented as they explore complex datasets. In our systems, landmarks can be regions of difference between datasets, or the results of a search, or user-chosen regions. This technique, which we call "accordion drawing," supports smooth realtime transitions between a big-picture overview and a drilled-down views that show details in context. Our new PRISAD infrastructure is highly scalable, allowing fluid realtime interaction with trees of several million nodes and multiple aligned sequences of up to 40 million total nucleotides.

Host: Penny Rheingans


	UMBC eBiquity Events / Talks Scalable Visual Comparison of Biological Trees and Sequences OWL metadata Update record		Scalable Visual Comparison of Biological Trees and Sequences Tweet Speaker: Tamara Munzner Start: Friday, April 28, 2006, 12:00PM End: Friday, April 28, 2006, 01:00PM Location: 325b ITE Abstract: We present the TreeJuxtaposer and SequenceJuxtaposer visualization applications for comparing and browsing evolutionary trees and genomic sequences, respectively. These systems use the Focus+Context navigational metaphor of allowing users to fluidly stretch and shrink parts of the view, as if manipulating a rubber sheet with the borders tacked down. We introduce cognitive scalability to this approach by guaranteeing the visibility of landmarks at all times, so that users can stay oriented as they explore complex datasets. In our systems, landmarks can be regions of difference between datasets, or the results of a search, or user-chosen regions. This technique, which we call "accordion drawing," supports smooth realtime transitions between a big-picture overview and a drilled-down views that show details in context. Our new PRISAD infrastructure is highly scalable, allowing fluid realtime interaction with trees of several million nodes and multiple aligned sequences of up to 40 million total nucleotides. Host: Penny Rheingans ,