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Collection Understanding http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/hi/cgi-bin/Collage/collage.pl |
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Collection understanding shifts the traditional focus of image retrieval in large collections from locating specific images to gaining a comprehensive view of the collection. Users visualize the collection by changing metadata values dynamically to create their own understanding of the collection. As users narrow or expand their view, they acquire the general gist of why the images belong to the collection and what characteristics the images share. When users interactively filter metadata and perceive varying viewpoints of the images, they are then inspired to derive their own relationships among the images and come to a fuller understanding of the collection. Through novel visualizations, users will be able to efficiently understand what specific collections have to offer. Collection insight will increase and this will enhance information access, making digital collections more valuable knowledge assets.
JCDL 2004 Slides Thesis (Word) Thesis Defense Slides (Powerpoint) Thesis Proposal: Collection Understanding (Word) JCDL
2003 IVIRA Workshop Collection
Understanding Presentation Slides
Figure 1: Collection Understanding: Ambient Picasso
Figure 2: Collection Understanding: Picasso Collage |
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