@article {DOI10.1007/s10844-014-0304-9, title = {The human is the loop: new directions for visual analytics}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent Information Systems}, volume = {43}, year = {2014}, pages = {411-435}, publisher = {Springer US}, abstract = {Visual analytics is the science of marrying interactive visualizations and analytic algorithms to support exploratory knowledge discovery in large datasets. We argue for a shift from a {\textquoteleft}human in the loop{\textquoteright} philosophy for visual analytics to a {\textquoteleft}human is the loop{\textquoteright} viewpoint, where the focus is on recognizing analysts{\textquoteright} work processes, and seamlessly fitting analytics into that existing interactive process. We survey a range of projects that provide visual analytic support contextually in the sensemaking loop, and outline a research agenda along with future challenges.}, keywords = {clustering, Semantic interaction, Spatialization, Storytelling, Visual Analytics}, issn = {0925-9902}, doi = {10.1007/s10844-014-0304-9}, author = {Endert, Alex and Hossain, M. Shahriar and Ramakrishnan, Naren and North, Chris and Fiaux, Patrick and Andrews, Christopher} } @conference {DOI10.1109/ISI.2013.6578780, title = {How analysts cognitively {\textquotedblleft}connect the dots{\textquotedblright}}, booktitle = {2013 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI)}, year = {2013}, month = {6/2013}, pages = {24 - 26}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Seattle, WA, USA}, isbn = {978-1-4673-6214-6}, doi = {10.1109/ISI.2013.6578780}, author = {Lauren Bradel and Self, Jessica Zeitz and Endert, Alex and Hossain, M. Shahriar and North, Chris and Ramakrishnan, Naren} } @conference {DOI201, title = {Helping Intelligence Analysts Make Connections}, booktitle = {AAAI{\textquoteright}11, Workshop on Scalable Integration of Analytics and Visualization (WS-11-17)}, year = {2011}, pages = {22-31}, author = {Hossain, M. Shahriar and Andrews, Christopher and Ramakrishnan, Naren and North, Chris} }