TY - JOUR T1 - The human is the loop: new directions for visual analytics JF - Journal of Intelligent Information Systems Y1 - 2014 A1 - Endert, Alex A1 - Hossain, M. Shahriar A1 - Ramakrishnan, Naren A1 - North, Chris A1 - Fiaux, Patrick A1 - Andrews, Christopher KW - clustering KW - Semantic interaction KW - Spatialization KW - Storytelling KW - Visual Analytics AB - 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 ‘human in the loop’ philosophy for visual analytics to a ‘human is the loop’ viewpoint, where the focus is on recognizing analysts’ 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. PB - Springer US VL - 43 ER - TY - CONF T1 - How analysts cognitively “connect the dots” T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) Y1 - 2013 A1 - Lauren Bradel A1 - Self, Jessica Zeitz A1 - Endert, Alex A1 - Hossain, M. Shahriar A1 - North, Chris A1 - Ramakrishnan, Naren JF - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) PB - IEEE CY - Seattle, WA, USA SN - 978-1-4673-6214-6 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Helping Intelligence Analysts Make Connections T2 - AAAI'11, Workshop on Scalable Integration of Analytics and Visualization (WS-11-17) Y1 - 2011 A1 - Hossain, M. Shahriar A1 - Andrews, Christopher A1 - Ramakrishnan, Naren A1 - North, Chris JF - AAAI'11, Workshop on Scalable Integration of Analytics and Visualization (WS-11-17) ER -