TY - CONF T1 - Analyst's Workspace: An embodied sensemaking environment for large, high-resolution displays T2 - 2012 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Y1 - 2012 A1 - Andrews, Christopher A1 - North, Chris AB - Distributed cognition and embodiment provide compelling models for how humans think and interact with the environment. Our examination of the use of large, high-resolution displays from an embodied perspective has lead directly to the development of a new sensemaking environment called Analyst's Workspace (AW). AW leverages the embodied resources made more accessible through the physical nature of the display to create a spatial workspace. By combining spatial layout of documents and other artifacts with an entity-centric, explorative investigative approach, AW aims to allow the analyst to externalize elements of the sensemaking process as a part of the investigation, integrated into the visual representations of the data itself. In this paper, we describe the various capabilities of AW and discuss the key principles and concepts underlying its design, emphasizing unique design principles for designing visual analytic tools for large, high-resolution displays. JF - 2012 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) PB - IEEE CY - Seattle, WA, USA SN - 978-1-4673-4752-5 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Analyst's workspace: Protecting vastopolis T2 - Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2011 IEEE Conference on Y1 - 2011 A1 - Andrews, C. A1 - Hossain, M.S. A1 - Gad, S. A1 - Ramakrishnan, N. A1 - North, C. KW - analyst workspace KW - Bioterrorism KW - Browsers KW - computer displays KW - data analysis KW - data visualisation KW - high-resolution displays KW - Intelligence Analysis KW - large KW - Marine animals KW - Rivers KW - sensemaking environment KW - space KW - VAST 2011 mini-challenge #3 KW - Vastopolis protection KW - Visual Analytics AB - Analyst's Workspace is a sensemaking environment designed specifically for use of large, high-resolution displays. It employs a spatial workspace to integrate foraging and synthesis activities into a unified process. In this paper we describe how Analyst's Workspace solved the VAST 2011 mini-challenge #3 and discuss some of the unique features of the environment. JF - Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2011 IEEE Conference on ER -