Browsing by Author "Bradley, Adam James"

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    Approaching Humanities Questions Using Slow Visual Search Interfaces
    (2021-06-01) Bradley, Adam James; Sawal, Victor; Collins, Christopher
    In this paper we discuss a visual search system that was designed and implemented for humanities scholars to ask questions of large document corpora. The system allows searches to be specified through traditional search, as well as through providing reference documents or visually exploring a semantic ontology for terms of interest. We offer a discussion of using visualization to try to answer humanities questions and take an honest look at the difficulties of using a methodology of one discipline to solve the problems of another.
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    Textension: Digitally Augmenting Document Spaces in Analog Texts
    (DHQ, 2019) Bradley, Adam James; Sawal, Victor; Carpendale, Sheelagh; Collins, Christopher
    In this paper, we present a system that automatically adds visualizations and natural language processing applications to analog texts, using any web-based device with a camera. After taking a picture of a particular page or set of pages from a book or uploading an existing image, our system builds an interactive digital object that automatically inserts modular elements in a digital space. Leveraging the findings of previous studies, our framework augments the reading of analog texts with digital tools, making it possible to work with texts in both a digital and analog environment.
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    Visualization and the Digital Humanities: Moving Toward Stronger Collaborations
    (IEEE, 2018-12-01) Bradley, Adam James; El-Assady, Mennatallah; Coles, Katharine; Alexander, Eric; Chen, Min; Collins, Christopher; Jänicke, Stefan; Joseph, David
    For the past two years, researchers from the visualization community and the digital humanities have come together at the IEEE VIS conference to discuss how both disciplines can work together to push research goals in their respective disciplines. In this paper, we present our experiences as a result of this collaboration.
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    Visualization, Digital Humanities, and the Problem of Instrumentalism
    (2021-06-01) Bradley, Adam James; Mehta, Hrim; Hancock, Mark; Collins, Christopher
    In this paper we present the concept of “slow analytics” that attempts to ridge the gap between humanities tasks and visualization. Often within Technological disciplines the pursuit of speed and efficiency are paramount. But, with domain experts like literary critics, slow and methodical interaction with texts is part of the work flow and sense-making process. By challenging the paradigm of efficiency we can design visualizations and interactions that are much more human and aid in our interactions with technology.