title: Personal Visualization and Personal Visual Analytics.
abstract: Data surrounds each and every one of us in our daily lives, ranging from exercise logs, to archives of our interactions with others on social media, to online resources pertaining to our hobbies. There is enormous potential for us to use these data to understand ourselves better and make positive changes in our lives. Visualization (Vis) and visual analytics (VA) offer substantial opportunities to help individuals gain insights about themselves, their communities and their interests; however, designing tools to support data analysis in non-professional life brings a unique set of research and design challenges. We investigate the requirements and research directions required to take full advantage of Vis and VA in a personal context. We develop a taxonomy of design dimensions to provide a coherent vocabulary for discussing personal visualization and personal visual analytics. By identifying and exploring clusters in the design space, we discuss challenges and share perspectives on future research. This work brings together research that was previously scattered across disciplines. Our goal is to call research attention to this space and engage researchers to explore the enabling techniques and technology that will support people to better understand data relevant to their personal lives, interests, and needs.
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tory
authors.forename: Bon Adriel
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Aseniero
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartram
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bateman
authors.forename: Sheelagh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carpendale
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woodbury
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007254:Information Science; D012107:Research Design