CS 6724: Visual Analytics:  Cognition + Computation 
Dr. Chris North
Fall 2013

To tackle the onset of big data, interactive visual analytics seeks
to marry human cognition with computational analytical horsepower. What
capabilities do each of these parties bring to the table, and how can they
be effectively combined?  How are they different and what is the common
ground?  How do human analysts think?  What techniques and strategies
do they use?  How can they interact with complex mathematical models?
What are the usability issues associated with analytics?  How can we
design data transformation methods to respond dynamically to human
interaction?  How can we visually represent these processes and data?
How does this approach scale up to multiple types of users (e.g. analysts
vs. decision makers), algorithms, and data.