@article{osti_1843572,
title = {Position Papers for the ASCR Workshop on Visualization for Scientific Discovery, Decision-Making, and Communication},
author = {Bremer, Peer-Timo and Tourassi, Georgia and Bethel, Wes and Gaither, Kelly and Pascucci, Valerio and Xu, Wei},
abstractNote = {Visualization -- the use of visual elements to explore data, form hypotheses, or convey conclusions -- has always been an integral part of the scientific process. Starting from an initial exploration of new data to illustrating outcomes to the general public, visualization is one of the most intuitive and powerful ways of communication. This is especially true in the team based, cross-discipline environment of the many cutting edge, large scale projects funded by the Department of Energy (DOE). The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program in particular, has long supported visualization, a highly effective means of exploring data and communicating results. Intuitive visualizations represent a significant force multiplier, connecting scientists across domains, with their stakeholders, and ultimately to policy makers and the public writ large. Despite significant efforts from many communities, visualization in practice often remains limited to a handful of common techniques; the majority of which are restricted to showing spatial distributions of individual variables or statistical summaries of more complex data. These limitations can be due to a lack of scaling of existing techniques, the lack of easily accessible tools, or that for various types of data there may not exist a straightforward visual encoding (e.g., high-dimensional and multi-modal data). The purpose of this workshop will be to bring together visualization experts from DOE and the broader stakeholder community to better understand: a) the current state of the art; b) identify future visualization needs of the scientific community and gaps in current capabilities; and c) emerging technologies that will aid in visualization and communication. Furthermore, the workshop will deliberately expand the target audience and potential impact beyond prior efforts to include factors relevant to decision making and visualization including human factors, cognition, interpretation, and evaluation. Additionally, we are intentionally elevating discussion of science communication and interaction to discuss issues related to access, bias, inclusion, and usability.},
doi = {10.2172/1843572},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1843572}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {1}
}