The Integrated Interactive Bioinformatic Visualization System (
)
allows the biological scientist to interactively explore, browse and annotate
multiple datasets and create biological knowledge. By applying Computer
Science’s gains in data visualization and human-computer interaction
to the realm of Biological Science using principles of information design,
will prove
to be an invaluable tool in helping biologists understand the meaning
and use of genetic structures.
Design Objectives
The objective for the bioinformatics team is to develop an intuitive user-centered interface that integrates currently available tools with a zoomable prototype for exploration of vast genetic databases. The interface must:
- allow the user to navigate quickly and intuitively to selected information
- represent accurate visualization of information
- represent contextual visualization in all levels of granularity
- make navigation of data intrinsic to the subject
Project Requirements
In terms of identified user tasks, the basic requirements for this interface are:
- use existing software tools and integrate into one interface; focus
on GeneMark
- use prototype of zoomable interface for navigability; take advantage
of multi-resolution research
- enable simultaneous visualizations to facilitate comparison analyses
- be scalable to allow for investigation of from small to vast data
sets, focusing on proprietary viral database
- allow annotation and recording of editable views
- allow for both collection of data and data mining capabilities
- system must transform easily to web-based application
- future iterations should be able to integrate navigable 3D models
easily
- leverage current research successes in Georgia Tech College of Computing’s Data Visualization Group such as geospatial navigation and glyph visualizations
What technologies will be integrated?
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