A Recipe of Capabilities for Pursuing Expertise in Data Visualization: A Practitioner's Perspective
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Kirk, A.; Sousa Santos, B.; Sousa, B.
- Source
- IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications IEEE Comput. Grap. Appl. Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE. 41(1):58-62 Jan, 2021
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Solid modeling
Face recognition
Data visualization
Complexity theory
- Language
- ISSN
- 0272-1716
1558-1756
Data visualization is hard to master because of the inherent complexities that characterize the challenge of facilitating understanding. Competence with data visualization is gaining in recognition as an essential capability and thus fostering the necessary skills is paramount to prepare students for their future professional activity in this field; yet, it is a challenge for educators to design programs that cover all facets. This article presents a framework that profiles the range of different capability “ingredients” which form the recipe of expertise in data visualization, from the point of view of an experienced practitioner.