Foreword

Committees (PDF)

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Keynote Address I:

The Visual Vision and Human Cognition (PDF)

T.R.G. Green

pp. 2

Session 1: Integrating the Language and the Environment

Steering Programs Via Time Travel (Abstract)

J.W. Atwood, Oregon State University

M.M. Burnett, Oregon State University

R.A. Walpole, Oregon State University

E.M. Wilcox, Oregon State University

S. Yang, Oregon State University

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Integrating a constraint solver into a real-time animation environment (Abstract)

P. Griebel, Paderborn Univ., Germany

G. Lehrenfeld, Paderborn Univ., Germany

W. Mueller, Paderborn Univ., Germany

C. Tahedl, Paderborn Univ., Germany

H. Uhr, Paderborn Univ., Germany

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Incorporating Fisheyeing into a Visual Programming Environment (Abstract)

Wayne Citrin, University of Colorado

Carlos Santiago, University of Colorado

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Session 2: Program Visualization and Animation I

Visualizing Program Execution (Abstract)

Bharat Jayaraman, SUNY at Buffalo

Charlotte M. Baltus, SUNY at Buffalo

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Teaching Binary Tree Algorithms through Visual Programming (Abstract)

Amir Michail, University of Washington

pp. 38

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A System for Visualizing and Animating Program Runtime Histories (Abstract)

Zhiqing Liu, Land Software

pp. 46

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A User Interface for the Visualization and Manipulation of Arrays (PDF)

Jennifer L. Leopold, The University of Kansas

Allen L. Ambler, The University of Kansas

pp. 54

Obtaining visual continuations with Visualcode (Abstract)

Sho-Huan Tung, Dept. of Manage. Inf. Syst., Nat. Yunlin Inst. of Technol., Taiwan, China

pp. 56

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Session 3: Visual Query Languages

Spatial-Query-by-Sketch (Abstract)

Max J. Egenhofer, University of Maine

pp. 60

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A visual language for color-based painting retrieval (Abstract)

J.M. Corridoni, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

A. Del Bimbo, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

S. De Magistris, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

E. Vicario, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

pp. 68

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On Graph Based Interaction for Semantic Query Languages (Abstract)

Giuseppe Santucci, Universit\`a di Roma ``La Sapienza ``

pp. 76

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A visual language for interactive data exploration and analysis (Abstract)

P. Selfridge, AT&T Res., USA

D. Srivastava, AT&T Res., USA

pp. 84

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Session 4: End-User Languages

Composing Complex Behavior from Simple Visual Descriptions (Abstract)

Roland Hubscher, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Seeing systolic computations in a video game world (Abstract)

K. Kahn, Animated Programs, San Mateo, CA, USA

pp. 95

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Tactile Programming: A Unified Manipulation Paradigm Supporting Program Comprehension, Composition and Sharing (Abstract)

Alexander Repenning, University of Colorado

James Ambach, University of Colorado

pp. 102

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How does a visual simulation program support students creating science models? (PDF)

C. Brand, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

C. Rader, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

pp. 110

Session 5: Visual Language Implementation Techniques I

VisiTile-a visual language development toolkit (Abstract)

D. Lewicki, California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

G. Fisher, California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

pp. 114

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Solving Display-Based Problems (Abstract)

Guijun Wang, The University of Kansas

Allen Ambler, The University of Kansas

pp. 122

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Uniformity of Environment and Computation in MAP (Abstract)

Elisabeth Freeman, Yale University

David Gelernter, Yale University

pp. 130

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Session 6: Theory of Visual Languages I

The VAS Formalism in VASE (Abstract)

Susan Uskudarli, University of Amsterdam

T. B. Dinesh, CWI

pp. 140

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A graph based framework for the implementation of visual environments (Abstract)

J. Rekers

A. Schuerr

pp. 148

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Visual Conditional Attributed Rewriting Systems in Visual Language Specification (Abstract)

P. Bottoni, Universita "La Sapienza" di Roma

S. Levialdi, Universita "La Sapienza" di Roma

P. Mussio, Universita "La Sapienza" di Roma

M.F. Costabile, Universita di Bari

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Session 7: Program Visualization and Animation II

Visualizing Program Executions on Large Data Sets (Abstract)

John T. Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jeyakumar Muthukumarasamy, Silicon Graphics

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AlgorithmExplorer: A Student Centered Algorithm Animation System Keywords: Algorithm animation, educational technology. (Abstract)

Jeffrey D. McWhirter, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

pp. 174

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Testing Effectiveness of Algorithm Animation (Abstract)

Judith S. Gurka, University of Colorado

Wayne Citrin, University of Colorado

pp. 182

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Visualisation of object oriented program execution (PDF)

J.G. Hosking, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Auckland Univ., New Zealand

pp. 190

Perspective viewing, Anaglyph stereo or Shutter glass stereo? (PDF)

Sabine Volbracht

Gitta Domik

Gregor Fels

K. Shahrbabaki, SAP AG

pp. 192

Session 8: Theory of Visual Languages II

Towards a Hierarchy of Visual Languages (Abstract)

Kim Marriott, Monash University

Bernd Meyer

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GenEd - An Editor with Generic Semantics for Formal Reasoning about Visual Notations (Abstract)

Volker Haarslev, University of Hamburg

Michael Wessel, University of Hamburg

pp. 204

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Session 9: Visual Language Design I

A Visual Logic Programming Language (Abstract)

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Retire Superman: Handling Exceptions Seamlessly in a Declarative Visual Programming Language (Abstract)

Pieter Van Zee, Hewlett-Packard

Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University

Maureen Chesire, Mentor Graphics Corporation

pp. 222

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A Visual Language for Non-WIMP User Interfaces (Abstract)

Robert J.K. Jacob, Tufts University

pp. 231

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Session 10: HCI Issues in Visual Languages

Metacognitive Theories of Visual Programming: What do we think we are doing? (Abstract)

Alan F. Blackwell, MRC Applied Psychology Unit

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Visual Language Features Supporting Human-Human and Human-Computer Communication (Abstract)

Jason E. Robbins, UC Irvine

David F. Redmiles, UC Irvine

David J. Morley, Rockwell International

Vadim Filatov, RR Gateway

Dima Kononov, RR Gateway

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Reducing the cognitive requirements of visual programming (Abstract)

Masoud Yazdani, University of Exeter

Lindsey Ford, University of Exeter

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Design benchmarks for VPL static representations (PDF)

S. Yang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

E. DeKoven, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

M. Zloof, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

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Session 11: Internet and Multimedia

Collaborative Active Textbooks: A Web-Based Algorithm Animation System for an Electronic Classroom (Abstract)

Marc H. Brown, DEC Systems Research Center

Marc A. Najork, DEC Systems Research Center

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Interactive Authoring of Multimedia Documents (Abstract)

Junehwa Song, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Michelle Y. Kim, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

G. Ramalingam, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Raymond Miller, University of Maryland

Byoung-Kee Yi, University of Maryland

pp. 276

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A High-Level Visual Language for Generating Web Structures (PDF)

Mark Minas, University of Erlangen

Leon Shklar, Rutgers University

pp. 284

Session 12: Visual Language Implementation Techniques II

Enhancing Iconic Program Reusability with Object Sharing (Abstract)

Yuichi Koike, NEC Corporation

Yasuyuki Maeda, NEC Corporation

Yoshiyuki Koseki, NEC Corporation

pp. 288

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A visual language for the design of structured graphical objects (Abstract)

P.T. Cox, Sch. of Comput. Sci., Tech. Univ. Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada

T.J. Smedley, Sch. of Comput. Sci., Tech. Univ. Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada

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Visual modeling and 3D-representation with a complete visual programming language-a case study in manufacturing (Abstract)

C. Geiger, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

R. Hunstock, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

G. Lehrenfeld, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

W. Mueller, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

J. Quintanilla, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

C. Tahedl, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

A. Weber, Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

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Session 13: Visual Language Design II

Dynamic Visual Languages (Abstract)

Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh

pp. 308

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User Interaction in a Multi-View Design Environment (Abstract)

Peter Roesch, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)

pp. 316

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Visual Language Support for Planning and Coordination in Cooperative Work Systems (PDF)

John C. Grundy, University of Waikato

John G. Hosking, University of Auckland

pp. 324

Panel: VL '96 Special Event

Moderator: (Abstract)

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Endnote Address:

The Eyes Have It: A Task by Data Type Taxonomy for Information Visualizations (Abstract)

Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland

pp. 336

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Author Index (PDF)

pp. 344