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September 4, 2006
An interview with...Ron Raz
I was fascinated about the viz | ops project I saw in NewYork last november ( a picture from MOMA Exhibition is available ); viz | ops is a project that aim to offer an interactive visual tool that let users to get instant decisions, offering them the wider scenario available on the information they have.
The brain behind Viz | ops is Ron Raz that works in New York for Vizrt, one of the biggest company offering visual and graphical services for real time interactive content, also in the sport-on-Tv area.
Lets start listen to what Ron answered us:
When, how and why have you decided to research on infovis ?
The decision to do the research was after I worked on military intelligence projects, where the need for a unified interface was painfully clear.
Which is, to you, the most interesting project you have worked on and why ?
The most interesting project I worked on is unfortunately classified.
The reason it was the most interesting was because the end-users were open to explore new ways to solve existing problems.
On what themes are you working now ?
I am working on a tool that would be used by the masses, rather than by expert users.
If you should suggest an education programme to a student interested in InfoVis, which University Course do you suggest him/her ?
I think that the best approach to information visualization is interdisciplinary: a marriage between programming, computer graphics, psychology, art, and mathematics.
How do you think infovis researches will evolve in your country for next years ?
I think that technology makes it easier for researchers to implement increasingly more sophisticated models. This speeds up the life cycle of an infovis project, and makes it easier to prove viability of this important field.
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Posted by InfoVis at September 4, 2006 5:40 PM
