Papers by Marcus A . Gordon
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Mar 28, 2022
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ICECUBE LED Display [ILDm^3] is a cubic-meter, 1/1000th scale model of the IceCube Neutrino Obser... more ICECUBE LED Display [ILDm^3] is a cubic-meter, 1/1000th scale model of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a novel telescope that looks for nearly invisible cosmic messengers, neutrinos, using a cubic-kilometer of instrumented ice starting 1450 meters below the surface at the South Pole. The display uses art methodologies as a means for expressing imperceptible astrophysical events as sound, light and colour in the domain of the human sensorium. The experience is as aesthetically critical as it is facilitatory to an intuitive understanding of subatomic astrophysical data, leading to new ways of knowing about our Universe and its processes. The objective of this project was to build a static volumetric display as a model of IceCube for visualization of spatio-temporal data recorded by the observatory. While the primary use of the display is as a model for artistic, educational, and outreach purposes, the display is also being explored as an instrument for the scientific analysis of IceCube data sets by human observers. The technical approach to designing the display was to place an emphasis on reproducibility so that it can be readily built and used by the researchers in the IceCube research community. Evaluation of the display is being used as a baseline for the development of future exhibits. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in visualization; Empirical studies in HCI ; Scientific visualization; • Applied computing → Media arts;
The Culture Creates Bonds study defines key drivers, scenarios, and conditions that create natura... more The Culture Creates Bonds study defines key drivers, scenarios, and conditions that create natural human bonds, those of cultural activities and practices, in a residential or immediate neighbourhood. Historical and contemporary research indicates that cultural contexts, content, and activities act as mechanisms and factors that create a sense of identity, engagement, and relationships within and between communities. Research explores constraints as well as conditions that lead to successful bonding. The study applies a mixed methods approach that includes a literature review; interviews with stakeholders; an analysis of the data and results from the 2017 Culture Track Canada report, and a series of case studies.
Providing efficient, cost-effective, sustainable transportation networks and services is a major ... more Providing efficient, cost-effective, sustainable transportation networks and services is a major challenge for cities around the world not only for individual cities, but for connectivity between cities. High quality transportation services, notably well-designed transit hubs within comprehensive networks are fundamental prerequisites for effective cities and spur economic, social and cultural inclusion, development and growth. Transportation strategies must be at the heart of smart city strategies. The melding of machine learning, simulations, predictive analytics and design create capacity and connectivity that will help policy and makers gain insight into complex decision-making processes and support evidence-based decision making. Solving transportation and transit challenges requires integrating transdisciplinary knowledge, including computer science, engineering into city planning.
Encounters in Theory and History of Education, 2018
The OCAD University Visual Analytics Laboratory (VAL) has developed a taxonomy of end users, soft... more The OCAD University Visual Analytics Laboratory (VAL) has developed a taxonomy of end users, software systems, data types, tasks and interactivity within the domain of smart city transportation planning. This paper contributes to the taxonomy by creating Compara, an intuitive, interactive and searchable index that visualizes the attributes of software from a wide-range of applications and technologies. The taxonomy began as a spreadsheet that we transformed into a custom interactive data visualization that could help users find and understand existing tools and their attributes. The taxonomy and interactive index are a component of the iCity project which brings together academic, government, and industrial partners in order to improve the quality of life for urban residents and visitors through the development and integration of advanced IT infrastructure for the purpose of managing transit and transportation. The taxonomy and resulting tools discussed in this paper have expanded t...
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Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2021
ICECUBE LED Display [ILDm^3] is a cubic-meter, 1/1000th scale model of the IceCube Neutrino Obser... more ICECUBE LED Display [ILDm^3] is a cubic-meter, 1/1000th scale model of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a novel telescope that looks for nearly invisible cosmic messengers, neutrinos, using a cubic-kilometer of instrumented ice starting 1450 meters below the surface at the South Pole. The display uses art methodologies as a means for expressing imperceptible astrophysical events as sound, light and colour in the domain of the human sensorium. The experience is as aesthetically critical as it is facilitatory to an intuitive understanding of subatomic astrophysical data, leading to new ways of knowing about our Universe and its processes. The objective of this project was to build a static volumetric display as a model of IceCube for visualization of spatio-temporal data recorded by the observatory. While the primary use of the display is as a model for artistic, educational, and outreach purposes, the display is also being explored as an instrument for the scientific analysis of IceCube data sets by human observers. The technical approach to designing the display was to place an emphasis on reproducibility so that it can be readily built and used by the researchers in the IceCube research community. Evaluation of the display is being used as a baseline for the development of future exhibits. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in visualization; Empirical studies in HCI ; Scientific visualization; • Applied computing → Media arts;
HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, 2018
The widespread use of urban software and information technology infrastructure systems now demand... more The widespread use of urban software and information technology infrastructure systems now demand new levels of complexity in data generation and data application across interoperating domains. Given this context, and discoveries in visual analytics research that reveal knowledge is created, verified, refined and shared through the interactive manipulation of the visualization (Pike, Stasko, Chang, O'Connell, 2009), defining a taxonomy of visualizations can assist visualization system designers in understanding key visualization techniques that serve multiple linked user groups (Chengzhi, Chenghu, and Tao, 2013). It could also be meaningful to others working in sectors that are now in the process of interoperating through the pervasive nature of digital economies. Understanding the potential components of a taxonomy for these forms of data visualization demands the identification of interrelating and diverse user groups utilizing the same data for multiple tasks (Mahyar, Kim, and Kwon, 2015), the complexity of visualization processes, relevant task levels and interactions to supplement human insights. For example, a visualization displaying urban transit data might support the requirements of a wide array of users such as urban-designers, cityplanners, data-scientists, engineers, transit-managers, pedestrians and transit users. This paper discusses the taxonomy design and prototype creation process for a user-centered taxonomy for urban transportation applications developed by the Visual Analytics Lab at OCAD University, as part of the VAL's research and design contribution to the iCity research project, a collaboration between academic researchers, industry partners, city transportation planning departments and transit authorities that seeks to develop software support systems for transportation planning.
Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems - DIS '17 Companion, 2017
Open Res ear c h is a publicly acces si bl e, curat e d repositor y for the pres e r v a ti on an... more Open Res ear c h is a publicly acces si bl e, curat e d repositor y for the pres e r v a ti on and diss e m i n a ti o n of scholarly and creativ e outp u t of the OCAD Univer sity com m u n i t y. Mat erial in Open Res earc h is open acces s and mad e available via the cons e n t of the author and/or rights holder on a non-exclusiv e basis.
With my thesis project, Habitat 44º, I investigate the complexity of holographic space and how ho... more With my thesis project, Habitat 44º, I investigate the complexity of holographic space and how holography has the potential to augment the observers’ view of their surrounding environment. The purpose of this research is to isolate unique characteristics of architecture and holography to lay the foundation for my art practice. In the field of holography, both artists and scientists alike refer to the holographic image as a “reconstruction" a shorthand for wavefront reconstruction. At the intersection of holography and architecture, I explore the critical implications of my reconstructions through the lens of Jens Schröter and his analysis of the transplane image, and through Rosalind Krauss' concept of axiomatic structures. Taking a constructivist approach, I create a holographic artwork and fabricate a spatial canvas that acts as an intervention in architectural space in order to construct a theory and practice of environmental holography.
Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2019
Media industries and advertisers are increasingly turning to big data analytics to better underst... more Media industries and advertisers are increasingly turning to big data analytics to better understand audience media consumption patterns, as evidenced by Canada’s Globe and Mail’s applications Sophi and TasteGraph [1, 2]. Data analytics and interface design provide complementary perspectives for large datasets. HCI design principles have been applied to Business Intelligence (BI) platforms, including techniques which filter and summarize large data sets, and are equally relevant to media informatics platforms for advertisers, buyers, sellers, and planners [1, 7, 8, 9]. This analysis becomes more challenging when managing highly scalable and multi-dimensional audience survey data [3, 4, 5, 6]. According to Dewdney and Ride visualization tools are essential for effective decision making in the communications industry as these ease cognitive load and decision-making [15]. Kirk proves that a visualization system becomes a successful tool when it builds on the user’s extant domain knowledge, providing enhanced insights [13]. The research aims to leverage visualization design principles as defined by Tulp and Meirelles [6, 7] and in order to improve the UI/UX and visual analytic capabilities of a leading media analytics platform providing planners, advertisers, and media buyers with an interface to better understand their audience. We have analyzed and assessed the different application report parameters that explore television and radio survey datasets from a leading analytics firm. We propose design prototypes which are comprised of enhanced symbolic icons [9] through badges and glyphs, consistent colours [10], and layouts which maintain a visual hierarchy and filtration techniques [10, 11, 14] in order to minimize information clutter and cognitive overload. We propose a variety of interface designs that address user needs using HCI, heuristic design principles and novel visualization techniques [6, 7, 12, 15]. Next steps include validating our design prototypes through rigorous user testing and building high fidelity prototypes.
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