Title: System Design is a Part of Interface Design: Experiences with Touch Interfaces and Big Data

I will discuss the deep connections between design and implementation in two contexts. I will first discuss an attempt to design a touch interface for information visualization, and talk about how design was an integral part of the process. I will then turn to an analytics system we are developing called “Stat!”. Stat is designed from the ground-up as a big-data analytics system: it allows users to run computation on very large datasets and get results fast. Developing the system requires deep thinking about user requirements, design, and system implementation—and how decisions about each of these aspects affect the others.

Bio
Danyel Fisher received his Master from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000 and his PhD from the University of California, Irvine in 2004. He has been a researcher at Microsoft Research since 2004. He works with the Computer-Supported Collaboration and Visualization (MSR-CSCV) group, part of the Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment (MSR-VIBE) team.