Knowledge and Information Visualization Searching for Synergies

formation. The basic ideas underlying knowledge visualization and information vi- alization are outlined. In a short preview of the contributions of this volume, the idea behind each approach and its contribution to the goals of the book are outlined. 2 T

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Editorial Board David Hutchison Lancaster University, UK Takeo Kanade Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Josef Kittler University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Jon M. Kleinberg Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Friedemann Mattern ETH Zurich, Switzerland John C. Mitchell Stanford University, CA, USA Moni Naor Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Oscar Nierstrasz University of Bern, Switzerland C. Pandu Rangan Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Bernhard Steffen University of Dortmund, Germany Madhu Sudan Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA Demetri Terzopoulos New York University, NY, USA Doug Tygar University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Moshe Y. Vardi Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Gerhard Weikum Max-Planck Institute of Computer Science, Saarbruecken, Germany

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Volume Editors Sigmar-Olaf Tergan Tanja Keller Institut für Wissensmedien/Knowledge Media Research Center Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40, 72072 Tübingen, Germany E-mail: {s.tergan, t.keller}@iwm-kmrc.de

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Editors’ Note Until now, knowledge visualization and information visualization investigated the question of visualization from different perspectives. However, as there are some common areas of interest, synergy effects can be expected. In an international workshop titled “Visual Artefacts for the Organization of Information and Knowledge. Searching for Synergies” held in May 2004 at the Knowledge Media Research Center in Tuebingen (Germany), leading-edge researchers tackled the problem of looking for synergies. This book explores the approaches of most of the workshop participants, as well as other invited experts. The intention of the book is to advance current research and development in the fields of knowledge and information visualization, to push the borders of what is now