Central Concerns and Questions

We are interested in decision support tools and analytics that enable users to visually understand and interact with large amounts of information simultaneously so as to obtain deep insights that directly support assessment, planning an decision making.

Emerging Ideas and Initiatives

Interactivity and decentralisation plays a key role in our pursuit. We are interested in extending the frontiers of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) research for supporting emerging applications such as collaborative service design and delivery, commodity trading, and interactive B2B supply chain colloboration. We are also interested in interactive game platform and tools for training in emergency response.

Selected Publications

[1] S. Halim and H. C. Lau. Visual Diagnostics for Parameter Tuning in Meta-Heuristics. In K. F. Doerner et al. (eds) Metaheuristics – Progress in Complex Systems Optimization. Springer Operations Research / Computer Science Interfaces Book Series, p. 365-388, 2007.

[2] S. Halim, R. Yap and H. C. Lau. Explaining Local Search Behavior Using Viz: The Local Search Visual Analysis Suite. Proc. 19 th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2006. Montreux , Switzerland. October 2006.

[3] S. Halim, R. Yap and H. C. Lau. Search Trajectory Visualization for Analysing Trajectory-Based Meta-Heuristic Search Algorithm. Proc. European Conference on AI (ECAI) 2006. Verona, Italy. August 2006.

[4] Ori SASSON, Loong M. S., and Singh C. Handheld Field Simulation System (HFSS). Proc. Simulation Conference and Exhibition (SimTecT) 2006, Melbourne Australia, 2006.

Projects, Presentations and Posters

1. Ori Sasson, Goldenspear Wargame (presentation)
2. Lau Hoong Chuin, The Viz demo system and toolkit (project website)

Collaborations and Industry Linkages

1. Singapore Ministry of Defense