Preface

Information Visualisation 2005, IV05, is the ninth conference on the subject and aims to bring together scientists, artists and users from a cross-section of disciplines to present, review and exchange the latest ideas that relate to rich bounding of information and visualisation. The theme chosen for this conference is ??To shift the focus developing to application?? by introducing new symposia ??Visualisation & Data Mining?? and ??Knowledge Visualisation??, ??Process Visualisation?? and ??Design and Aesthetics in Visualisation?? to the existing symposia. This forum advocates that a new framework for information visualisation will emerge from looking at information-rich disciplines like Humanity, Psychology, Sociology and Business rather than just science-rich disciples. To facilitate this belief, this conference has an opportunity to reflect on a number of cross-disciplinary areas. Joining us in this search are over 150 researchers who will share a chapter of their effort with their fellow researchers. Together, the papers collected here reflect the vibrant state of Information Visualisation and bring together researchers and artists participating from more than 30 countries around the world, allowing us to address the scope of this field from a much wider perspective. Each contributor to this conference has indeed added a fresh view and thought, challenged our beliefs and encouraged further our adventure of innovation. I am grateful to each one of you for taking the opportunity to share your invaluable work with us.