Developing Concept-Based User Interfaces for Scientific Computing

Although drawings and graphs can express complex concepts, such methods can´t be computationally analyzed. Researchers have developed visual approaches and paradigms that scientists can use to capture and represent scientific models in a computational form that they can link to and integrate with data sets and applications. Our work in concept-based user interfaces is related to ideas and visions used in scientific visualization. This research encourages a transformation of the traditional roles between users and human-computer interaction (HCI) designers in the development of scientific computing systems, as user interfaces are designed to encapsulate more domain-specific and problem-specific ideas and concepts