Affiliation:
1. Department of Science and Technology Linköping University Sweden
2. Department of Computer Science and Media Technology Linnaeus University Sweden
Abstract
AbstractOver the past years, an increasing number of publications in information visualization, especially within the field of visual analytics, have mentioned the term “embedding” when describing the computational approach. Within this context, embeddings are usually (relatively) low‐dimensional, distributed representations of various data types (such as texts or graphs), and since they have proven to be extremely useful for a variety of data analysis tasks across various disciplines and fields, they have become widely used. Existing visualization approaches aim to either support exploration and interpretation of the embedding space through visual representation and interaction, or aim to use embeddings as part of the computational pipeline for addressing downstream analytical tasks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first survey that takes a detailed look at embedding methods through the lens of visual analytics, and the purpose of our survey article is to provide a systematic overview of the state of the art within the emerging field of embedding visualization. We design a categorization scheme for our approach, analyze the current research frontier based on peer‐reviewed publications, and discuss existing trends, challenges, and potential research directions for using embeddings in the context of visual analytics. Furthermore, we provide an interactive survey browser for the collected and categorized survey data, which currently includes 122 entries that appeared between 2007 and 2023.
Funder
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
Subject
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Cited by
2 articles.
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1. Visual Comparison of Text Sequences Generated by Large Language Models;2023 IEEE Visualization in Data Science (VDS);2023-10-15
2. Collection Space Navigator: An Interactive Visualization Interface for Multidimensional Datasets;Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction;2023-09-22