Connecting the Dots: Building Dynamic Maps of News
Maps of information
A map is a set of lines of articles; each line follows a coherent narrative thread. Maps allow users to follow both temporal dynamics and structure of the story.
Application
Accompany news articles. Show how each article fits into the big picture.
The group
Stanford computer scientists focusing on mining information in large-scale datasets.
People struggle to follow complex new stories
Understanding the big picture is vitally important for making key life decisions! Allow users to explore and comprehend complex news stories by automatically generating visualizations of terabyte-scale media streams.