Telling stories about dynamic networks with graph comics. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bach, B., Kerracher, N., Hall, K. W., Carpendale, S., Kennedy, J., & Henry Riche, N. (2016, May). Telling stories about dynamic networks with graph comics. Presented at CHI 16

In this paper, we explore graph comics as a medium to communicate
changes in dynamic networks. While previous research
has focused on visualizing dynamic networks for data
exploration, we want to see if we can take advantage of the
visual express... Read More about Telling stories about dynamic networks with graph comics..

Visual cleaning of genotype data. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Graham, M., Paterson, T., & Law, A. (2013, October). Visual cleaning of genotype data. Presented at BioVis 2013

While some data cleaning tasks can be performed automatically, many more require expert human guidance to steer the cleaning process, especially if erroneous or unclean data is a product of relationships between entities. An example is pedigree genot... Read More about Visual cleaning of genotype data..

A comparison of techniques for name matching (2012)
Journal Article
Peng, T., Li, L., & Kennedy, J. (2012). A comparison of techniques for name matching. GSTF journal on computing, 2,

Information explosion is a problem for everyone nowadays. It is a great challenge to all kinds of businesses to maintain high quality of data in their information applications, such as data integration, text and web mining, information retrieval, sea... Read More about A comparison of techniques for name matching.

Redeeming pedigree data with an interactive error cleaning visualisation. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Kennedy, J., Paterson, T., & Law, A. (2012, May). Redeeming pedigree data with an interactive error cleaning visualisation. Presented at AVI 2012

We describe a visual data cleansing application for pedigree genotype data, which is used to redeem otherwise unusable pedigree data sets. Biologists and bioinformaticians dynamically and iteratively mask pieces of information from a dirty data set a... Read More about Redeeming pedigree data with an interactive error cleaning visualisation..

An evaluation of name matching techniques. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, T., Li, L., & Kennedy, J. (2011, June). An evaluation of name matching techniques

Abstract—There is a growing awareness that the high quality of string matching is a key to a variety of applications, such as data integration, text and web mining, information retrieval, search engine. In such applications, matching names is one of... Read More about An evaluation of name matching techniques..

Evaluating the VIPER pedigree visualisation: detecting inheritance inconsistencies in genotyped pedigrees. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Law, A. (2011, October). Evaluating the VIPER pedigree visualisation: detecting inheritance inconsistencies in genotyped pedigrees. Presented at 1st IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization

VIPER (Visual Pedigree Explorer) is a tool for exploring large complex animal pedigrees and their associated genotype data. The tool combines a novel, space-efficient visualisation of the pedigree structure with an inheritance-checking algorithm. Thi... Read More about Evaluating the VIPER pedigree visualisation: detecting inheritance inconsistencies in genotyped pedigrees..

Achieve semantic-based precise component selection via an ontology model interlinking application domain and MVICS. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Liu, X., & Kennedy, J. (2010, July). Achieve semantic-based precise component selection via an ontology model interlinking application domain and MVICS. Presented at The 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'10)

A Survey of Multiple Tree Visualisation (2009)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2010). A Survey of Multiple Tree Visualisation. Information Visualization, 9(4), 235-252. https://doi.org/10.1057/ivs.2009.29

This paper summarises the state-of-the-art in multiple tree visualisations. It discusses the spectrum of current representation techniques used on single trees, pairs of trees and finally multiple trees, in order to identify which representations are... Read More about A Survey of Multiple Tree Visualisation.

Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, C., Liu, X., & Kennedy, J. (2008, July). Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework. Presented at COMPSAC '08. 32nd Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications, 2008

Nowadays, Component-Based Development (CBD) has been widely used in software engineering. As a core activity in the CBD process, component retrieval has attracted extensive research attention. Despite the research efforts so far, one major problem st... Read More about Semantics-Based Component Repository: State of Arts and a Calculation Rating Factor-based Framework..

Multiform Views of Multiple Trees (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2008, July). Multiform Views of Multiple Trees. Presented at 2008 12th International Conference Information Visualisation, London, UK

We describe a case study of TaxVis, a multiple view system for examining relationships between sets of multiple classification trees. The system displays multiform views of the dataset, which in turn can either be a singular view of the larger forest... Read More about Multiform Views of Multiple Trees.

Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Craig, P., & Kennedy, J. (2008, July). Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation. Presented at BNCOD 2008

All aspects of organismal biology rely on the accurate identification
of specimens described and observed. This is particularly important for
ecological surveys of biodiversity, where organisms must be identified and
labelled, both for the purpose... Read More about Visualisation to Aid Biodiversity Studies through Accurate Taxonomic Reconciliation..

Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., & Kennedy, J. (2008, January). Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications. Presented at Visualization and Data Analysis 2008

An increasingly common approach being taken by taxonomists to define the relationships between taxa in alternative hierarchical classifications is to use a set-based notation which states relationship between two taxa from alternative classifications... Read More about Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications.

Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations (2007)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2007). Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13, 1294-1301. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2007.70556

We present a Directed Acyclic Graph visualisation designed to allow interaction with a set of multiple classification trees, specifically to find overlaps and differences between groups of trees and individual trees. The work is motivated by the need... Read More about Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations.

Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts (2007)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2007). Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts. Ecological Informatics, 2(3), 248-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.07.004

A graphical user interface is presented that allows users of taxonomic data to explore concept relationships between conflicting but related taxonomic classifications.
Ecological analyses that use taxonomic metadata depend on accurate naming of spe... Read More about Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts.

Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Gales, R., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., Wieczorek, J., Hagedorn, G., Döring, M., & Vieglais, D. (2006, October). Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data. Presented at Taxonomy Data Working Group (TDWG) 2006

Over recent years several sub-groups within the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) have developed models and exchange standards to facilitate data sharing within the taxonomic community. These include ABCD, SDD, DwC, TCS and Spatial Data Standa... Read More about Developing a core ontology for taxonomic data..

Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Downey, L. (2006, May). Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections. Presented at Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces - AVI '06, Venice, Italy

Natural history museum collections contain a wealth of specimen level data that is now opening up for digital access. However, current interfaces to access and manipulate this data are standard text-based query mechanisms, giving no leeway for explor... Read More about Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections.

Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Gales, R., & Kukla, R. (2006, October). Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs. Presented at Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG) 2006

Data sharing is fundamental to biodiversity and taxonomic data applications, however previous attempts at developing mechanisms to facilitate sharing within the community have had limited effect. Reasons for this include the lack of take up of data e... Read More about Converting an existing taxonomic data resource to employ an ontology and LSIDs..

Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., Kukla, R., & Paterson, T. (2005, July). Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration. Presented at Second International Workshop, DILS 2005, San Diego, CA, USA

Biologists use scientific names to label the organisms described in
their data; however, these names are not unique identifiers for taxonomic entities.
Alternative taxonomic classifications may apply the same name, associated
with alternative defi... Read More about Scientific names are ambiguous as identifiers for biological taxa: their context and definition are required for accurate data integration.

Ontology-Driven Automated Generation of Data Entry Interfaces to Databases (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cannon, A., Kennedy, J. B., Paterson, T., & Watson, M. F. (2004, July). Ontology-Driven Automated Generation of Data Entry Interfaces to Databases. Presented at Key Technologies for Data Management (Proc. BNCOD21): Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3112, Edinburgh, Scotland

This paper discusses an ontology based approach for the automatic generation of data entry interfaces to databases. An existing domain ontology is mapped to a system domain model, which a domain expert can then specialise using their domain expertise... Read More about Ontology-Driven Automated Generation of Data Entry Interfaces to Databases.

Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., & Kennedy, J. (2004, July). Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions. Presented at 21st Annual British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD21)

We are developing an ontology as a defined terminology for the taxonomic description of botanical specimens. To allow these descriptions to unambiguously refer to a given plant structure, the ontology specifies compositional relationships between ana... Read More about Approaches to Storing and Querying Structural Information in Botanical Specimen Descriptions..