MaugVLink: Augmenting Mathematical Formulas with Visual Links
Journal
2024 IEEE 17th Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis)
Start Page
337
End Page
342
ISBN (of the container)
9798350393804
Date Issued
2024-04-23
Author(s)
Min-Jui Lee
DOI
10.1109/PacificVis60374.2024.00048
Abstract
While mathematical formulas are widely applied across various fields, the abundance of information they contain poses challenges for comprehension. Understanding the meanings of individual symbols in formulas is a significant obstacle for readers. They have to shift their attention between formulas and their accompanying descriptions frequently. Colorizing the symbol and its corresponding definitions in the same color can build visual links to guide the readers' attention and reduce the cognitive load, which is one of the most pervasive designs that can enhance the readability of formulas. However, the colorization process is tedious and time-consuming since the authors must manually locate these symbols and definitions and change their colors one by one. Therefore, we propose MaugVLink, a prototype of LATEX-based and AI-assisted authoring tool, to expedite these processes. With easy-to-use symbol selection UI design and human-AI collaboration mechanism, the author can rapidly build the visual links to augment the formulas. We also conduct a preliminary two-part user study with eight participants to evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of MaugVLink.
Event(s)
2024 IEEE 17th Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis)
Subjects
Human-centered computing
Information visualization
Visualization
Visualization application domains
Visualization systems and tools
Visualization toolkits
Publisher
IEEE
Description
2024 IEEE 17th Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis), April 23 2024 to April 26 2024, Tokyo, Japan.
IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium
IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium
Type
conference paper