Visualizing Time Dependent Semantics: An Application to Quantum Algorithms

Abstract

We have developed a visual syntax for representing concepts that are contingent on temporal properties (timedependent semantics). A within-group (N=24) experiment was conducted to identify the representations that conveyed best a given semantic. We then applied our representations to the visualization of algorithms in quantum computing and carried out a second experiment (N=16) on subjects unfamiliar with the semantic concepts that were tested. The results show that our representations are intuitive and facilitate a good level of understanding of the algorithms.

Publisher Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IV.2005.154

Citation

Nivedita Kadaba, Pourang Irani and Michel Toulouse. 2005. Visualizing Time Dependent Semantics: An Application to Quantum Algorithms. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (IV '05), 182-187.

Bibtext Entry

@INPROCEEDINGS { kadaba05,
    AUTHOR = { Nivedita Kadaba and Pourang Irani and Michel Toulouse },
    TITLE = { Visualizing Time Dependent Semantics: An Application to Quantum Algorithms },
    BOOKTITLE = { Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (IV '05) },
    YEAR = { 2005 },
    PAGES = { 182--187 },
    DOI = { 10.1109/IV.2005.154 },
}