Based on findings, authoring environments should consider the context of scientific work aspects such as domain expertise, collaboration culture, and publication traditions, and examine ways of meaningfully integrating AI.
Abstract
We report on a case study for designing authoring environments for interactive visualizations to enhance scientific work. We conducted a workshop and prototype review with a group of marine biologists. When it came to visualizing their data, participants identified challenges in conveying their research accurately and completely as well as and analyzing it with ease. Based on our findings, authoring environments should consider the context of scientific work aspects such as domain expertise, collaboration culture, and publication traditions. We propose consideration of non-traditional programming languages and environments for scientific work, discuss ways of facilitating interactive visualizations for scientists, and examine ways of meaningfully integrating AI. The critiques, artifacts, and reactions from the scientists along with our analysis and discussion inform how computational tools should be designed for scientific work.
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