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GMap: An Algorithm for Visualizing Graphs as Maps

GMap is an algorithm for visualizing graphs as maps. Information visualization can be invaluable in making sense out of large data sets. However, traditional graph visualization methods often fail to capture the underlying structural information, clustering, and neighborhoods. GMap, provides a way to overcome some of the shortcomings with the help of the geographic map metaphor. While graphs, charts, and tables often require considerable effort to comprehend, a map representation is more intuitive, as most people are very familiar with maps and even enjoy carefully examining maps. The effectiveness of GMap is illustrated with examples from several domains, namely TV shows, Amazon books, and last.fm music.
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Our department has a distinguished record of influential publications and software distributions, and has been ranked best of its size among public universities by the National Research Council.
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Our undergraduates study ways to design computer networking protocols, create and distribute innovative software, develop wireless and mobile computing, create novel programming languages, develop computational biology algorithms, invent highly efficient algorithms for computer graphics, and push the limits of high-performance computing.
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Our dynamic program of graduate study integrates quality research and teaching. Our alumni include researchers at AT&T Labs, HP Labs, and IBM Almaden, and faculty at Davis, Purdue, and Virginia.
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