A proposal from information visualization and human computer interaction point of view to the design of industrial interfaces

In this paper we show how the design of the interfaces present in a control room can benefit from the combination of concepts and techniques from Information Visualization and Human Computer Interaction (HCI). The process monitoring GUIs must present all the necessary information to control and change the state of the plant in a safety and productive way. Every person inside a control room must handle a high information volume and the exploration and analysis of this huge data volume has become increasingly difficult. This difficulty can lead to risk not only the production but also human lives. Information Visualization and HCI can help to deal with the flood of information