Visualization of Events for Detection of Relevant Patterns

As devices no longer function in isolation, opportunities will emerge for synergies to be created between disparate information pieces. However the user can and will quickly be overwhelmed with the amount and clutter of the available information. We envision a tool in which a user could define the information pattern/event and action (s) to be taken in some exploratory fashion in order to efficiently create relevant and personalized events. A number of visualization tools for communication patterns [1, 2] exist, but these tend to be non-trivial implementations typically not intended for the end user. Implementation of an event visualization tool is a significant challenge, in this paper we will highlight some initial exploratory work performed and some future possibilities in this area