Paper ID: 2402.08812

Intelligent Canvas: Enabling Design-Like Exploratory Visual Data Analysis with Generative AI through Rapid Prototyping, Iteration and Curation

Zijian Ding, Joel Chan

Complex data analysis inherently seeks unexpected insights through exploratory visual analysis methods, transcending logical, step-by-step processing. However, existing interfaces such as notebooks and dashboards have limitations in exploration and comparison for visual data analysis. Addressing these limitations, we introduce a "design-like" intelligent canvas environment integrating generative AI into data analysis, offering rapid prototyping, iteration, and comparative visualization management. Our dual contributions include the integration of generative AI components into a canvas interface, and empirical findings from a user study (N=10) evaluating the effectiveness of the canvas interface.

Submitted: Feb 13, 2024