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Information visualization helps us to explore, analyze and communicate data. Dr. Oppermann studied the use of real-world data in visualization prototyping. He contributed tools, techniques, and guidelines for visualizing indoor spatial data and time-oriented data. He improved recommendations and compact previews for Tableau visualization workbooks.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) - graduated in 2021