Publications
Journal Articles
E. Hoque, O. Hoeber, G. Strong, and M. Gong, Combining conceptual query expansion and visual search results exploration for Web image retrieval, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, (in press).
L. Hoeber and O. Hoeber, Determinants of an innovation process: A case study of technological innovation in a community sport organization, Journal of Sport Management, (in press).
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, HotMap: Supporting visual explorations of Web search results, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(1):90-110, 2009.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Evaluating WordBars in exploratory Web search scenarios, Information Processing & Management, 44(2):485-510, 2008.
O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, VisiQ: supporting visual and interactive query refinement, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, an International Journal, 5(3):311-329, 2007.
Book Chapters, Books, and Other Contributions
O. Hoeber, Human-Centred Web Search, In Next Generation Search Engines: Advanced Models for Information Retrieval (C. Jouis, I. Biskri, J-G Ganascia, and M. Roux, editors), IGI Global, (in press).
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Supporting Web Search With Visualization, In Web-based Support Systems (J-T. Yao, editor), Springer, 2010.
O. Hoeber, Y. Li, and J. Huang (editors), Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops, IEEE, 2010.
Conference Papers
G. Wilson, R. Devillers, and O. Hoeber, Fuzzy logic ranking for personalized geographic information retrieval, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, 2011.
H. Liu and O. Hoeber, A Luhn-inspired vector re-weighting approach for improving personalized Web search, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), pp. 301-305, 2011.
E. Hoque, O. Hoeber, and M. Gong, Evaluating the trade-offs between diversity and precision for Web image search using concept-based query expansion, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (International Workshop on Intelligent Web Interaction), pp. 130-133, 2011.
G. Wilson, S. Harding, O. Hoeber, R. Devillers, and W. Banzhaf, Large network analysis for fisheries conservation using coevolutionary genetic algorithms, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computing Conference, pp. 1619-1626, 2011.
Y. Luo, Y. Chen, and O. Hoeber, Wi-Fi –based indoor positioning using human-centric collaborative feedback, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2011.
H. Liu and O. Hoeber, Normal distribution re-weighting (NDRW) for personalized Web search, In Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Graduate Student Symposium, pp. 281-284 2011.
O. Hoeber, G. Wilson, S. Harding, R. Enguehard, R. Devillers, Exploring geo-temporal differences using GTdiff, In Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, pp. 139-146, 2011.
E. Hoque, G. Strong, O. Hoeber, M. Gong, Conceptual query expansion and visual search results exploration for Web image retrieval, In Proceedings of the Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, pp. 73-82, 2011.
G. Wilson, S. Harding, O. Hoeber, R. Devillers, and W. Banzhaf, Detecting anomalies in Spatiotemporal data using genetic algorithms with fuzzy community membership, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, pp. 97-102, 2010.
G. Strong, E. Hoque, M. Gong, and O. Hoeber, Organizing and browsing image search results based on conceptual and visual similarities, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, pp. 481-490, 2010.
G. Strong, O. Hoeber, and M. Gong, Visual image browsing and exploration (Vibe): User evaluations of image search tasks, In Proceedings the International Conference on Active Media Technologies, pp. 424-435, 2010.
O. Hoeber and H. Liu, Comparing tag clouds, term histograms, and term lists for enhancing personalized Web search, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), pp. 309-313, 2010.
O. Hoeber and C. Massie, Automatic topic learning for personalized re-ordering of Web search results, In Proceedings of the Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, pp. 105-116, 2009.
M. Tilsner, O. Hoeber, and A. Feich, CubanSea: Cluster-based visualization of search results, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), pp. 108-112, 2009.
O. Hoeber, D. Schroeder, and M. Brooks, Real-world user evaluations of a visual and interactive Web search interface, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 119-126, 2009.
O. Hoeber and J. Gorner, BrowseLine: 2D timeline visualization of Web browsing histories, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 156-161, 2009.
O. Hoeber, User evaluation methods for visual Web search interfaces, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 139-145, 2009.
O. Hoeber, M. Brooks, D. Schroeder, and X. D. Yang, TheHotMap.com: Enabling flexible interaction in next-generation Web search interfaces, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 730-734, 2008.
O. Hoeber, Web information retrieval support systems: The future of Web search, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (International Workshop on Web Information Retrieval Support Systems), pp. 29-32, 2008.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Evaluating the effectiveness of term frequency histograms for supporting interactive Web search tasks, In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 360-368, 2008.
O. Hoeber, Exploring Web search results by visually specifying utility functions, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 650-654, 2007.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, User-oriented evaluation methods for interactive Web search interfaces, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence – Workshops (Intelligent Web Interaction Workshop), pp. 239-243, 2007.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A unified interface for visual and interactive Web search, In Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet, and Information Technology, pp. 16-22, 2007.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A comparative user study of Web search interfaces: HotMap, Concept Highlighter, and Google, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 866-874, 2006.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Interactive Web information retrieval using WordBars, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 875-882, 2006.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, The visual exploration of Web search results using HotMap, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, pp. 157-165, 2006.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Exploring Web search results using coordinated views, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization, pp. 3-13, 2006.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, A model for interactive Web information retrieval, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Smart Graphics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4073, pp. 242-247, 2006.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Visually exploring concept-based fuzzy clusters in Web search results, In Proceedings of the Fourth International Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 23, pp. 81-90, 2006.
O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, Visualization support for interactive query refinement, In Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp 657-665, 2005.
O. Hoeber, X. D. Yang, Y. Yao, Conceptual query expansion, In Proceedings of the Third International Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 3528, pp 190-196, 2005.
Conference Posters & Abstracts
E. Hoque, O. Hoeber, and M. Gong, A concept-based interactive visualization approach to Web image search, In Proceedings of the IEEE Information Visualization Conference – Poster Session, 2011.
M. Nasir, O. Hoeber, and J. Evermann, Visualizing ontology mappings using edge-bundling, In Proceedings of Graphics Interface Poster Session, 2011.
R. Enguehard, R. Devillers, and O. Hoeber, Geovisualization of fishing vessel movement patterns using hybrid fractal/velocity signatures, Presented at the GeoViz Hamburg Workshop, 2011.
O. Hoeber, G. Wilson, S. Harding, R. Enguehard, R. Devillers, Visually representing geo-temporal differences, In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, pp. 229-230, 2010.
M. Follett and O. Hoeber, ImpactViz: Visualizing class dependencies and the impact of changes in software revisions, In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Software Visualization, pp. 209-210, 2010.
O. Hoeber, Lightweight additions to the Web search interface supporting exploratory Web search, In Proceedings of the Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, 2008.
O. Hoeber and X. D. Yang, Visual support for exploration within Web search results lists, In Conference Compendium of the IEEE Information Visualization Conference, 2007.
