A design-driven sonification process for supporting expert users in real-time anomaly detection: Towards applied guidelines

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We present early results of an ongoing investigation into the use of sound for real-time monitoring ofanomalous behaviour in digital and digital/physical systems.OBJECTIVES: We aim to define design guidelines to both support authors in the process of creating sonifications that areboth efficient and engaging and the transition of sonification into a mass medium for the representation of data in everydaylife.METHODS: Through two Design Actions, we apply Design Research to the definition of the use case, the interactionparadigm and the experimental protocol for real-world evaluation of sonification tools.RESULTS: Two Design Actions are described. Methodologies and results of the first experimental phase are presented indetail along with their influence on the second phase, currently ongoing.CONCLUSION: We sketch a tentative design-driven process for sonifications for the real-time monitoring of anomalousbehaviour in digital and digital/physical systems.

Keywords

• data sonification
• process monitoring
• design research
• sound design
• soundscape