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February 3, 2025
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Interactive multimodal integral field spectroscopy

Publicated to:Ras Techniques And Instruments. 3 (1): 748-758 - 2024-01-01 3(1), DOI: 10.1093/rasti/rzae049

Authors: Riber AG; García-Benito R; Serradilla F

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Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos; ETSISI; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM); Madrid; E-28031; Spain - Author
DMCT; ETSIST; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM); Madrid; E-28031; Spain - Author
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía – CSIC; Glorieta de la Astronomía s.n.; Granada; E-18008; Spain - Author

Abstract

Using sonification on scientific data analysis provides additional dimensions to visualization, potentially increasing researchers’ analytical capabilities and fostering inclusion and accessibility. This research explores the potential of multimodal integral field spectroscopy applied to galaxy analysis through the development and evaluation of a tool that complements the visualization of data cubes with sound. The proposed application, ViewCube, provides interactive visualizations and sonifications of spectral information across a 2D field-of-view, and its architecture is designed to incorporate future sonification approaches. The first sonification implementation described in this article uses a deep learning module to generate binaural unsupervised auditory representations. The work includes a qualitative and quantitative user study based on an online questionnaire, aimed at both specialized and non-specialized participants, focusing on the case study of data cubes of galaxies from the Calar Alto Integral Field Spectroscopy Area survey. Out of 67 participants who completed the questionnaire, 42 had the opportunity to test the application in person prior to filling out the online survey. 81 per cent of these 42 participants expressed the good interactive response of the tool, 79.1 per cent of the complete sample found the application ‘Useful’, and 58.2 per cent rated its aesthetics as ‘Good’. The quantitative results suggest that all participants were able to retrieve information from the sonifications, pointing to previous experience in the analysis of sound events as more helpful than previous knowledge of the data for the proposed tasks, and highlighting the importance of training and attention to detail for the understanding of complex auditory information. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Keywords

Data methodsMachine learningSoftwareSonificationSpectroscopy

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ras Techniques And Instruments due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category .

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-22:

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 40.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCIA RIBER, ADRIAN) and Last Author (SERRADILLA GARCIA, FRANCISCO).