Data Visualization or information visualization.
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/
http://www.cnblogs.com/HectorInsanE/archive/2010/12/20/1906106.html (in Chinese)
wiki
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%95%B0%E6%8D%AE%E5%8F%AF%E8%A7%86%E5%8C%96
matalab and Data Visualization
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/5868ade69b89680203d825f6.html
http://www.mathworks.cn/videos/matlab/visualizing-data.html