Center for Visual and Decision Informatics | 150 followers on LinkedIn. Big Data, Big Impacts | Established in 2012, the Center for Visual and Decision Informatics works in partnership with the government, industry, and academia to develop the next-generation visual and decision support tools and techniques that enable decision-makers to significantly improve the way their organization's information is organized and interpreted. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program -The only NSF Center with Big Data and Analytics focus. -One of 22 NSF Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) sites in the US and the only I/UCRC in Louisiana.