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Multiple Views: Visualization Research Explained

A blog about visualization research, for anyone, by the people who do it. Edited by Jessica Hullman, Danielle Szafir, Robert Kosara, and Enrico Bertini

Visualizing the accuracy-privacy trade-off to improve budget decisions with differential privacy

Visualizing the accuracy-privacy trade-off to improve budget decisions with differential privacy

Written by Priyanka Nanayakkara with help from Jessica Hullman
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Priyanka Nanayakkara
Jan 19
Perception! Immersion! Empowerment! Superpowers as Inspiration for Visualization Design

Perception! Immersion! Empowerment! Superpowers as Inspiration for Visualization Design

We already talk about visualizations as amplifying cognition—but what if want to make new visual tools that really feel like superpowers?
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Interactions Lab
Oct 21, 2021
What is graph uncertainty and how can analysts visualize probabilistic graphs?

What is graph uncertainty and how can analysts visualize probabilistic graphs?

This post describes our recent work titled “Visualizing Uncertainty in Probabilistic Graphs with Network Hypothetical Outcome Plots…
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Dongping Zhang
Oct 13, 2021
How can we tell when a responsive visualization retains the message of a source view?

How can we tell when a responsive visualization retains the message of a source view?

This post summarizes the paper “An Automated Approach to Reasoning About Task-Oriented Insights in Responsive Visualization,” by Hyeok Kim…
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Hyeok Kim
Sep 23, 2021
Designing choropleth maps: What projection to choose?

Designing choropleth maps: What projection to choose?

TL;DR: Using equal-area projections is important for reliably interpreting data in choropleth maps. We asked social science researchers…
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Gabriela Molina
Dec 10, 2020
A personal visualization research story

A personal visualization research story

VIS 2020 was my 10th IEEE VIS conference! It’s also the last year that the three tracks of InfoVis (visualizing abstract data), VAST…
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Jessica Hullman
Nov 2, 2020
Surfacing Visualization Mirages

Surfacing Visualization Mirages

When reading a visualization is what we see really what we get?
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Andrew McNutt
Aug 20, 2020
Conduct design studies in your visualization class and make an impact on your community

Conduct design studies in your visualization class and make an impact on your community

This post is about our paper at ACM CHI 2020 (Best Paper Award) — Design Study “Lite” Methodology: Expediting Design Studies and Enabling…
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Uzma Haque Syeda
Jun 18, 2020
Timelines are not always lines: An evaluation of different timeline shapes

Timelines are not always lines: An evaluation of different timeline shapes

TL;DR: When we create a timeline, we can use many different shapes to convey different meanings, or just to apply our creativity: it can…
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Sara Di Bartolomeo
May 4, 2020
A Comparison of Geographical Propagation Visualizations

A Comparison of Geographical Propagation Visualizations

TL;DR:
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Vanessa P. Araya
Apr 20, 2020
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