Published invialab research·Mar 8, 2022Case Study: Querying a Video Dataset Using Explainable A.I.Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is an emerging field of artificial intelligence that focuses on the development an AI models that can explain their behavior on some level to human collaborators. These explanations can be developer-focused to help in understanding, designing, and improving models, or user-focused wherein the model’s explanations are…Explainable Ai11 min readExplainable Ai11 min read
Published invialab research·Oct 28, 2021Professional Differences: How Disciplinary Training Affects Visualization Task PerformanceInvestigating Links Between Spatial Ability, Data Visualization Task Performance, and Area of Discipline. Empowering people across all disciplines and professions to understand their data is the enduring promise of visualization. When designing a visualization for a specific industry or discipline, visualization designers will consider the nature of the data and how it is used by that specific discipline. What is seldom (if…Visualization8 min readVisualization8 min read
Published invialab research·Aug 20, 2021Parallel Tag Clouds: A Look Back at One of Our Most Influential PapersIn this blog post, we take a look back at an older paper of ours titled Parallel Tag Clouds to Explore and Analyze Faceted Text Corpora, and explore how it has influenced data visualization research since it was published. Parallel Tag Clouds was presented at the IEEE Conference on Visual…Justice System6 min readJustice System6 min read
Published invialab research·Aug 13, 2021Effects of Multiple Visual Channels on Outlier DetectionWhy animated scatterplots are not well suited for data discovery Data visualization is the practice of mapping data variables to visual variables, or visual dimensions. Despite only having two spatial dimensions to work with on a normal screen, data scientists often seek to cram as many data variables as possible into a single visualization using other visual dimensions such as…Data Visualization8 min readData Visualization8 min read
Published invialab research·Jul 21, 2021Visualizing Language Transfer Effects in Large Learner CorporaSecond Language Acquisition (SLA) is a research field that studies the process of learning another language. Language transfer effects occur when the learner applies structural, grammatical, or semantic rules from their native language to the language they are trying to learn. For example, a native Portuguese speaker might misuse the…Language Learning9 min readLanguage Learning9 min read
Published invialab research·Jun 15, 2021Covid ConnectEnabling anonymous peer-based mental health support with artificial intelligence and visualization Visit the app and share your stories at http://covidconnect.me. It’s been well over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, prompting various measures from governments and private-sector entities alike. One of the first responses to the pandemic came in the form of widespread implementation of work-from-home and…Mental Health7 min readMental Health7 min read
Published inBootcamp·Jun 14, 2021Case study: Visualizing sexual harassment in academiaHow researchers conveyed the bigger picture behind the data without compromising the individual significance of the stories. — Sexual harassment in academia is an unusually overlooked component of the greater societal conversation around sexual assault and harassment. This is especially puzzling when you consider the intense power dynamics that exist in academic institutions, as well as the non-academic aspects of university campus life that are so infamously associated…Sexual Harrassment7 min readSexual Harrassment7 min read
