Khoury Vis Lab @ Northeastern University

Screenshot of a paper titled "An Autoethnography on Visualization Literacy: A Wicked Measurement Problem" by Ge et al. The figure below shows the lifecycle of a visualization literacy assessment, including three stages: Conceptual, Methodlogical, and Operational, with example calls to action.

What makes measuring visualization literacy such a wicked problem? Come hear from this autoethnographic work by vis literacy researchers, including Khoury Vis Lab members Mackenzie Creamer & @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy. In the Visualization Literacy session, 9:30 - 10:45 AM Fri.
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A diagram from a Creamer et al. paper showing the experimental design and results of a study replicating the use of augmented reality in astronomy publications.

How can augmented reality help researchers explore complex astronomical data? 🌌 Learn about Mackenzie Creamer, Michelle A. Borkin & friends’ replication study to find out! In Immersive Visualization and Extended Reality, 3:45 - 5 PM Thursday. #ieeevis #augmentedreality
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A figure from a Stokes et al. paper illustrating "Replace Mappings" in data visualization, using three example charts where text annotations replace traditional elements like axes and legends.

Learn about the diverse function of text 💬 in visualizations from “An Analysis of Text Functions in Information Visualization” by @chasejstokes.bsky.social, Anjana Arunkumar, Marti A. Hearst, and Lace Padilla, also in From Data to Meaning, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM! #ieeevis

Three-panel summary of experiments showing how chart-type schemas and directional cues influence expectations and accuracy when interpreting connected scatterplots. The title reads "Shifting Expectations for Encoding Rules Mitigates Misinterpretation of Connected Scatterplots."

Wonder why some charts are so hard to read? @wenxu.bsky.social & Lace Padilla show they could be violating your expectations 💭.
Join the talk 11:15 - 12:30 in From Data to Meaning – you’ll also learn how to design better connected scatterplots! #ieeevis #cognition
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Screenshot of a paper titled "Stitching Meaning: Practices of Data Textile Creators." Below the title is a figure showing two data textiles pieces – a colorful “book blanket” and a striped “temperature blanket.” It illustrates how textile patterns encode data and describes study focus areas on data, creator motivations, and visual encodings. Screenshot of a paper titled "Stitching Meaning: Practices of Data Textile Creators." Below the title is a figure showing two data textiles pieces – a colorful “book blanket” and a striped “temperature blanket.” It illustrates how textile patterns encode data and describes study focus areas on data, creator motivations, and visual encodings.

How do data textile creators stitch meaning into their work? 🧶 Hear from @sydneypurdue.bsky.social , Eduardo Puerta, @ebertini.bsky.social, & Melanie Tory, Thurs 11:15 - 12:30. (Rumor has it there’ll be a real piece on display 🤫)
#ieeevis #dataphysicalization #datatextiles
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Join a critical discussion on the state of peer review at #ieeevis. Panel "IEEE VIS Reviewing - On a Path to Self-Destruction?" on Thurs, 9:30 - 10:45 AM will examine concerning trends, from gatekeeping to bias that may narrow the field's scope. Featuring Melanie Tory as panelist.

Screenshot of a paper titled "An Evaluation of Temporal and Categorical Uncertainty on Timelines: A Case Study in Human Activity Recall Visualizations." A diagram below the title summarizes a study on how people recall daily activities with uncertainty. It shows examples of participants describing uncertain times and activities, corresponding visual timeline encodings, and study results from 81 participants.

Learn which encodings work best for showing temporal vs. categorical uncertainty on timelines from Potter et al. (feat. lab alumn Uzma Haque Syeda & faculty Michelle Borkin)! Catch it in Workflows & Infrastructure, Thurs 9:30 - 10:45 AM!
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Poster showing a grid of data visualizations recreated using different artistic media. Rows correspond to mediums – pencil, dip pen, crayon, colored pencil, watercolor pencil, and watercolor – while columns show different uncertainty visualizations.

🎨 Check out Khoury Vis Lab faculty member Michelle Borkin’s exploration of art x uncertainty, “Artistic Inspiration for Uncertainty Visualization Techniques” in the poster session on Wednesday, 5 - 6 PM, or view the digital version here: hdl.handle.net/2047/D20809569
#ieeevis #dataart

Lace Padilla will be a panelist at “What Does Psychology Really Mean to Visualization Research? Towards PsychXVis and VisXPsych” on Wed, 2 - 3:15 PM 🧠
The panel will explore how deeper collaboration between psychology and visualization can lead to more evidence-based VIS research.
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Diagram illustrating four stages of a network optimization process: (a) candidate node selection, (b) neighborhood selection, (c) optimizing the neighborhood, and (d) resulting layout with fewer edge crossings. Arrows guide the process flow from left to right and back to the start.

What’s better than a neat network? One that’s laid out fast ⚡
Check out Connor Wilson, Tarik Crnovrsanin, Eduardo Puerta, & @codydunne.bsky.social's work on fast & readable layered network visualizations in Ordering and Layout, Wed 2:00 - 3:15 PM #ieeevis #graphs
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Figure showing three example dashboards broken down into colored block diagrams and corresponding interaction and adjacency graphs that illustrate relationships and connections between dashboard elements.

From a "Dashboard Zoo" 🦒 to a "Census". Srinivasan et al. (feat. our lab’s @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy ) move beyond “showpiece” dashboards to survey 25K+ real ones in the wild. Catch the talk in Dastardly Dashboards, Wed 9:30 - 10:45 AM #ieeevis
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Presence of the Northeastern University Khoury Visualization Lab at IEEE VIS 2025: 8 papers, 3 workshops, 2 panels, a doctoral colloquium talk, a VAST challenge that received Honorable Mention, a poster, 3 service contributions, and 2 awards.

The Khoury Vis Lab is well-represented at #ieeevis 2025! 🎉
Check out our full line-up of papers, panels, services, awards, + more👇

A photo of a slide showing the 2025 Visualization Academy Inductees, including Khoury Vis Lab member Melanie Tory.

🏆Congratulations to Melanie Tory on being inducted into the VGTC Visualization Academy! #ieeevis

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A photo of Khoury Vis Lab member Lace Padilla receiving the VGTC Significant New Researcher Award at IEEE VIS 2025.

🏆Congratulations to Lace Padilla for receiving this year’s VGTC Significant New Researcher Award at #ieeevis!

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Congratulations to @racquelf.bsky.social for receiving 🏆Honorable Mention🏆 in this year’s VAST Challenge for her work with Dylan Wootton, Intuitive Support for Query Construction! Catch them on Monday 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM. #ieeevis
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Khoury Vis faculty member @ebertini.bsky.social is co-organizing the VISxGenAI: 1st Workshop on GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS on Monday! Learn more about it here: visxgenai.github.io #ieeevis #genAI

Screenshot of a paper titled “Data Theatre as Input Visualization: Building Community Voice and Cohesion.” The background features light blue abstract line drawings resembling maps or paths.

Khoury Vis Lab member @sydneypurdue.bsky.social will present her work with Bhargava et al., “Data Theatre as Input Visualization: Building Community Voice and Cohesion” at the Input Visualization Workshop on Monday! #ieeevis #inputvis #datatheatre
📄Read the paper here: osf.io/xpqcf/files/...

My #IEEEVIS 2025 paper explorer is live! 🎉
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An interactive #dataviz to explore 300+ papers by similarity. Perfect for:
✨ Discovering papers related to your interests
✨ Planning which sessions to attend
✨ Creating your own paper list (new!)

Pls help me distribute it

Screenshot of paper titled “A Priest, a Rabbi, and an Atheist Walk Into an Error Bar: Religious Meditations on Uncertainty Visualization” by Michael Correll and Lane Harrison. Below the title, an eye in a winged triangle is encircled by shapes and a ribbon with religious symbols. Text at the bottom reads “BE NOT CERTAIN.”

Find out what happens when “A Priest, a Rabbi, and an Atheist Walk Into an Error Bar 🍸”. Join @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy & @laneh.bsky.social for their religious meditations on uncertainty visualization at alt.VIS, Sunday 9 AM - 12:30 PM!
#ieeevis #uncertaintyvis
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Kicking us off at #ieeevis 2025! 🎉 Khoury Vis Lab member Mackenzie Creamer presented at the Doctoral Colloquium today on “Bridging Gaps in Visualization Literacy: From K–12 Education to Adaptive System Design.” #visualizationliteracy