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View article: What Can Visualization Research Do for Climate? A Workshop Report
What Can Visualization Research Do for Climate? A Workshop Report Open
Earth, our home planet, is changing at an unprecedented rate due to human industrial activity. Data visualization can uniquely illuminate these complex transformations by revealing hidden patterns, thereby translating abstract data into co…
View article: Instructional Comics for Self‐Paced Learning of Data Visualization Tools and Concepts
Instructional Comics for Self‐Paced Learning of Data Visualization Tools and Concepts Open
In this paper, we introduce instructional comics to explain concepts and routines in data visualization tools. As tools for visual data exploration proliferate, there is a growing need for tailored training and onboarding demonstrating int…
View article: Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals Open
Despite numerous efforts to mitigate their biases, ML systems continue to harm already-marginalized people. While predominant ML approaches assume bias can be removed and fair models can be created, we show that these are not always possib…
View article: Toward Collective Storytelling: Investigating Audience Annotations in Data Visualizations
Toward Collective Storytelling: Investigating Audience Annotations in Data Visualizations Open
This work investigates personal perspectives in visualization annotations as devices for collective data-driven storytelling. Inspired by existing efforts in critical cartography, we show how people share personal memories in a visualizati…
View article: Visualization Atlases: Explaining and Exploring Complex Topics Through Data, Visualization, and Narration
Visualization Atlases: Explaining and Exploring Complex Topics Through Data, Visualization, and Narration Open
This paper defines, analyzes, and discusses the emerging genre of visualization atlases. We currently witness an increase in web-based, data-driven initiatives that call themselves "atlases" while explaining complex, contemporary issues th…
View article: <i>Does This Have a Particular Meaning?</i> Interactive Pattern Explanation for Network Visualizations
<i>Does This Have a Particular Meaning?</i> Interactive Pattern Explanation for Network Visualizations Open
This paper presents an interactive technique to explain visual patterns in network visualizations to analysts who do not understand these visualizations and who are learning to read them. Learning a visualization requires mastering its vis…
View article: Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations Open
This paper presents discursive patinas, a technique to visualize discussions onto data visualizations, inspired by how people leave traces in the physical world. While data visualizations are widely discussed in online communities and soci…
View article: Practices and Strategies in Responsive Thematic Map Design: A Report from Design Workshops with Experts
Practices and Strategies in Responsive Thematic Map Design: A Report from Design Workshops with Experts Open
This paper discusses challenges and design strategies in responsive design for thematic maps in information visualization. Thematic maps pose a number of unique challenges for responsiveness, such as inflexible aspect ratios that do not ea…
View article: An Analysis of the Interplay and Mutual Benefits of Grounded Theory and Visualization
An Analysis of the Interplay and Mutual Benefits of Grounded Theory and Visualization Open
Grounded theory (GT) is a research methodology that entails a systematic workflow for theory generation grounded on emergent data. In this article, we juxtapose GT workflows with typical workflows in visualization and visual analytics (VIS…
View article: Visualization Atlases: Explaining and Exploring Complex Topics through Data, Visualization, and Narration
Visualization Atlases: Explaining and Exploring Complex Topics through Data, Visualization, and Narration Open
This paper defines, analyzes, and discusses the emerging genre of visualization atlases. We currently witness an increase in web-based, data-driven initiatives that call themselves "atlases" while explaining complex, contemporary issues th…
View article: Does This Have a Particular Meaning? Interactive Pattern Explanation for Network Visualizations
Does This Have a Particular Meaning? Interactive Pattern Explanation for Network Visualizations Open
This paper presents an interactive technique to explain visual patterns in network visualizations to analysts who do not understand these visualizations and who are learning to read them. Learning a visualization requires mastering its vis…
View article: Practices and Strategies in Responsive Thematic Map Design: A Report from Design Workshops with Experts
Practices and Strategies in Responsive Thematic Map Design: A Report from Design Workshops with Experts Open
This paper discusses challenges and design strategies in responsive design for thematic maps in information visualization. Thematic maps pose a number of unique challenges for responsiveness, such as inflexible aspect ratios that do not ea…
View article: Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations Open
This paper presents discursive patinas, a technique to visualize discussions onto data visualizations, inspired by how people leave traces in the physical world. While data visualizations are widely discussed in online communities and soci…
View article: At-admission prediction of mortality and pulmonary embolism in an international cohort of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 using statistical and machine learning methods
At-admission prediction of mortality and pulmonary embolism in an international cohort of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 using statistical and machine learning methods Open
By September 2022, more than 600 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported globally, resulting in over 6.5 million deaths. COVID-19 mortality risk estimators are often, however, developed with small unrepresentative samples …
View article: Constraint-Based Breakpoints for Responsive Visualization Design and Development
Constraint-Based Breakpoints for Responsive Visualization Design and Development Open
This article introduces constraint-based breakpoints, a technique for designing responsive visualizations for a wide variety of screen sizes and datasets. Breakpoints in responsive visualization define when different visualization designs …
View article: Design Patterns for Data-Driven News Articles
Design Patterns for Data-Driven News Articles Open
Technological advancements have resulted in great shifts in the production and consumption of news articles. This, in turn, lead to the requirement of new educational and practical frameworks. In this paper, we present a classification of …
View article: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy
Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy Open
Researchers have proposed many definitions of visualization literacy, targeting various aspects of the term. But we have yet to fully capture what it really means to be literate in visualizations, which has important downstream implication…
View article: ChatGPT in Data Visualization Education: A Student Perspective
ChatGPT in Data Visualization Education: A Student Perspective Open
Unlike traditional educational chatbots that rely on pre-programmed responses, large-language model-driven chatbots, such as ChatGPT, demonstrate remarkable versatility to serve as a dynamic resource for addressing student needs from under…
View article: IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Climate Action and Sustainability
IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Climate Action and Sustainability Open
This first workshop on visualization for climate action and sustainability aims to explore and consolidate the role of data visualization in accelerating action towards addressing the current environmental crisis. Given the urgency and imp…
View article: Design Patterns for Data-Driven News Articles
Design Patterns for Data-Driven News Articles Open
Technological advancements have resulted in great shifts in the production and consumption of news articles. This, in turn, lead to the requirement of new educational and practical frameworks. In this paper, we present a classification of …
View article: Feature-Action Design Patterns for Storytelling Visualizations with Time Series Data
Feature-Action Design Patterns for Storytelling Visualizations with Time Series Data Open
We present a method to create storytelling visualization with time series data. Many personal decisions nowadays rely on access to dynamic data regularly, as we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is thus desirable to construct stor…
View article: Sex differences in post-acute neurological sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and symptom resolution in adults after coronavirus disease 2019 hospitalization: an international multi-centre prospective observational study
Sex differences in post-acute neurological sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and symptom resolution in adults after coronavirus disease 2019 hospitalization: an international multi-centre prospective observational study Open
Although it is known that coronavirus disease 2019 can present with a range of neurological manifestations and in-hospital complications, sparse data exist on whether these initial neurological symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 are clos…
View article: Implementation of Recommendations on the Use of Corticosteroids in Severe COVID-19
Implementation of Recommendations on the Use of Corticosteroids in Severe COVID-19 Open
Importance Research diversity and representativeness are paramount in building trust, generating valid biomedical knowledge, and possibly in implementing clinical guidelines. Objectives To compare variations over time and across World Heal…
View article: Delayed Mucosal Antiviral Responses Despite Robust Peripheral Inflammation in Fatal COVID-19
Delayed Mucosal Antiviral Responses Despite Robust Peripheral Inflammation in Fatal COVID-19 Open
Background While inflammatory and immune responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in peripheral blood are extensively described, responses at the upper respiratory mucosal site of initial infectio…
View article: NetPanorama: A Declarative Grammar for Network Construction, Transformation, and Visualization
NetPanorama: A Declarative Grammar for Network Construction, Transformation, and Visualization Open
This paper introduces NetPanorama, a domain-specific language and declarative grammar for interactive network visualization design that supports multivariate, temporal, and geographic networks. NetPanorama allows users to specify network v…
View article: Show Me My Users: A Dashboard Visualizing User Interaction Logs
Show Me My Users: A Dashboard Visualizing User Interaction Logs Open
This paper describes the design of a dashboard and analysis pipeline to monitor users of visualization tools in the wild. Our pipeline describes how to extract analytical KPIs from extensive log event data involving a mix of user types. Th…