Jeffrey Heer
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Jeffrey Heer
@jheer.org
UW Computer Science Professor. Data, visualization & interaction. UW Interactive Data Lab, Vega, Ex-Trifacta. Sometimes Seattle, manchmal Berlin.
Carr et al had a similar idea - applied to color encoding - back in the 80s! (From www.jstor.org/stable/2289444, paywalled…)
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Mosaic architecture for database-backed interactive visualization just hit 1,000 stars on GitHub! Thank you to all who have participated and contributed!
April 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
TFW you have a grand idea only to find it's out of reach. So it goes for my chatbot that meows and purrs.
February 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Love this work! Also related is the Boba project, led by Yang Liu and @kalealex.bsky.social, which includes a variety of multiverse visualization and assessment methods. idl.uw.edu/papers/boba
November 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Or, explore all shots taken in the 2023 WNBA season. idl.uw.edu/mosaic/examp...
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Fresh off their group's Nobel prize 🧬‼️, this example from UW graduate students enables evaluation of proteins designed using AI diffusion models. idl.uw.edu/mosaic/examp...
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Mosaic v0.12 is out: database-powered scalable, interactive visualization! 📈 One new addition is support for dynamic changes in the backing data. Move between smaller and larger samples to balance speed and comprehensive coverage.
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM