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Khoury Vis Lab @ Northeastern University
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Visualization Lab @ Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
Boston (+ CA, ME), USA
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🌌 “Our Energy Nexus” is featured in #InfoPlus2025!
This interactive installation by Chloe Prock & friends reimagines energy as a collective force, turning pollution data into shared hope + action. 
informationplusconference.com/2025/exhibit...

#datavis #dataart
The picture shows two viewers standing in the front of a large interactive screen displaying clusters of triangle marks that represent pollution data.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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“The Numbers” brings data to the stage 🎭
With scenic design by Khoury Vis Lab’s @sydneypurdue.bsky.social, this data-inspired show runs Nov 13-23 at Northeastern!
🎟️ Get tickets: camd.northeastern.edu/events/depar...
#datatheater
An event poster for the data-inspired show "The Numbers," directed by Jonathan Carr and devised by the company. A QR code for ticket registration appears at the bottom left. At the bottom right, it lists the show running from November 13–23, 2025, at the Studio Theatre, presented by Northeastern University’s Department of Theatre.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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.
#ieeevis
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.
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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 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.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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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
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.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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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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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."
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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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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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.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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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!
#ieeevis
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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.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🎨 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
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.
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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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
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
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.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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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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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.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The Khoury Vis Lab is well-represented at #ieeevis 2025! 🎉
Check out our full line-up of papers, panels, services, awards, + more👇
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.
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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🏆Congratulations to Melanie Tory on being inducted into the VGTC Visualization Academy! #ieeevis

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A photo of a slide showing the 2025 Visualization Academy Inductees, including Khoury Vis Lab member Melanie Tory.
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🏆Congratulations to Lace Padilla for receiving this year’s VGTC Significant New Researcher Award at #ieeevis!

ieeevis.org/year/2025/in...
A photo of Khoury Vis Lab member Lace Padilla receiving the VGTC Significant New Researcher Award at IEEE VIS 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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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/...
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.
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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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
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08213
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.”
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM