Valeria Garro
@rgbval.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Computer Science @ BTH, Sweden. Interested in Data Visualization, Visual Perception, XR, CG, CV, and Gaming. Teaching & coffee ☕. Committed lifelong learner. Own opinions. 🇪🇺💛💙
Yesterday I joined the input visualization workshop inputvisualization.github.io/vis2025/ co-located with #ieeevis and I presented my position paper on Input Visualization for Group Decision Making (osf.io/ycb2d/files/...). Very interesting discussions and group work!
OSF
osf.io
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Yesterday I joined the input visualization workshop inputvisualization.github.io/vis2025/ co-located with #ieeevis and I presented my position paper on Input Visualization for Group Decision Making (osf.io/ycb2d/files/...). Very interesting discussions and group work!
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My #IEEEVIS 2025 paper explorer is live! 🎉
👉 johnguerra.co/viz/ieeevis2... 👈
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
👉 johnguerra.co/viz/ieeevis2... 👈
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
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My #IEEEVIS 2025 paper explorer is live! 🎉
👉 johnguerra.co/viz/ieeevis2... 👈
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
👉 johnguerra.co/viz/ieeevis2... 👈
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
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IMPORTANT: “‘At many public universities, syllabi are considered intellectual property. As such, professors are not required to share their syllabi in response to public records requests. Check your university policy prior to complying advance.’"
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Conservative Org. Requests Materials for 70 Chapel Hill Courses
The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.
www.insidehighered.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
IMPORTANT: “‘At many public universities, syllabi are considered intellectual property. As such, professors are not required to share their syllabi in response to public records requests. Check your university policy prior to complying advance.’"
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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The European Commission has issued the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice this month. It is a voluntary tool designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models. Read more:
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
The Code of Practice helps industry comply with the AI Act legal obligations on safety, transparency and copyright of general-purpose AI models.
buff.ly
July 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The European Commission has issued the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice this month. It is a voluntary tool designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models. Read more:
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Another study by #MIT @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social, @eugenehp.bsky.social & co. finds #AI boosts productivity but weakens critical thinking. Can’t say I’m too surprised. Productivity ≠ better thinking! #GenAI #CriticalThinking #ResearchSky
Paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Yet Another Study Finds That AI Is Making Us Dumb
LLM users displayed the "weakest" brain connectivity in a new MIT study that hints AI use harms critical thinking. It's not the first such study.
tech.co
June 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another study by #MIT @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social, @eugenehp.bsky.social & co. finds #AI boosts productivity but weakens critical thinking. Can’t say I’m too surprised. Productivity ≠ better thinking! #GenAI #CriticalThinking #ResearchSky
Paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature's research papers 🧪👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature's research papers 🧪👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
Bokeh Accessibility Audit Summary
Findings and recommendations to make Bokeh tools and plots more accessible
bokeh-a11y-audit.readthedocs.io
May 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm officially announcing a massive collaboration that I've been able to participate in: evaluating the accessibility of the Python visualization library, @bokeh.org! 🎉
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
In collab with folks from @quansight.com and @anacondainc.bsky.social, we present 76 documented findings plus our summary here:
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📊 Navigating a deluge of information can be a challenge, especially when tracking complex political developments.
Teo Popescu explores how data visualization can help combat news fatigue in the context of tracking Trump's executive orders.
nightingaledvs.com/art-of-the-t...
Teo Popescu explores how data visualization can help combat news fatigue in the context of tracking Trump's executive orders.
nightingaledvs.com/art-of-the-t...
The Art of the Trump Tracker: How Data Viz Can Combat News Fatigue, Nightingale
Since coming into office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued more than 124 executive orders—with nearly as many lawsuits filed in...
nightingaledvs.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📊 Navigating a deluge of information can be a challenge, especially when tracking complex political developments.
Teo Popescu explores how data visualization can help combat news fatigue in the context of tracking Trump's executive orders.
nightingaledvs.com/art-of-the-t...
Teo Popescu explores how data visualization can help combat news fatigue in the context of tracking Trump's executive orders.
nightingaledvs.com/art-of-the-t...
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🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines are a set of best practices compiled by industry experts, gamers, and disabled people. The guidelines have been written to help developers, designers, and testers make games more accessible to people with disabilities.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming...
Xbox Accessibility Guidelines - Microsoft Game Dev
Game development documentation for creating accessible games.
learn.microsoft.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines are a set of best practices compiled by industry experts, gamers, and disabled people. The guidelines have been written to help developers, designers, and testers make games more accessible to people with disabilities.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming...
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Going to #CHI2025 in Japan? Interested in running user studies?
Sign up for our virtual CHI 2025 course that teaches you how to use reVISit, a new, open-source user study tool reducing the tedium of study design. Come learn through some practical examples.
cvent.me/g5mx2w
revisit.dev
Sign up for our virtual CHI 2025 course that teaches you how to use reVISit, a new, open-source user study tool reducing the tedium of study design. Come learn through some practical examples.
cvent.me/g5mx2w
revisit.dev
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Going to #CHI2025 in Japan? Interested in running user studies?
Sign up for our virtual CHI 2025 course that teaches you how to use reVISit, a new, open-source user study tool reducing the tedium of study design. Come learn through some practical examples.
cvent.me/g5mx2w
revisit.dev
Sign up for our virtual CHI 2025 course that teaches you how to use reVISit, a new, open-source user study tool reducing the tedium of study design. Come learn through some practical examples.
cvent.me/g5mx2w
revisit.dev
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NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
This is very sad but also terrifying.
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is very sad but also terrifying.
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
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Dear US colleague scientists exposed to multiple unprecedented pressures on academic freedom, up to brutal and unfair firing,
I do not know how to best help you in these horrible circumstances.
You are not alone.
I do not know how to best help you in these horrible circumstances.
You are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Dear US colleague scientists exposed to multiple unprecedented pressures on academic freedom, up to brutal and unfair firing,
I do not know how to best help you in these horrible circumstances.
You are not alone.
I do not know how to best help you in these horrible circumstances.
You are not alone.
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Once again, the New York Times gives the dataviz community an opportunity to reflect on its purpose.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Once again, the New York Times gives the dataviz community an opportunity to reflect on its purpose.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
Can everything be quantified and turned into a chart?
Most important: what are the consequences of a chart?
If words matter, charts matter too.
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The report from the Dagstuhl (DE) workshop on "Art, Visual Illusions, and Data Visualization" I attended last year is available online now: doi.org/10.4230/DagR... #dataviz #AI #art #perception
Art, Visual Illusions, and Data Visualization (Dagstuhl Seminar 24301)
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The report from the Dagstuhl (DE) workshop on "Art, Visual Illusions, and Data Visualization" I attended last year is available online now: doi.org/10.4230/DagR... #dataviz #AI #art #perception
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"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0