Learning to play the piano is a deeply rewarding journey, but it comes with a notoriously steep hurdle: sight-reading. Sight-reading is the ability to read and play a piece of sheet music fluently on the first look, much like reading a book out loud in your native language. While essential  ...Read More

We’ve all been there: you’re trying to use a new piece of software, but the buttons don’t make sense, the data looks like a confusing mess, and you’re starting to feel your blood boil. Usually, computers are oblivious to our “human” moments. They sit there silently while we get more and more  ...Read More

Visual Analytics pairs human reasoning with computational power to explore massive, complex datasets. Yet, because communication between people and software is rarely seamless, users often spend valuable time in frustrating trial-and-error analysis loops. To bridge these knowledge gaps, modern  ...Read More

We’ve all seen it: a shocking headline or a blurry photo starts tearing across your social media feed. Before you know it, everyone is sharing it, and the “news” feels real, even if it seems a bit off. In the middle of a crisis, like a hurricane or a major news event, misinformation can be  ...Read More

It’s been well over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, prompting various measures from governments and private-sector entities alike. One of the first responses to the pandemic came in the form of widespread implementation of work-from-home and learn-from-home policies.  ...Read More

Data visualization is the practice of mapping data variables to visual variables, or visual dimensions. Despite only having two spatial dimensions to work with on a normal screen, data scientists often seek to cram as many data variables as possible into a single visualization using other visual dim  ...Read More

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems increasingly influence critical decisions across healthcare, finance, policy, and everyday life, questions around trustworthiness, fairness, interpretability, and accountability have taken center stage. But how do humans actually come to trust these complex  ...Read More