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

Have you ever tried to read a complex data visualization only to find the information buried under a mess of overlapping text or font so tiny you need a magnifying glass? Whether it’s a packed treemap or a busy map, fitting long words into small spaces is a classic headache in the world of data  ...Read More

In this blog post, we take a look back at an older paper of ours titled Parallel Tag Clouds to Explore and Analyze Faceted Text Corpora, and explore how it has influenced data visualization research since it was published. Parallel Tag Clouds was presented at the IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics  ...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

Navigating university can be overwhelming. Between picking prerequisites, balancing demanding course loads, and adjusting to campus life, many students find themselves in academic jeopardy. While academic advisors play a crucial role in keeping students on track to graduate, their time is limited  ...Read More

We’ve all been there: you are at a concert watching your favorite artist perform live, but instead of taking in the moment, you find yourself reaching into your pocket, unlocking your phone, dodging random notifications, and holding up a screen. Digital devices have blurred the boundaries between  ...Read More

We’ve all seen medical dramas where doctors intently stare at a flat computer monitor, analyzing black-and-white brain scans before a high-stakes operation. Advanced 3D imaging techniques like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) scans have become vital tools for clinical  ...Read More