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We use visualization as a petri dish to study intelligence augmentation: how can computation help amplify our cognition and creativity, while respecting our agency? Research Themes Latest & Greatest GoFish: A Grammar of More Graphics! Josh Pollock, Arvind Satyanarayan IEEE VIS 2025 Pluto: Authoring Semantically Aligned Text and Charts for Data-Driven Communication Arjun Srinivasan, Vidya Setlur, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM IUI 2025 Bluefish: Composing Diagrams with Declarative Relations Josh Pollock, Catherine Mei, Grace Huang, Elliot Evans, Daniel Jackson, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM UIST 2024 Umwelt: Accessible Structured Editing of Multi-Modal Data Representations Jonathan Zong, Isabella Pedraza Pineros, Mengzhu (Katie) Chen, Daniel Hajas, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM CHI 2024 Deimos: A Grammar of Dynamic Embodied Immersive Visualisation Morphs and Transitions Benjamin Lee, Arvind Satyanarayan, Maxime Cordeil, Arnaud Prouzeau, Bernhard Jenny, Tim Dwyer ACM CHI 2023 Latest & Greatest Semantic Regexes: Auto-Interpreting LLM Features with a Structured Language Angie Boggust, Donghao Ren, Yannick Assogba, Dominik Moritz, Arvind Satyanarayan, Fred Hohman ICLR 2026 Abstraction Alignment: Comparing Model-Learned and Human-Encoded Conceptual Relationships Angie Boggust, Hyemin (Helen) Bang, Hendrik Strobelt, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM CHI 2025 Toward Cultural Interpretability: A Linguistic Anthropological Framework for Describing and Evaluating Large Language Models Graham M. Jones, Shai Satran, Arvind Satyanarayan BD&S 2025 Explanation Alignment: Quantifying the Correctness of Model Reasoning At Scale Hyemin (Helen) Bang, Angie Boggust, Arvind Satyanarayan eXCV 2024 Saliency Cards: A Framework to Characterize and Compare Saliency Methods Angie Boggust, Harini Suresh, Hendrik Strobelt, John V. Guttag, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM FAccT 2023 Latest & Greatest Quantifying Visualization Vibes: Measuring Socio-Indexicality at Scale Amy Fox, Michelle Morgenstern, Graham M. Jones, Arvind Satyanarayan IEEE VIS 2025 · Best Paper Honorable Mention Visualization Vibes: The Socio-Indexical Function of Visualization Design Michelle Morgenstern, Amy Fox, Graham M. Jones, Arvind Satyanarayan IEEE VIS 2025 Toward Cultural Interpretability: A Linguistic Anthropological Framework for Describing and Evaluating Large Language Models Graham M. Jones, Shai Satran, Arvind Satyanarayan BD&S 2025 Intelligence as Agency: Evaluating the Capacity of Generative AI to Empower or Constrain Human Action Arvind Satyanarayan, Graham M. Jones MIT GenAI Impact Papers 2024 Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online Crystal Lee, Tanya Yang, Gabrielle Inchoco, Graham M. Jones, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM CHI 2021 · Best Paper Honorable Mention Latest & Greatest Belidor: A Specification Language for Operationalizing Structural Analogies Between User Interfaces Matt Beaudouin-Lafon, Devamardeep Hayatpur, Arvind Satyanarayan, Haijun Xia ACM CHI 2026 Something In Between Formal Spec and Informal Representation Ryan Yen, Josh Pollock, Caroline Berger, Arvind Satyanarayan Tools for Thought Workshop 2025 Charting EDA: Characterizing Interactive Visualization Use in Computational Notebooks with a Mixed-Methods Formalism Dylan Wootton, Amy Fox, Evan Peck, Arvind Satyanarayan IEEE VIS 2024 Intelligence as Agency: Evaluating the Capacity of Generative AI to Empower or Constrain Human Action Arvind Satyanarayan, Graham M. Jones MIT GenAI Impact Papers 2024 Designing for Semi-formal Programming with Foundation Models Josh Pollock, Ian Arawjo, Caroline Berger, Arvind Satyanarayan PLATEAU 2024 Latest & Greatest Pointing at Data Together: Establishing Common Ground with Multi-modal Data Representations in Blind/Sighted Collaboration Jonathan Zong, Arvind Satyanarayan IEEE VIS 2026 Benthic: Perceptually Congruent Structures for Accessible Charts and Diagrams Catherine Mei, Josh Pollock, Daniel Hajas, Jonathan Zong, Arvind Satyanarayan ASSETS 2025 Tactile Vega-Lite: Rapidly Prototyping Tactile Charts with Smart Defaults Mengzhu (Katie) Chen, Isabella Pedraza Pineros, Arvind Satyanarayan, Jonathan Zong ACM CHI 2025 “Customization is Key”: Reconfigurable Content Tokens for Accessible Data Visualizations Shuli Jones, Isabella Pedraza Pineros, Daniel Hajas, Jonathan Zong, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM CHI 2024 Umwelt: Accessible Structured Editing of Multi-Modal Data Representations Jonathan Zong, Isabella Pedraza Pineros, Mengzhu (Katie) Chen, Daniel Hajas, Arvind Satyanarayan ACM CHI 2024 News 2026-07-29
Huge congratulations to Dr. Josh Pollock for delivering an evocative and expansive defense of his thesis “GOMG: A Grammar of More Graphics!”
2026-04-22
Two papers this spring: Angie’s Semantic Regexes will appear at ICLR, and Matt’s Belidor will appear at CHI.
2025-07-01
Arvind was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure!).
People Alumni Hello from Cambridge, MA!
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