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About us<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The HCI-VIS Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/a> conducts both fundamental and applied research at the intersection of HCI and Visualization. The mission of our Lab is to augment the abilities of individuals and groups to understand data and solve complex problems. We develop novel visualization and interaction techniques to facilitate data analysis, communication, and exploration. Additionally, we build community-centered tools to address real-world sociotechnical problems in domains such as civics and healthcare.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Focus & Excellence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The lab focuses its research on socially impactful technologies and techniques that include marginalized perspectives and empower data-informed decision-making. We value interdisciplinary work and utilize human-centered methods to understand people and design for them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Culture<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We strive to build an inclusive and human-centered environment where we value everyone\u2019s unique properties, values, orientations towards meeting excellence in research. We commit to building a supportive and healthy community where we help each other by providing continuous feedback for improvements, participating in active collaboration and research, and celebrating our achievements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Recent Publications<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Text and Speech in Conversational Agents: Mapping the Design Space of Avatars.<\/strong> Mashrur Rashik, Mahmood Jasim, Kostiantyn Kucher, Ali Sarvghad, Narges Mahyar
ACM DIS 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Information to Choose: A Critical Inquiry Into Visualization Tools for Decision Making.<\/strong> Emre Oral, Ria Chawla, Michel Wijkstra, Narges Mahyar, Evanthia Dimara
IEEE VIS 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Preprint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CommunityClick-Virtual: Multi-Modal Interactions for Enhancing Participation in Virtual Meetings.<\/strong> Mahmood Jasim, Ali Sarvghad, Narges Mahyar
MERCADO IEEE VIS 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Preprint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unveiling Insights: Surfacing Fine-Grained Discourse Acts in Short Free-Form Public Input Text through Visual Analytics.<\/strong> Mahmood Jasim, Mohit Iyyer, Narges Mahyar
NLVIS IEEE VIS 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Preprint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridging the Divide: Promoting Serendipitous Discovery of Opposing Viewpoints with Visual Analytics in Social Media.<\/strong> Mahmood Jasim, Mumtaz Fatima, Sagarika Ramesh Sonni, Narges Mahyar
VIS4SG IEEE VIS 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigating the Visual Utility of Differentially Private Scatterplots.<\/strong> Liudas Panavas, Tarik Crnovrsanin, Jane Adams, Johnathan Ullman, Ali Sarvghad, Melanie Tory, Cody Dunne
TVCG 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Preprint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Community Resiliency through Immersive Communal Extended Reality (CXR). <\/strong>Sharon Yavo-Ayalon, Swapna Joshi, Yuzhen (Adam) Zhang, Ruixiang (Albert) Han, Narges Mahyar, Wendy Ju
MDPI Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 2023<\/strong>\"PDF\"Paper<\/a> | \"\"<\/a> Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Do We Mean When We Talk About Visualization Novices? <\/strong>Alyxander Burns, Christiana Lee, Ria Chawla, Evan Peck, and Narges Mahyar
CHI 2023<\/strong>