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Data Formulator: Exploring how AI can help analysts create rich data visualizations
| Chenglong Wang, Steven Drucker, Dan Marshall, Jeevana Priya Inala, Kori Inkpen, and Jianfeng Gao
Data Formulator investigates combining UI interactions with natural language input. Powered by AI, it can help users create or adapt visualizations and supports continuous refinement through an iterative process. Now available on GitHub.
Data Formulator: A concept-driven, AI-powered approach to data visualization
| Chenglong Wang, Bongshin Lee, John Thompson, Steven Drucker, and Jianfeng Gao
Visualization is vital for understanding complex data, but existing tools require “tidy data,” adding extra steps. Learn how Data Formulator transforms concepts into visuals, promoting collaboration between analysts and AI agents.
Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, Sr. Principal Researcher & Research Manager, and Steven Drucker, Partner Research Manager, were both inducted into the CHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field…
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Microsoft open sources SandDance data visualization too
SandDance is a data visualization tool which Microsoft Research first announced in 2016. SandDance was able to handle multi-dimensional datasets of hundreds of thousands of rows and 30 columns. It showed a large number of related views by changing how…
Microsoft makes AI debugging and visualization tool TensorWatch open source
| Shital Shah, Roland Fernandez, Steven Drucker, Maxim Lukiyanov, and Susan Dumais
The rise of deep learning is accompanied by ever-increasing model complexity, larger datasets, and longer training times for models. When working on novel concepts, researchers often need to understand why training metrics are trending the way they are. So far,…