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most citedMeasure-Observe-Remeasure: An Interactive Paradigm for Differentially-Private Exploratory Analysis

54 citations · 169 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.HC2026

Cohort-based Semantic Labeling: AI-Enabled Recovery of Visualization Semantics from Deployed SVGs

Jeongah Lee, Hima Varshini Surisetty, Durga Nirmaleswaran +4

Many web-based visualizations are deployed as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a format that faithfully preserves visual appearance but typically omits the higher-level semantic str…

cs.HC2026

Investigating How Music Affects Persuasion, Engagement, and Emotion in Data Videos

Sarmistha Sarna Gomasta, Mahmood Jasim, Hossein Hadisi +4

Data videos have become a prominent vessel for communicating data to broad audiences, and a common object of study in information visualization. Many of these videos include music,…

cs.HC2025

SVG Decomposition for Enhancing Large Multimodal Models Visualization Comprehension: A Study with Floor Plans

Jeongah Lee, Ali Sarvghad

Large multimodal models (LMMs) are increasingly capable of interpreting visualizations, yet they continue to struggle with spatial reasoning. One proposed strategy is decomposition…

cs.HC2025★ 11 cited

AI-Enabled Conversational Journaling for Advancing Parkinson's Disease Symptom Tracking

Mashrur Rashik, Shilpa Sweth, Nishtha Agrawal +6

Journaling plays a crucial role in managing chronic conditions by allowing patients to document symptoms and medication intake, providing essential data for long-term care. While v…

cs.HC2025★ 5 cited

Toward Filling a Critical Knowledge Gap: Charting the Interactions of Age with Task and Visualization

Zack While, Ali Sarvghad

We present the results of a study comparing the performance of younger adults (YA) and people in late adulthood (PLA) across ten low-level analysis tasks and five basic visualizati…

cs.HC2024

Toward Understanding the Experiences of People in Late Adulthood with Embedded Information Displays in the Home

Zack While, Henry Wheeler-Klainberg, Tanja Blascheck +2

Embedded information displays (EIDs) are becoming increasingly ubiquitous on home appliances and devices such as microwaves, coffee machines, fridges, or digital thermostats. These…

cs.HC2024★ 9 cited

Dark Mode or Light Mode? Exploring the Impact of Contrast Polarity on Visualization Performance Between Age Groups

Zack While, Ali Sarvghad

This study examines the impact of positive and negative contrast polarities (i.e., light and dark modes) on the performance of younger adults and people in their late adulthood (PL…

cs.CV2024★ 9 cited

Can GPT-4 Models Detect Misleading Visualizations?

Jason Alexander, Priyal Nanda, Kai-Cheng Yang +1

The proliferation of misleading visualizations online, particularly during critical events like public health crises and elections, poses a significant risk. This study investigate…

cs.CR2024★ 54 cited

Measure-Observe-Remeasure: An Interactive Paradigm for Differentially-Private Exploratory Analysis

Priyanka Nanayakkara, Hyeok Kim, Yifan Wu +4

Differential privacy (DP) has the potential to enable privacy-preserving analysis on sensitive data, but requires analysts to judiciously spend a limited ``privacy loss budget'' $ε…

cs.HC2024★ 13 cited

GerontoVis: Data Visualization at the Confluence of Aging

Zack While, R. Jordan Crouser, Ali Sarvghad

Despite the explosive growth of the aging population worldwide, older adults have been largely overlooked by visualization research. This paper is a critical reflection on the unde…

cs.HC2024★ 14 cited

Glanceable Data Visualizations for Older Adults: Establishing Thresholds and Examining Disparities Between Age Groups

Zack While, Tanja Blascheck, Yujie Gong +2

We present results of a replication study on smartwatch visualizations with adults aged 65 and older. The older adult population is rising globally, coinciding with their increasin…

cs.HC2022★ 17 cited

Supporting Serendipitous Discovery and Balanced Analysis of Online Product Reviews with Interaction-Driven Metrics and Bias-Mitigating Suggestions

Mahmood Jasim, Christopher Collins, Ali Sarvghad +1

In this study, we investigate how supporting serendipitous discovery and analysis of online product reviews can encourage readers to explore reviews more comprehensively prior to m…

cs.HC2020★ 37 cited

CommunityClick: Capturing and Reporting Community Feedback from Town Halls to Improve Inclusivity

Mahmood Jasim, Pooya Khaloo, Somin Wadhwa +3

Local governments still depend on traditional town halls for community consultation, despite problems such as a lack of inclusive participation for attendees and difficulty for civ…