At Data & Dialogue Lab we study
We are a research lab at School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. We conduct reserach at the intersection of information visualization, human-computer-interaction, and social psychology. Our goal is to understand how people think with data in light of their existing views. Given new information, would they update their views or would they withhold them? How might we design information that can persuade people to change their views? We design such novel interactive persuasive data communication tools!
Contact us if you are interested in joining our lab as a student or collaborator.
Highlights
When do data visualizations persuade?
paperCHI 2023
In this paper we examine the impact of existing attitudes (e.g., positive or negative attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination) on changes in beliefs about statistical correlations when viewing scatterplot visualizations with different representations of statistical uncertainty.
Images, Emotions, and Credibility
paperICWSM 2023
In this paper, we ask: Do people a source that publishes images with negative emotions as less credible as one that is more balanced?
Belief change in light of incongruent information
paperTVCG 2020
In this paper, using a novel belief elicitation technique, we ask do people update their belief like a rational agent would?
Urban Space Explorer: A Visual Analytics System for Urban Planning
paperCG&A 2017
In this paper we describe an interactive visual analytics system that helps Urban Planners think with social media data!