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The Visual Interface and Behavior Exploration (VIBE) Lab at Washington University in St. Louis uses interdisciplinary approaches to study visual interfaces, explore human behavior in decision-making processes, and advance the understanding of how people interact with visualizations. We utilize machine learning techniques to model human interactions with visualization tools and foster a symbiotic relationship between humans and machines.

Topics of interest include:

  • Visualization Literacy
  • Human-AI Collaboration
  • Decision-Making with Visualization
  • Trust Perception
  • Individual Differences

people

Alvitta Ottley
Dr. Alvitta Ottley

Director
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Saugat Pandey
Saugat Pandey

Ph.D. Researcher
Investigates visualization literacy and individual differences.

Arch
Oen McKinley

Ph.D. Researcher
Interested in for high-dimensional data.


Jennifer Ha
🎓 Dr. Sunwoo Jennifer Ha

Visual Analytics Scientist at Epsilon
Focuses on adaptive systems and trust callibration.

Melanie Bancilhon
🎓 Dr. Melanie Bancilhon

Postdoctoral Fellow at Army Research Lab (ARL)
Examines perception, cognitive biases, and decision-making.

Shayan Monadjemi
🎓 Dr. Shayan Monadjemi

Research Scientist at ORNL
Specializes in machine learning and user modeling.


selected publications

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    Guided By AI: Navigating Trust, Bias, and Data Exploration in AI-Guided Visual Analytics
    Sunwoo Ha, Shayan Monadjemi, and Alvitta Ottley
    In Computer Graphics Forum, 2024
    :trophy: HONORABLE MENTION
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    ConFides: A Visual Analytics Solution for Automated Speech Recognition Analysis and Exploration
    Sunwoo Ha, Chaehun Lim, R Jordan Crouser, and 1 more author
    IEEE VIS, 2024
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    What Do We Mean When We Say “Insight”? A Formal Synthesis of Existing Theory
    Leilani Battle, and Alvitta Ottley
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023
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    Mini-VLAT: A Short and Effective Measure of Visualization Literacy
    Saugat Pandey, and Alvitta Ottley
    Computer Graphics Forum, In Proceedings of the 25th EG Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), 2023
    :trophy: BEST PAPER AWARD
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    Human-Computer Collaboration for Visual Analytics: an Agent-based Framework
    Shayan Monadjemi, Mengtian Guo, David Gotz, and 2 more authors
    Computer Graphics Forum, In Proceedings of the 25th EG Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), 2023