Chase Stokes

PhD candidate at @BerkeleyISchool. Interested in baseball, books, and the intersection of visualization and language.

On bluesky:

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

I am also currently applying for and seeking jobs based in the Chicago area 🏙️ (both industry and academia). If you are someone who is looking to fill a research role in Chicago, please feel free to DM or email me! 😁

[Will Epperson @w_epperson]

Do you work with text data for your job or research? We’d love to talk to you!

We're running a paid user study at CMU to understand how people explore and visualize text data while programming—and to gather feedback on our new open-source visualization tool.

Details below 👇

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

@PhilippeLaban @MSFTResearch Congratulations!! Looking forward to seeing your excellent work continue!

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

A couple other examples as well just since I have them - I've seen a few different variants of the map as well, with different swing states on either side. Lots to unpack here, obviously, but striking to see visualizations front and center.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Recently, I've been getting targeted ads from the Harris campaign. Nothing newsworthy there - except that they keep showing me charts! I've also seen text-based ads (pictured) and images, but it makes me wonder about the use of charts as persuasive tool for likely Harris donors.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

The "We are TIED" bar chart was animated with the blue bar moving up and down - kind of a HOPs appearance to it. I don't get targeted ads from the Trump campaign so unclear whether this a trend in campaigning overall or just a specific instance. Regardless, very interesting!

[Cindy Xiong Bearfield @thecindyxiong]

Two people can look at the same visualization and come to different conclusions. Annotations can influence those conclusions.

While text may inform, visuals can nudge decisions. Curious how?

Check it out:
Visuals: https://t.co/gSZFpQcU1x
Text: https://t.co/YZcFGhrVPi

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Also - been convinced by VIS folks to join Bluesky - find me at https://t.co/oqCErWMR6M! Looking forward to building community there as well.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Using the lens of journalism and policy to design visualizations is crucial for effectively communicating complex data and concepts. While many designs cater to experts, journalism and policy emphasize reaching broader audiences - absolutely critical for viz research to focus on.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Still reflecting on yesterday's talks, especially the Journalism and Public Policy session - including belief elicitation (@don_kordeone), interactive participatory budgeting (@AlexKale17 @_mcnutt_), and continued work on election forecasts (@fumeng_yang @mjskay @ndiakopoulos)

[Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing @ICatGT]

Can you trust the election data visualizations you see? Georgia Tech and @BerkeleyISchool researchers say you should look beyond what's presented to make informed decisions. @gtcomputing @GTResearchNews @thecindyxiong @chasejstokes

https://t.co/rYrR449t80

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

The former Gender Studies major in me is SO excited for the #ieeevis capstone speaker @kanarinka. Learning from grassroots data work is critical to shape and change our mainstream data practices.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

My last talk at this year's VIS is coming up tomorrow! Be sure to come by the Visualization Design Methods session to hear more 😁

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

The final project I’m presenting at @ieeevis next week draws on 39 in-depth conversations I had with visualization designers 🎨 (mostly recruited from @DataVizSociety) about the use of writing 📝 in their design process. Read all of my work here: https://t.co/h7js0udLNM 📈📝⬇️

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Bookmarking this to reference for all my design needs - figures, talks, stimuli, interfaces, etc. I have always had to bounce between several different websites/tools to design and test color palettes, so this is seriously such a time saver!

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Not to mention fascinating work replicating Dunning-Kruger cognitive bias with visualization tasks from @profembwall and a great presentation on catching and assessing bias in language models from @AdamCoscia and @EndertAlex!

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

A great set of morning sessions today! Brilliant work on text in dashboard design from @vsetlur and @nicole_sultanum, a thorough analysis of annotations from @dilshadurrahman, and an inspiring assessment of how we can formalize data insights from @leibatt and @alvittao.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Presenting this work later today at the Designing Palettes and Encodings session! Come hear about how we can better harness visual grouping cues in chart design.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

This @ieeevis paper deviates from the previous focus on text, considering a set of visual design choices. We examine different arrangements of bar charts to better understand how readers use visual groupings. You can read all of my work here: https://t.co/h7js0udLNM 📊📊⬇️

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Presenting this work tomorrow morning - come by for an engaging discussion about the nuanced role of text in visualization design!

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

@ieeevis papers, part TWO! You can read all of my work here: https://t.co/h7js0udLNM
This thread is dedicated to one of my favorite projects so far - we unveiled limits of what text can do. Check out the Text, Annotation, and Metaphor session next Wed. morning! 📈📝📊⬇️

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Congratulations to @domoritz and @melassady for very well-deserved @ieeevgtc Significant New Researcher awards for incredible work in building effective systems for data communication, visual analytics, and explainable AI! Very topical, considering our keynote!

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Interesting #IEEEVIS keynote from Bill Pike @PNNLab about the future of visual analytics in "building and tuning autonomous systems," blending human and machine activity. Challenges us to consider how visualization asserts its value in an increasingly ML/AI-driven space.

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Ah, sorry for the missed tag @LacePadilla !

[Chase Stokes @chasejstokes]

Excellent day of workshops at #IEEEVIS ! 🚀Kicked off with the Uncertainty Workshop - thought-provoking discussions on communicating uncertainty, featuring @lacepadilla_ and @mjskay, plus a great capstone from @JessicaHullman on using rational agents to inform experiment design.