Vidya Setlur

Associate Professor, UMSI | NLP, visual analytics | Enjoys the sun, tech, farmers' markets, and coffee. Opinions are my own.

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Pre-order link for book with @WindsCogley now up: https://t.co/tJXVsbVI6A

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

What a shot from the tunnel! @warriors

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Moving forward, will be posting content on Bluesky (https://t.co/uW8l9Vxdes) and LinedIn (https://t.co/zDYCpwEJom). Hope to see you there.

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

We still have a couple positions left for our Tableau Research intern program! Do consider applying if you are interested. https://t.co/FBx822c3j0 #tableau

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It’s your vote, it’s your choice. https://t.co/uaTyvywtHz

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@matthewmmiller @evernote What do you like about the new version ?

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

@wobbrockjo I love my area at intersection of natural language processing, indeed visualization. To me, everyone has a seat at the table to contribute.

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Enjoyed hanging out with folks at Northeastern for an AI panel! @FILWD @melassady @pciuccarelli Carmen Hull. And looks like I’m the only one eating a pizza.

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@wobbrockjo It’s called a spoonerism.

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

@jr_thomp @ieeevis Thanks for all the hard work to pull this off! Enjoy time with the little ones!

[Tableau @tableau]

Beyond the visuals: Elevating text in dashboard design.

Tableau Research present the role of text in dashboard design at #IEEEVIS—highlighting best practices and future opportunities for integrating text to enhance data communication.

https://t.co/5MGa8Kpv8i

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largest #uist2024 ever fills the beautiful ballroom at the Omni William Penn

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Check out our @ieeevis paper, which enables users to customize automated data insights by directly interacting with chart elements, adjusting insight generation logic, and creating new insights using templates. Work with @SnehaGathani @10_arjun @amcrisan https://t.co/p2N4WphRfh

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Check out our @ieeevis paper as we explore the diverse roles text plays in helping users explore and interact with dashboards. Better yet, here's a printable card of text heuristics for easy reference: https://t.co/IcIbdWjkNv

[Nicole Sultanum @nicole_sultanum]

Just out! Blog post on our (🏅honorable mention!) #IEEEVIS paper (w/@vsetlur) to elevate text as a first-class citizen in dashboard design. Come see us tomorrow at the "Text, Annotation & Metaphor session"!

https://t.co/QTDfAQI3SB

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Highly relevant and customer-impactful work from Tableau Research presented at #ieeevis next week.

[Nicole Sultanum @nicole_sultanum]

"I totally trust what my data pipeline is telling me"... says NOBODY.

Check out this blog post on our #IEEEVIS paper for DATA GUARDS, co-authored with @dennyb and @Birdbassador, about challenges and strategies to mediate end user's trust in data & ETL pipelines.

[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! 😁

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Check out our upcoming #vis2024 paper on how semantic levels of text can enable different granularities of data exploration. Denny Bromley will be giving the talk on Thursday, Oct 17, in the Short Papers: Text and Multimedia session.

[Tableau @tableau]

A data exploration tool for all semantic levels.

Tableau Research Dennis Bromley presents at #IEEEVIS on DASH—a data exploration tool for interactive text and visualizations w/ encoded semantic metadata.

Learn about this research co-authored w/@vsetlur: https://t.co/7lfvNo2GTE

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Tableau Research is now considering Summer 2025 interns!
https://t.co/FBx822c3j0 The entire team will be at VIS 2024. If you are excited about high-impact research that helps people see and understand data, do apply! #tableau

[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

The CHI Gods have been kind this year. My husband's birthday is a day after the deadline.

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Great list of books covering a wide variety of topics! Thanks, @jschwabish for the mention!

[Jon Schwabish @jschwabish]

@AlbertoCairo @ChristiansenJen @kanarinka @laurenfklein @kennethfield @nigelblue @storywithdata @vsetlur @WindsCogley @DataRevelations @DataPlusScience @acotgreave If you’re interested in my Top 20, just let me know. It’s easy to extend this list to help you develop your dataviz skills.

I’ve listed more great books here: https://t.co/G5sAaGnAqJ

In the meantime, check out my site, newsletter, & podcast to learn more #dataviz.

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[Vidya Setlur @vsetlur]

Looking for participants for feedback about our EDA research in Jupyter Notebooks!

[Will (Huichen) Wang @will_wang_whc]

New user study🚨
@vsetlur and I built a data analysis and storytelling assistant. Sign up for a 1 hour user study if you have at least 2 years of experience analyzing data in Jupyter Notebook and writing data stories. Participants receive a $30 gift card.
https://t.co/ausgU4t9JB