MIT Visualization Group

We’re a research group at @MIT_CSAIL using data visualization as a petri dish to study intelligence augmentation.

[MIT Visualization Group @mitvis]

HUGE CONGRATS to Dr. @joshmpollock for defending his incredibly forward-looking thesis “GoMG: A Grammar of More Graphics!” 🎉📈📊🐟

We’re so excited for all the new lines of research and practice his work opens up!!

Try it out: https://t.co/8zV0qcnkG8

[SciPyConf @SciPyConf]

📊 Talk Spotlight: @joshmpollock introduces GoFish — a Grammar of More Graphics! Go beyond the Grammar of Graphics to compose custom visual structures that Altair & matplotlib can't easily express. 🐟 #SciPy2026 🔗 https://t.co/C08CDhqkNQ

[Angie Boggust @angie_boggust]

Check out my talk here: https://t.co/wS8A4bHn2t

[Angie Boggust @angie_boggust]

My PhD has been some of the most fun I've ever had, and that's almost entirely thanks to my incredible colleagues @mitvis, collaborators @MIT_CSAIL, and committee — @arvindsatya1, @wattenberg, and @mitchellgordon!

[Angie Boggust @angie_boggust]

I defended! 🎉

For the past six years, I have studied whether AI models see the world the same way as their users. My dissertation, "Reconciling AI Representations and User Mental Models," gives people the agency to define, measure, and adjust human-AI alignment in their domain.

[MIT Visualization Group @mitvis]

HUGE CONGRATS to Dr. @angie_boggust for a masterful defense of her thesis on “Reconciling AI Representations and User Mental Models” 🎉🍾🥂

We are going to miss you dearly at @mitvis 🥲

[Angie Boggust @angie_boggust]

Check out our autointerp paper ✨Semantic Regexes ✨at ICLR on Friday April 24!

@MIT_CSAIL and @Apple with @donghaoren, @tafsiri, @domoritz, @arvindsatya1 & @fredhohman

📅 https://t.co/ZOth9TihQO
📄 https://t.co/xm0FyP2yJB
🖥️ https://t.co/NGwt3usysh
🔗 https://t.co/qXhFwqtHo9

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

color scales landing in gofish this week!

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

Hello! New blog post about connections between external representations: https://t.co/VrWaim00is

[Dylan Wootton @ COLM 2026 @WoottonDylan]

Come learn from Josh about how graphical operators enable some incredibly expressive vis design! This work has been incredibly influential in shaping how we’ve been thinking of the future of visualization grammars at @mitvis. 3:45 pm in Hall M2 #ieeevis #VIS26

[Ryan Yen @ryanyen22]

The most high quality poster Ive ever seen

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

bet

[Arnav Verma @ArnavVerma0_0]

Personally I think my scrap paper chart looks better

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

charts should have drop shadows

[Dylan Wootton @ COLM 2026 @WoottonDylan]

Heading to @SciPyConf this week? Learn how to build effective interactive visualizations with @vega_vis in @jonmmease and my tutorial on Vega-Altair.

We’ll demo best practices for data visualization and show how to apply them to your own charts!

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

Added a tutorial to the website!

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

new charting library is baking

[Ryan Yen @ryanyen22]

“I’m working on a big idea!”

But… what is a big idea, really? And are we just telling ourselves that to feel better about not publishing? Or superior than others?

Some personal reflections on deep work and big idea:
🔗 https://t.co/aBn1xgnS54