About Me

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis. As a graduate research assistant at the Visual Interface and Behavior Exploration Lab (VIBE), I am focused on investigating the interplay of information visualization and visual analytics under the supervision of Alvitta Ottley. My study focuses on examining visualization literacy and using computer vision techniques to comprehend how people really see visualizations when they are used in the real world.

Current Projects

  • Understanding the multicultural aspect of Visualization Literacy
  • Evaluating LLMs in the context of visualizations (are they ready yet to use in visualization education?)
  • Understanding perceived beauty of visualizations through the lens of Computer Vision techniques

In addition to my passion for research, I am also an avid sports enthusiast, with a particular interest in badminton and cricket. My love for the sport led me to pursue a career in visualization, and it was the discovery of CricVis, an interactive visual exploration and analysis tool for Cricket matches, that truly sparked my interest in the field. I am determined to make data visualization accessible and understandable for all, and am constantly seeking new ways to improve the field.

Recent News

  • August, 2024 - Teaching Introduction to Visualizations for Fall 2024
  • July, 2024 - Paper titled "Building and Eroding: Exogenous and Endogenous Factors that Influence Subjective Trust in Visualization" accepted at IEEE Visualization 2024
  • June 3, 2024 - I will be starting as a Doctoral Research Student Intern at American Institutes for Research for Summer 2024
  • June 16, 2023 - Paper titled "Do You Trust What You See? Toward A Multidimensional Measure of Trust in Visualization" accepted at IEEE Visualization 2023 (Melbourne, Australia)
  • March 30, 2023 - Paper titled "Mini-VLAT: A Short and Effective Measure of Visualization Literacy" awarded Best Paper Award at EuroVIS (2023)
  • February 27, 2023 - Paper titled "Mini-VLAT: A Short and Effective Measure of Visualization Literacy" accepted at EuroVis 2023 (Acceptance Rate = 27%)
  • February 22, 2023 - Gave a talk at Beloit College about the research areas in visualization
  • August 25, 2022 - Paper titled "User Engagement with COVID-19 Visualizations on Twitter" accepted at IEEE VIS 2023 Workshop (VisComm)
  • August, 2021 - Started PhD in Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis

Recent Works

Building and Eroding: Exogenous and Endogenous Factors that Influence Subjective Trust in Visualization

R. Jordan Crouser, Syrine Matoussi, Lan Kung, Saugat Pandey, Oen G. McKinley, Alvitta Ottley

IEEE VIS 2024 · paper

Do You Trust What You See? Towards A Multidimensional Measure of Trust in Visualization

Saugat Pandey, Oen G. McKinley, R. Jordan Crouser, Alvitta Ottley

IEEE VIS 2023 · paper

Mini-VLAT: A Short and Effective Measure of Visualization Literacy

Saugat Pandey, Alvitta Ottley

Computer Graphics Forum, In Proceedings of the 25th EG Conference
on Visualization (EuroVis) 2023 · paper · Best Paper Award 🏆

User Engagement with COVID-19 Visualizations on Twitter

Robert Kasumba, Saugat Pandey, Vishesh Patel, Micah Wolfson, Alvitta Ottley

IEEE VIS Workshop 2023 (VisComm) · paper

Contact

You can always reach out to me via email p.saugat@wustl.edu if you want to discuss Visualization, LLMs, Vision, or ML/AI in general in the context of visualizations. I'm always excited to engage in conversations about these topics!