Saugat Pandey

I am a second-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, 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.

In addition to my passion for research, I am also an avid sports enthusiast, with a particular interest in 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.

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Research Areas

I'm interested in Visualization Literacy, Visualization in Healthcare, and Computer Vision.

Recent News
  • 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
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

Exploring the dimensions influencing trust in information visualization design: Credibility, clarity, reliability, familiarity, and confidence.

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
BEST PAPER AWARD
User Engagement with COVID-19 Visualizations on Twitter
Robert Kasumba, Saugat Pandey, Vishesh Patel, Micah Wolfson, Alvitta Ottley
IEEE VIS Workshop (VisComm), 2022

Understanding visualization usage in the wild using COVID-19 related tweets.


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