DATA EXPERIENCE  LAB

The Data Experience Lab explores new visual tools, interactions, and experiences that allow analysts, enthusiasts, and communities to visualize, share, and live with data.
We are part of the University of Calgary's Interactions Lab.

Prospective Graduate Students
We have openings for new graduate students with HCI, Visualization, and Design experience interested in pursuing a Masters, PhD, or Post-Doc starting in Fall 2023. Find out more.

RECENT COLLABORATIONS

SEVEN — Inria-Calgary Associated Team on Situated and Embedded Visualization ENvironments
EnergyVis — Accessible Open Data Visualization for the Canada Energy Regulator

The Lab

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Recent Publications

CHI 2023

HoloTouch: Interacting with Mixed Reality Visualizations Through Smartphone Proxies
Neil Chulpongsatorn , Wesley Willett , Ryo Suzuki. Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023. [Link]
We are the Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Creating Demographically Diverse Anthropographics
Priya Dhawka, Helen Ai He, Wesley Willett. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2023. [Link]

GECCO 2022

EvoIsland: Interactive Evolution via an Island-Inspired Spatial User Interface Framework
Alexander Ivanov, Wesley Willett, Christian Jacob. ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2022. [Link]

Graphics Interface 2022

Simultaneous Worlds: Supporting Fluid Exploration of Multiple Data Sets via Physical Models
Carmen Hull, Søren Knudsen, Sheelagh Carpendale, Wesley Willett. Graphics Interface 2022. [Link]

CHI 2022

Data Every Day: Designing and Living with Personal Situated Visualizations
Nathalie Alexandra Bressa, Jo Vermeulen, Wesley Willett. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2022. [Link]
One Week in the Future: Previs Design Futuring for HCI Research
Alexander Ivanov, Tim Au Yeung, Kathryn Blair, Kurtis Danyluk, Georgina Freeman, Marcus Friedel, Carmen Hull, Michael Hung, Sydney Pratte, Wesley Willett. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2022. [Link]
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