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Vidya Setlur is the director of Tableau Research. She leads an interdisciplinary team of research scientists in areas including data visualization, multimodal interaction, statistics, applied ML, and NLP. She earned her doctorate in Computer Graphics in 2005 at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Tableau, she worked as a principal research scientist at the Nokia Research Center for seven years. Her personal research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and computer graphics to better understand data semantics and user intent to inform the meaningful visual depiction of data. Interpreter turned analyst, Bridget Cogley brings an interdisciplinary approach to data analytics. As Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix, her role uplifts data visualization within the org and helps shape the vision. Her dynamic, engaging presentation style is paired with thought-provoking content, including ethics and data visualization linguistics. She has a deep interest in the nuances of communication, having been an American Sign Language Interpreter for nine years. She is currently a Tableau Hall of Fame Visionary. Her work incorporates human-centric dashboard design, an anthropological take on design, ethics, and language. She extensively covers speech analytics and open text. Prior to consulting, Bridget managed an analytics department, which included vetting and selecting Tableau, creating views in the database, and building comprehensive reporting. She also has experience in training, HR, managing, and sales support. Episode Notes Functional Aesthetics for Data VisualizationWebinar about the book Vidya | Tableau Research | TwitterBridget | Tableaufit | Twitter | The Logic of Dashboards presentation (YouTube) Paper: Striking a Balance: Reader Takeaways and Preferences when Integrating Text and Charts by Chase Stokes, Vidya Setlur, Bridget Cogley, Arvind Satyanarayan, and Marti Hearst VersalytixStroop EffectTableau User GroupsVisCommInformation is Beautiful Awards Other recent books  Jen Christiansen, Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations Nigel Holmes, Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data  Related Episodes Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay

Vidya Setlur is the director of Tableau Research. She leads an interdisciplinary team of research scientists in areas including data visualization, multimodal interaction, statistics, applied ML, and NLP. She earned her doctorate in Computer Graphics in 2005 at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Tableau, she worked as a principal research scientist at the Nokia Research Center for seven years. Her personal research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and computer graphics to better understand data semantics and user intent to inform the meaningful visual depiction of data. Interpreter turned analyst, Bridget Cogley brings an interdisciplinary approach to data analytics. As Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix, her role uplifts data visualization within the org and helps shape the vision. Her dynamic, engaging presentation style is paired with thought-provoking content, including ethics and data visualization linguistics. She has a deep interest in the nuances of communication, having been an American Sign Language Interpreter for nine years. She is currently a Tableau Hall of Fame Visionary. Her work incorporates human-centric dashboard design, an anthropological take on design, ethics, and language. She extensively covers speech analytics and open text. Prior to consulting, Bridget managed an analytics department, which included vetting and selecting Tableau, creating views in the database, and building comprehensive reporting. She also has experience in training, HR, managing, and sales support. <h2>Episode Notes</h2> <a href="https://amzn.to/3GJmu40" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a> <a href="https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/334103-Versalytix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webinar about the book</a> Vidya | <a href="https://research.tableau.com/user/vidya-setlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau Research</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/vsetlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Bridget | <a href="https://www.tableaufit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableaufit</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/WindsCogley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/2KVIZh3KMSs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Logic of Dashboards presentation (YouTube)</a> Paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01780" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Striking a Balance: Reader Takeaways and Preferences when Integrating Text and Charts</a> by Chase Stokes, Vidya Setlur, Bridget Cogley, Arvind Satyanarayan, and Marti Hearst <a href="https://www.versalytix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versalytix</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stroop Effect</a> <a href="https://usergroups.tableau.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau User Groups</a> <a href="https://viscomm.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VisComm</a> <a href="https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Information is Beautiful Awards</a> Other recent books <ul> <li>Jen Christiansen, <a href="https://amzn.to/3GNTZCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations</a></li> <li>Nigel Holmes, <a href="https://amzn.to/3jLxiW7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data</a></li> </ul> <h2>Related Episodes</h2> <a href="https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-211-jock-d-mackinlay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay</a>

Episode #230: Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley

We have Vidya Setlur on the show to talk about the role language, and natural language processing (NLP) play in data visualization and analytics. Vidya is the director of research at Tableau and has a background in natural language processing and visualization. She is one of the main drivers behind Eviza, a research-based prototype and the corresponding product Ask Data, developed within Tableau to interact with data visualizations through natural language. She is also the co-author, with Bridget Cogley, of Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization, a new book on data visualization with a lot of information about semantics and language in data visualization. In the episode, we talk about the challenges of going from a research prototype to an actual product, research vs. engineering, speech and natural language interfaces, the many ways language plays a role in visualization, the advent of language models, and much more. Enjoy the show!   Links  Winners of Information is Beautiful Awards  Book: Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization Paper: Automatic Generation of Semantic Icon Encodings for Visualizations Paper: A Linguistic Approach to Categorical Color Assignment for Data Visualization Eviza: A Natural Language Interface for Visual Analysis Paper: Snowy: Recommending Utterances for Conversational Visual Analysis  — Remember: our podcast is listener-supported. Please consider donating using Patreon or Paypal. Thanks!  Related episodes Text Visualization: Past, Present and Future with Chris Collins

We have <a href="https://research.tableau.com/user/vidya-setlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vidya Setlur</a> on the show to talk about the role language, and natural language processing (NLP) play in data visualization and analytics. Vidya is the director of research at Tableau and has a background in natural language processing and visualization. She is one of the main drivers behind <a href="https://research.tableau.com/paper/eviza-natural-language-interface-visual-analysis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eviza</a>, a research-based prototype and the corresponding product <a href="https://www.tableau.com/solutions/ai-analytics/augmented-analytics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ask Data</a>, developed within Tableau to interact with data visualizations through natural language. She is also the co-author, with <a href="https://bridgetcogley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bridget Cogley</a>, of <a href="https://www.functionalaestheticsbook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a>, a new book on data visualization with a lot of information about semantics and language in data visualization. In the episode, we talk about the challenges of going from a research prototype to an actual product, research vs. engineering, speech and natural language interfaces, the many ways language plays a role in visualization, the advent of language models, and much more. Enjoy the show! Links <ul> <li><a href="https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/593-information-is-beautiful-awards-2022-the-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winners of Information is Beautiful Awards</a> </li> <li>Book: <a href="https://www.functionalaestheticsbook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a></li> <li>Paper: <a href="https://research.tableau.com/sites/default/files/semanticshapes-final.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Automatic Generation of Semantic Icon Encodings for Visualizations</a></li> <li>Paper: <a href="https://research.tableau.com/sites/default/files/setlurstoneinfovis2015_2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Linguistic Approach to Categorical Color Assignment for Data Visualization</a></li> <li><a href="https://research.tableau.com/paper/eviza-natural-language-interface-visual-analysis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eviza: A Natural Language Interface for Visual Analysis</a></li> <li>Paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.04323.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snowy: Recommending Utterances for Conversational Visual Analysis</a></li> </ul> — Remember: our podcast is listener-supported. Please consider donating using <a href="https://www.patreon.com/datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal</a>. Thanks! <h3>Related episodes</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://datastori.es/text-visualization-past-present-and-future-with-chris-collins-ds62/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Text Visualization: Past, Present and Future with Chris Collins</a></li></ul>