Our lab takes a human-centric approach to developing Intelligent Systems that meaningfully and productively interact with humans. We conduct research at the intersection of HCI, Vis, and AI/ML.

Publications

    2025

  • Probing the Visualization Literacy of Vision Language Models - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    Lianghan Dong, Anamaria Crisan
    ArXiv
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  • Data has Entered the Chat - How Data Workers Conduct Exploratory Visual Analytic Conversations with GenAI Agents
    Matt-Heun Hong, Anamaria Crisan
    ACM Trans. on Interactive Intelligent Systems
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  • Linting is People! Exploring the Potential of Human Computation as a Sociotechnical Linter of Data Visualizations
    Anamaria Crisan, Andrew McNutt
    alt.CHI
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    2024

  • Eliciting Model Steering Interactions From Users via Data and Visual Design Probes
    Anamaria Crisan, Maddie Shang, Eric Brochu
    IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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  • We Don't Know How to Assess LLM Contributions in VIS/HCI
    Anamaria Crisan
    BELIV Workshop Series
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  • Exploring Subjective Notions of Explainability through Counterfactual Visualization of Sentiment Analysis
    Anamaria Crisan, Nathan Butters, Zoë
    BELIV Workshop Series
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  • Towards a Holistic Evaluation of LLM Generated Code
    Anamaria Crisan, Enamul Hoque
    ACM CHI'24 Workshop on Human-Centered Evaluation and Auditing of Language Models
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    2023

  • Tracing and visualizing human-ML/AI Collaborative Processes through Artifacts of Data Work
    🏆 Best Paper - Honorable Mention
    Jennifer Rogers, Anamaria Crisan
    Proc. ACM CHI'23
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    2022

  • Interactive Model Cards: A Human-Centered Approach to Model Documentation
    Anamaria Crisan, Margaret Drouhard, Jesse Vig, Nazneen Rajani
    Proc. ACM FAccT'22
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    2021

  • Fits and starts: Enterprise use of AutoML and the Role of Humans in the Loop
    🏆 Best Paper - Honorable Mention
    Anamaria Crisan, Brittany Fiore-Gartland
    Proc. ACM CHI'21
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    2020

  • Passing the Data Baton: A Retrospective Analysis on Data Science Work and Workers
    🏆 Best Paper - VDS'20
    Anamaria Crisan, Brittany Fiore-Gartland, Melanie Tory
    IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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