Arvind Satyanarayan
Associate Professor
Uses interactive data visualization to study intelligence augmentation, including the Vega visualization stack and interfaces for understanding neural networks.
Arvind Satyanarayan's lab at MIT works on visualization & visual analytics and interfaces & interaction techniques. 26 papers since 2023, 11 at top venues, mostly CHI and UIST. 5 PhD students. 45 alumni, most often to Apple. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 7/ year
- at T1 venues
- 42%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 45
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 3 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 10 papers2025 · T1 3
- 7 papers2024 · T1 3
- 6 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CHI, UIST, ACL, FAccT, ICLR
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Visualization & visual analytics3 papers
- visualization3 papers
- Interfaces & interaction techniques1 paper
- data visualization0 papers
- augmentation0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20263 papers
- CHI (T1)Belidor: A Specification Language for Operationalizing Structural Analogies Between User Interfaces (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISPointing at Data Together: Establishing Common Ground with Multi-modal Data Representations in Blind/Sighted Collaboration (opens in a new tab)
- ICLR (T1)Semantic Regexes: Auto-Interpreting LLM Features with a Structured Language (opens in a new tab)
202510 papers
- CHI (T1)Abstraction Alignment: Comparing Model-Learned and Human-Encoded Conceptual Relationships (opens in a new tab)
- ASSETSBenthic: Perceptually Congruent Structures for Accessible Charts and Diagrams (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)FabObscura: Computational Design and Fabrication for Interactive Barrier-Grid Animations (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISGoFish: A Grammar of More Graphics! (opens in a new tab)
- IUIPluto: Authoring Semantically Aligned Text and Charts for Data-Driven Communication (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISQuantifying Visualization Vibes: Measuring Socio-Indexicality at Scale (opens in a new tab)
- Tools for Thought WorkshopSomething In Between Formal Spec and Informal Representation (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Tactile Vega-Lite: Rapidly Prototyping Tactile Charts with Smart Defaults (opens in a new tab)
- BD&SToward Cultural Interpretability: A Linguistic Anthropological Framework for Describing and Evaluating Large Language Models (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISVisualization Vibes: The Socio-Indexical Function of Visualization Design (opens in a new tab)
20247 papers
- CHI (T1)“Customization is Key”: Reconfigurable Content Tokens for Accessible Data Visualizations (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)Bluefish: Composing Diagrams with Declarative Relations (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISCharting EDA: Characterizing Interactive Visualization Use in Computational Notebooks with a Mixed-Methods Formalism (opens in a new tab)
- PLATEAUDesigning for Semi-formal Programming with Foundation Models (opens in a new tab)
- eXCVExplanation Alignment: Quantifying the Correctness of Model Reasoning At Scale (opens in a new tab)
- MIT GenAI Impact PapersIntelligence as Agency: Evaluating the Capacity of Generative AI to Empower or Constrain Human Action (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Umwelt: Accessible Structured Editing of Multi-Modal Data Representations (opens in a new tab)
20236 papers
- CHI (T1)Deimos: A Grammar of Dynamic Embodied Immersive Visualisation Morphs and Transitions (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE VISHeuristics for Supporting Cooperative Dashboard Design (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Kaleidoscope: Semantically-grounded, Context-specific ML Model Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
- LIVELanguage Model Agents Enable Semi-Formal Programming (opens in a new tab)
- FAccTSaliency Cards: A Framework to Characterize and Compare Saliency Methods (opens in a new tab)
- ACL (T1)VisText: A Benchmark for Semantically Rich Chart Captioning (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went45 listed, 9% to industry
Industry 1Academia 10
Most often to
- Apple
Also to
- MIT
- Stanford University
- UC San Diego
Apply to MITFall 2027
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