We are the Cognition & Visualization Lab at Emory. We aim to facilitate effective data exploration and decision making by quantifying potential human or algorithmic biases and designing interfaces that will promote user reflection. Current and prospective students in the CAV Lab can check out the lab manual for information on lab culture and expectations.
If you are interested in working with our lab, please contact us.
October 2025. Mengyu Chen and Thomas Davidson will participate the Doctoral Colloquium at IEEE VIS 2025! Mengyu will present her proposed dissertation work "Promoting Metacognitive Thinking with Visualization". Thomas will present his proposed dissertation work "Data for Everyone: Designing Personal Informatics for the Rest of Us".
April 2025. Mengyu Chen successfully presented her work titled "Promoting Metacognitive Thinking with Visualization" for her qualifying exam and advances to candidacy.
April 2025. Congratulations to graduating student Ziwei Dong. Dr. Ziwei Dong will join Amazon as an Applied Scientist.
April 2025. Mengyu Chen will present her paper A Novel Lens on Metacognition in Visualization and Shiyao Li will present his paper Confirmation Bias: The Double-Edged Sword of Data Facts in Visual Data Communication at CHI 2025!
Assistant Professor
visual analytics; decision making; cat lady; puzzle connoisseur;
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Ph.D. Student
personal data vis; info vis; distributed tracing; running; chess;
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Ph.D. Candidate
info vis; human bias; decision making; lego; puzzle; restaurants; workout;
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Ph.D. Candidate
visual analytics; human behavior; bookworm; dog person;
Ph.D. Candidate
decision making; bias detection; Hearthstone; cat food researcher;
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Undergraduate Student
Mathematics and Data Science; Data Vis; Cooking; Travel; Coffee
Undergraduate Student
data science; cognitive psyc & nbb; multilingual; matcha enthusiast; pup lover
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science & Business; Student Ambassador; Outdoor Emory Exec Member & Trip Leader
Undergraduate Student
computer science & psychology; web development; guitarist; basketball
Undergraduate Student
visual analytics; violinist; dried mango lover; 76ers fan; comp sci & business
Undergraduate Student
computer science; software development; dancing; traveling
Undergraduate Student
quantitative science; econ & anthro; film & photography
Undergraduate Student
psychology; decision making; startup; travel; cafe-hopping
social nlp; info vis; human bias; avid surfer; pro smoothie maker;
data visualization; machine learning interpretability; board gamer; badminton fan;
topic modeling visualizations for literature review
Now: M.S. Biomedical Informatics @ Harvard
(co-advised by Avani Wildani)
data viz; decision making; transfer/meta-learning; amateur runner; self-proclaimed humorist;
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computing & critical design theories; phil & lit; random spotify playlists generation; weightlifting; sarcasm overload
data visualization; design & psychology lover; super fan of massage; used to go to gym everyday;
Sociology and Computing; UI Design; Professional baker for friends' birthdays
interaction design; info vis; bridging subjectivity & objectivity; visual artist; friend;
Now: Pacific Northwest National Lab in Seattle, WA
storytelling; cognitively accessible data visualizations;
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UX-design; psychology & sociology lover; vimer; owner of two cats; barista
Psychology and Economics; UI/UX Design; Entrepreneurship; Visual Art
