Talks

Keynotes, invited lectures, conference talks, and conversations about data semantics, visualization, natural language interaction, and intelligent systems.

2026

NLDATA: Supporting Human-Centric Data Exploration Through Semantics and Natural Language Interaction

ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)

2025

Bridging Semantics and Sensemaking: Designing Intelligent Tools for Visual Analytics

CSA Distinguished Lecture, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Navigating the Maze of Guidelines to Unify Visualization Design Recommendations

Dagstuhl Seminar

2024

AI Panel

Northeastern University

ORSA Blend: The Forum for Professional Military Education

U.S. Army

Visualizing Text

Joint Statistical Meetings

AI and Data Speaker Series

Samsara

Visualizing the Future: The Role of AI and Large Language Models in Supporting Visual Analysis

Tableau User Group AI + Visualization Talk Series

Guest Lecture

Santa Clara University

2023

The Role of Functional Aesthetics in Visual Analysis

US Army Data Science Talk Series

Guest Lecture: CS448B Data Visualization

Stanford University

The Role of Functional Aesthetics in Visual Analysis

Visual Communication Symposium, Rice University

2022

The Role of Functional Aesthetics in Visual Analysis

Northwestern University Center for HCI + Design

The Role of Functional Aesthetics in Visual Analysis

Texas A&M

What Makes Intelligent Visual Analytics Tools Really Intelligent?

Keynote·Women in Data Science (WiDS)

2021

What Makes Intelligent Visual Analytics Tools Really Intelligent?

Keynote·27th International Working Conference on Requirement Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ)

2019

Natural Language, Ask Data, and Other Tableau Stories

Comcast Labs

2018

The Promise of Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Data Science Central

2017

A Natural Language Processing (NLP) Approach to Data Exploration

Data Science Central

2009

Semantic Graphics for More Effective Visual Communication

Keynote·Graphics Interface