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Publications

Below are my published research papers from peer-reviewed conferences and workshops. For a complete list, please visit my Google Scholar profile.

2026

3 publications

Revisiting Channel Effectiveness: A Multi-Dimensional Evaluation with Primitive Visual Stimuli

Conference Paper

S. Lee, S. Park, M. Chang, J. Seo

We revisit the effectiveness of visual encoding channels through a multi-dimensional evaluation using primitive visual stimuli.

IEEE VIS2026

To appear — link coming soon.

Criticality: Scaffolding Decision-Making with Interactive Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Reasoning Traces

Conference Paper

M. Chang, A. Srinivasan, S. Palani

We introduce Criticality, a system that operationalizes the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking framework to structure reasoning into interactive elements and grounds claims in verifiable evidence.

ACM IUI2026Paphos, Cyprus
PaperPoster

beautiVis: An Annotated Visualization Dataset from Reddit's r/dataisbeautiful

Conference Paper

K. Lin, S. S. Ru, M. Chang, C. X. Bearfield

We built an annotated dataset of real-world visualizations collected from Reddit's r/dataisbeautiful community.

IEEE PacificVis2026Sydney, Australia
Paper

2025

3 publications

Tell Me Without Telling Me: Two-Way Prediction of Visualization Literacy and Visual Attention

Conference Paper

M. Chang, Y. Wang, H. W. Wang, Y. Zhou, A. Bulling, C. X. Bearfield

We trained a bidirectional prediction model that predicts visualization literacy based on visual attention and vice versa.

IEEE VIS2025Vienna, Austria24.3% (131/537)
PaperVideoTry Model

Grid Labeling: Crowdsourcing Task-Specific Importance from Visualizations

Conference Paper

M. Chang, Y. Wang, H. W. Wang, A. Bulling, C. X. Bearfield

We created a new annotation method where users can efficiently label the important area in a visualization.

EuroVis2025Luxembourg, Luxembourg33% (20/60)
Paper

Early Stage Eye-fixations Reveal Belief-Driven Bias in Correlation Perception

Conference Poster

M. Chang, A. Malitek, K. Fukuda, C. X. Bearfield

We found that early stage eye-fixations show belief-driven bias in correlation perception.

Vision Sciences Society (VSS)2025Florida, USA
PaperPoster

2024

2 publications

Assessing Graphical Perception of Image Embedding Models using Channel Effectiveness

Conference Paper

S. Lee, M. Chang, S. Park, J. Seo

We assessed how well image embedding models perceive visual encoding channels in charts, comparing their accuracy and discriminability against human graphical perception.

IEEE VIS2024Florida, USA31.9% (66/207)
Paper

CLeVer: Continual Learning Visualizer for Detecting Task Transition Failure

Conference Paper

M. Chang, D. Kim, H. Jeon, S. Jung, J. Seo

IEEE PacificVis2024Tokyo, Japan
Paper

2023

1 publication

Tensor Space Model-based Textual Data Augmentation for Text Classification

Conference Paper

M. Chang, H.-J. Kim

IEEE BigData2023Sorrento, Italy
Paper

9 publications in total.