Talk Title:  Making Science Interactive: Enhancing Synthesis and Collaboration Speaker:Caroline Berger, PhD student, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University in Denmark Location: IRB 4105 and Zoom Abstract:  Scientists are end-user programmers. Unlike software engineers, scientists use code as a tool. In this talk, I argue that scientific data analysis and communication is hindered by scientists’ exclusion…

Talk Title:  Rethinking One-Size-Fits-All: Designing Cognitively Accessible Visualizations Speaker:  Keke Wu, Assistant Professor, College of Information, University of Maryland ; Director of the Lived Data Collective ; Associate Director of MIDA Location: IRB 4105 and Zoom Abstract:  Data visualization amplifies cognition and broadens access to information. Yet most visualizations are designed with a narrow audience in…