Head of Tableau Research and Wiley book author - NLP, visual analytics, enjoys the sun, tech, farmers' markets, and coffee. Opinions are my own.
Joined March 2009
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13 Feb 2022
Pre-order link for book with @WindsCogley now up: barnesandnoble.com/w/functio…
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25 Mar 2025
Moving forward, will be posting content on Bluesky (vsetlur.bsky.social) and LinedIn (linkedin.com/in/vidya-setlur…). Hope to see you there.
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17 Dec 2024
We still have a couple positions left for our Tableau Research intern program! Do consider applying if you are interested. salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjob… #tableau
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24 Oct 2024
Enjoyed hanging out with folks at Northeastern for an AI panel! @FILWD @melassady @pciuccarelli Carmen Hull. And looks like I’m the only one eating a pizza.
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Beyond the visuals: Elevating text in dashboard design.
Tableau Research present the role of text in dashboard design at #IEEEVIS—highlighting best practices and future opportunities for integrating text to enhance data communication.
tabsoft.co/3U88MOw
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Vidya Setlur retweeted
16 Oct 2024
largest #uist2024 ever fills the beautiful ballroom at the Omni William Penn
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16 Oct 2024
Check out our @ieeevis paper, which enables users to customize automated data insights by directly interacting with chart elements, adjusting insight generation logic, and creating new insights using templates. Work with @SnehaGathani @10_arjun @amcrisan tableau.com/research/publica…
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16 Oct 2024
Check out our @ieeevis paper as we explore the diverse roles text plays in helping users explore and interact with dashboards. Better yet, here's a printable card of text heuristics for easy reference: osf.io/c5yqj
16 Oct 2024
Just out! Blog post on our (🏅honorable mention!) #IEEEVIS paper (w/@vsetlur) to elevate text as a first-class citizen in dashboard design. Come see us tomorrow at the "Text, Annotation & Metaphor session"!
tableau.com/blog/beyond-visu…
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11 Oct 2024
Highly relevant and customer-impactful work from Tableau Research presented at #ieeevis next week.
11 Oct 2024
"I totally trust what my data pipeline is telling me"... says NOBODY.
Check out this blog post on our #IEEEVIS paper for DATA GUARDS, co-authored with @dennyb and @Birdbassador, about challenges and strategies to mediate end user's trust in data & ETL pipelines.
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Vidya Setlur retweeted
8 Oct 2024
I am also currently applying for and seeking jobs based in the Chicago area 🏙️ (both industry and academia). If you are someone who is looking to fill a research role in Chicago, please feel free to DM or email me! 😁
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7 Oct 2024
Check out our upcoming #vis2024 paper on how semantic levels of text can enable different granularities of data exploration. Denny Bromley will be giving the talk on Thursday, Oct 17, in the Short Papers: Text and Multimedia session.
A data exploration tool for all semantic levels.
Tableau Research Dennis Bromley presents at #IEEEVIS on DASH—a data exploration tool for interactive text and visualizations w/ encoded semantic metadata.
Learn about this research co-authored w/@vsetlur: tabsoft.co/3Nfr900
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3 Oct 2024
Tableau Research is now considering Summer 2025 interns!
salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjob… The entire team will be at VIS 2024. If you are excited about high-impact research that helps people see and understand data, do apply! #tableau
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13 Sep 2024
The CHI Gods have been kind this year. My husband's birthday is a day after the deadline.
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29 Aug 2024
Great list of books covering a wide variety of topics! Thanks, @jschwabish for the mention!
27 Aug 2024
If you’re interested in my Top 20, just let me know. It’s easy to extend this list to help you develop your dataviz skills.
I’ve listed more great books here: amazon.com/shop/jschwabish/l…
In the meantime, check out my site, newsletter, & podcast to learn more #dataviz.
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20 Aug 2024
Looking for participants for feedback about our EDA research in Jupyter Notebooks!
19 Aug 2024
New user study🚨
@vsetlur and I built a data analysis and storytelling assistant. Sign up for a 1 hour user study if you have at least 2 years of experience analyzing data in Jupyter Notebook and writing data stories. Participants receive a $30 gift card.
forms.gle/yWeuxCF5mDdjuLE16
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9 Aug 2024
🌟 ICYMI - blog post detailing the work from my internship last summer with @vsetlur, @WindsCogley, and Chelsea Sanker!
In this project, we dissected how different communication modes affect decision-making with uncertain data. 🗣️✍️👀
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9 Aug 2024
A fun collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team encompassing research, linguistics, and practice. @chasejstokes @WindsCogley Chelsea Sanker.
Understanding and communicating data uncertainty is crucial for making informed decisions.
Tableau Head of Research @vsetlur shares how speech, text, and visualization modes communicate data uncertainty—impacting decision-making and trust. tableau.com/blog/exploring-d…
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5 Aug 2024
Looking forward to speaking at the 2024 joint statistical meetings with @Enamul_Hoque and @rkbrath.
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