Welcome! We are the home for visualization research at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Our mission is to empower everyone to analyze and communicate data with interactive systems.
The team is made up of six groups that lead visualization research in Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Geographic Information Systems, Visual Perception, Immersive Visualization, and Visual Data Science.
GT VIS family catching up at ACM CHI Conference 2024 in Hawaii, USA.
GT VIS family and friends get together for the annual VISGiving celebration!
A warm celebration honoring Professor John Stasko’s 36 years of leadership, scholarship, and mentorship in the School of Interactive Computing
Atlanta Meet-up of the visualization labs at Georgia Tech, Emory, and colleagues from GSU, Autodesk, Apple, and Dolby.
II Group and family celebrating John's ACM Fellow Award in the Bay Area.
Annual meet-up of the Visualization Lab’s current students and alumni at the IEEE VIS 2023 Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
The Visualization Lab in the Technology Square Research Building.
The Technology Square Research Building in Midtown Atlanta.
The Technology Square area in Midtown Atlanta.
Recent news from the lab!
April 22, 2026: Prof. Alex Endert wins Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award from College of Computing at Georgia Tech
We’re thrilled to share that Prof. Alex Endert has received the Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award at this year’s College of Computing Awards Ceremony. The Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes faculty who demonstrate exceptional dedication to supporting and developing the careers of their students and colleagues — a hallmark of Prof. Endert’s commitment to mentoring and his continued impact on our community. Over the years, he has successfully advised and graduated multiple PhD students who have gone on to impactful careers in academia, industry, and research leadership.
March 12, 2026: Professor Alex Endert has been promoted to Full Professor.
Professor Alex Endert is promoted to Full Professor on Mar 11th, 2026. He joined Georgia Tech in 2014, and is currently the Associate Chair of Operations and Special Initiatives in the School of Interactive Computing. Prof. Endert directs the Visual Analytics Lab where he and his students apply fundamental research to help people make sense of data and AI to facilitate decision-making. Their work also explores novel user interaction techniques for visual analytics. Prof. Endert has received the Virginia Tech CS Early Career Alumni Award in 2024, and the Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award in Georgia Tech College of Computing in 2020. Huge congratulations to Alex on this well-deserved promotion of his impactful research and service to our community!
November 05, 2025: Arpit Narechania won the IEEE VGTC Top Visualization Dissertation Award at IEEE VIS 2025.
Arpit Narechania received the IEEE VGTC Award for the top Visualization-related PhD Dissertation of the past year for his research on designing, developing, and democratizing guidance for visual analytics.
