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!
II Group and family celebrating John's ACM Fellow Award in the Bay Area.
Having fun conversations over lunch at the Collective Food Hall in the CODA building.
The annual IEEE VIS Open: Beginning of a new Mini Golf tradition at VIS 2022 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Annual meet-up of the Visualization Lab current students and alumni at IEEE VIS Conference 2022 in Oklahoma City, OK.
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 23, 2025: Professor John Stasko gave his final lecture to the Vis Lab, reflecting on the value of visualization before his retirement.
Professor John Stasko gave his farewell lecture today, titled “Reflections on the Value of Visualization.” John shared stories behind the development of well-known visualization systems such as Jigsaw, visualizations for fault localization, and other software visualizations. He also reflected on teaching experiences, memorable moments from decades of progress in the field, and the broader value of visualization. John noted that “visualization supports investigative analysis, fosters engagement—perhaps even fun and emotion—and helps build trust and deepen understanding of data and its context.” We are so grateful to have you, John — not just for your remarkable accomplishments, but for the kindness, wit, and mentorship you brought to the community.
April 11, 2025: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Atlanta Vis Meet-up and shared their inspiring work.
A big thanks to Cindy for hosting the Atlanta Vis Meet-up. It was exciting to have our colleagues from the Georgia Tech Visualization Group, Georgia State University, the Cognition & Visualization Lab at Emory, Autodesk, Apple, Dolby to share their visualization journeys and valuable insights.
February 06, 2025: Adam Coscia won the EVPR Award at CRIDC Poster Competition 2025.
Adam Coscia won the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) Award at the 2025 Career, Research and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) for their poster on Incorporating Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models into Visual Text Analysis Tools.
