Foundation models meet visualizations: Challenges and opportunities

W Yang, M Liu, Z Wang, S Liu - Computational Visual Media, 2024 - Springer
Recent studies have indicated that foundation models, such as BERT and GPT, excel at
adapting to various downstream tasks. This adaptability has made them a dominant force in …

Chat2VIS: generating data visualizations via natural language using ChatGPT, codex and GPT-3 large language models

P Maddigan, T Susnjak - Ieee Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of data visualisation has long aimed to devise solutions for generating
visualisations directly from natural language text. Research in Natural Language Interfaces …

Chatbot-based natural language interfaces for data visualisation: A scoping review

E Kavaz, A Puig, I Rodríguez - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapid growth in the generation of data from various sources has made data visualisation a
valuable tool for analysing data. However, visual analysis can be a challenging task, not …

Xnli: Explaining and diagnosing nli-based visual data analysis

Y Feng, X Wang, B Pan, KK Wong… - … on Visualization and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Natural language interfaces (NLIs) enable users to flexibly specify analytical intentions in
data visualization. However, diagnosing the visualization results without understanding the …

Data player: Automatic generation of data videos with narration-animation interplay

L Shen, Y Zhang, H Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data visualizations and narratives are often integrated to convey data stories effectively.
Among various data storytelling formats, data videos have been garnering increasing …

Inksight: Leveraging sketch interaction for documenting chart findings in computational notebooks

Y Lin, H Li, L Yang, A Wu, H Qu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computational notebooks have become increasingly popular for exploratory data analysis
due to their ability to support data exploration and explanation within a single document …

Datatales: Investigating the use of large language models for authoring data-driven articles

N Sultanum, A Srinivasan - 2023 IEEE Visualization and Visual …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Authoring data-driven articles is a complex process requiring authors to not only analyze
data for insights but also craft a cohesive narrative that effectively communicates the …

Why is ai not a panacea for data workers? an interview study on human-ai collaboration in data storytelling

H Li, Y Wang, QV Liao, H Qu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.08366, 2023 - arxiv.org
Data storytelling plays an important role in data workers' daily jobs since it boosts team
collaboration and public communication. However, to make an appealing data story, data …

Let the chart spark: Embedding semantic context into chart with text-to-image generative model

S Xiao, S Huang, Y Lin, Y Ye… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pictorial visualization seamlessly integrates data and semantic context into visual
representation, conveying complex information in an engaging and informative manner …

Natural language dataset generation framework for visualizations powered by large language models

HK Ko, H Jeon, G Park, DH Kim, NW Kim… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We introduce VL2NL, a Large Language Model (LLM) framework that generates rich and
diverse NL datasets using Vega-Lite specifications as input, thereby streamlining the …