Publications
Published
Cognitive Affordances in Visualization: Related Constructs, Design Factors and Framework
IEEE TVCG 2025
Fygenson, R., Padilla, L., and Bertini, E.
[pre-print]Impact of Vertical Scaling on Normal Probability Density Functions
IEEE VIS 2024 / IEEE TVCG
Fygenson, R. and Padilla, L.
[pre-print, OSF repository]
Opening the Black Box of 3D Reconstruction Error Analysis with VECTOR
IEEE VIS 2024 / IEEE TVCG
Fygenson, R.* and Jawad, K.*, Li, I., Ayoub, F., Deen, R.G., Davidoff, S., Moritz, D., and Hess-Flores, M.
[pre-print, *indicates co-first authorship]
The Arrangement of Marks Impacts Afforded Messages: Ordering, Partitioning, Spacing, and Coloring in Bar Charts
IEEE VIS 2023 / IEEE TVCG
Fygenson, R., Franconeri, S., and Bertini, E.
[pre-print, publication, video talk, teaser video, OSF repository]
Multiple Forecast Visualizations (MFVs): Trade-offs in Trust and Performance in Multiple COVID-19 Forecast Visualizations
IEEE VIS, 2022 — Best Paper Award
Padilla, L., Fygenson, R., Castro S., and Bertini, E.
[pre-print, publication, OSF repository]
Impact of COVID-19 Forecast Visualizations on Pandemic Risk Perceptions
Nature’s Scientific Reports, 2022
Padilla L., Hosseinpour, H., Fygenson, R., Howell, J. Chunara, R., and Bertini, E.
[pre-print, publication]
A scalable process for manufacturing integrated, washable smart garments applied to heart rate monitoring
ISWC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2017
Dabby, N., Aleksov, A., Lewallen, E., Oster, S., Fygenson, R., Lathrop, B., Bynum, M., Samady, M., Klein, S., Girouard, S.
Posters & Workshop Submissions
Cognitive Affordances in Visualization
Gordon Research Conference: Visualization in Science and Education, 2025 — Best Poster Award
Fygenson, R., Bertini, E., Padilla, L.IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Design Challenge, 2025
Honorable Mention Award for Intuitive Support for Query Construction
Wootton, D. and Fygenson, R.
Pre-Prints
Set Visualizations for Comparing and Evaluating Machine Learning Models
Panavas L., Crnovrsanin T., Fygenson R., Conway E., Millard D., Buchler N., Dunne C.Visual-Semantic Conflicts in Visualization: A Case Study on Patient-Reported Outcomes
Fygenson, R., Bertini, E., and Gold, H.T.
Professional Service
Program Committee: Information+ 2025
Peer reviewer: IEEE VIS, 2023, 2024, 2025 — full papers, short papers, VISxVISION workshop papers
Peer reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2024, 2025
Peer reviewer: ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023 — full papers
Organizing Committee: VISxVISION workshop @ IEEE VIS 2023, VISxVISION satellite @ VSS 2024
Patents
Invited Talks
Guest Lecture @ Harvard University’s Insight + Interaction Lab, 2025
Guest Lecture @ Tufts University’s Visual Analytics Lab (VALT), 2025
Guest Lecture on Communicating Data to Patients @ Kuchnir Dermatology & Dermatological Services, 2025
Invited Speaker @ Santa Monica College’s Women Who Code group, 2025
Rhetorical Visualization, Northeastern University, 2024
Seminar in Human-Computer Interactions, Northeastern University, 2023