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We have <a href="https://research.tableau.com/user/vidya-setlur">Vidya Setlur</a> on the show to talk about the role language, and natural language processing (NLP) play in data visualization and analytics.
Vidya is the director of research at Tableau and has a background in natural language processing and visualization. She is one of the main drivers behind <a href="https://research.tableau.com/paper/eviza-natural-language-interface-visual-analysis">Eviza</a>, a research-based prototype and the corresponding product <a href="https://www.tableau.com/solutions/ai-analytics/augmented-analytics">Ask Data</a>, developed within Tableau to interact with data visualizations through natural language.
She is also the co-author, with <a href="https://bridgetcogley.com/">Bridget Cogley</a>, of <a href="https://www.functionalaestheticsbook.com/">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a>, a new book on data visualization with a lot of information about semantics and language in data visualization.
In the episode, we talk about the challenges of going from a research prototype to an actual product, research vs. engineering, speech and natural language interfaces, the many ways language plays a role in visualization, the advent of language models, and much more.
Enjoy the show!
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Links
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<li><a href="https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/593-information-is-beautiful-awards-2022-the-winners">Winners of Information is Beautiful Awards</a> </li>
<li>Book: <a href="https://www.functionalaestheticsbook.com/">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a></li>
<li>Paper: <a href="https://research.tableau.com/sites/default/files/semanticshapes-final.pdf">Automatic Generation of Semantic Icon Encodings for Visualizations</a></li>
<li>Paper: <a href="https://research.tableau.com/sites/default/files/setlurstoneinfovis2015_2.pdf">A Linguistic Approach to Categorical Color Assignment for Data Visualization</a></li>
<li><a href="https://research.tableau.com/paper/eviza-natural-language-interface-visual-analysis">Eviza: A Natural Language Interface for Visual Analysis</a></li>
<li>Paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.04323.pdf">Snowy: Recommending Utterances for Conversational Visual Analysis</a></li>
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