Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Emory University
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Emory University. My students and I make up CAV Lab where we focus on cognition and visualization. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech in 2020.
Prospective students interested in working with me should first check out the CAV Lab manual and complete this interest form.
Research Interests
My research involves decision making using data visualization and visual analytics. I develop computational strategies to characterize human limitations in decision making (e.g., cognitive bias) and design interventions to promote reflective data analysis and decision making processes.
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November 2026. Mengyu Chen will present her paper Less Is More Refective: Intervention Intensity and Metacognitive Disruption in Visual Analytics; Shiyao Li will present his paper Confirmation Bias Shapes Outlier Identification and Removal in Data Cleaning with Scatterplots; and Thomas Davidson will present his paper Charting the Immersive Self: A Scoping Review of Immersive Personal Visualisation at VIS 2026!
September 2026. Dr. Shiyao Li has graduated and joined The Home Depot as a Data Scientist. Congrats Shiyao!
April 2026. Thomas Davidson will present his paper Spotify Warped: Reshaping Personal Informatics via Music Listening, Casual Users, Passive Data & Episodic Reflection; Ziwei Dong will present his paper Evaluating Behavior Change Interventions for Responsible Data Science; and Shiyao Li will present his paper Does a Picture Paint a Thousand Words? Using Visual and Textual Channels to Understand Attitudes and Beliefs at CHI 2026!
January 2026. Prof. Wall's new book Human Bias in Visual Data Analysis: A Synthesis of Research to Empower Decision Makers was published open-access with Springer as part of the series "Synthesis Lectures on Visualization."