Hi everyone, We are conducting a user study to evaluate the performance of different data visualization recommendation techniques. Participation in the study is completely remote. If you are interested, the full details are below. Sign up form: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_3K7nFtrdXLeksst ** We need participants from both academia and industry. Industrial participants are more needed. We would deeply appreciate it if you could forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in participating. Thank you so much! ** ----------------------------------------------------- Are you interested in learning about some of the latest advances in data analytics and data science? Are you excited about new opportunities to practice your data visualization skills? Would you like to make a direct contribution to state-of-the-art data science research? We would like to invite you to participate in a University of Maryland research study on data visualization tools. We need participants for an approximately 60-minute study session online. In this session, you will use a visualization tool to answer analysis questions about a provided dataset and will be asked to complete surveys regarding demographic information and your feedback on the analysis environment. You will receive a *$10 Amazon gift card* as a thank you for your participation. Your participation will contribute directly to supporting current and future data science research. Usage data during the session will be recorded automatically, anonymized, and shared publicly as a community resource. Personal demographic details and survey answers will be only shared as aggregated results. Interaction logs and interview answers will be shared after being anonymized. Note that any raw data from the user study will be kept confidential, and will not be shared. To participate in the study, you must be at least 18 years of age and meet these criteria: (1) normal vision or corrected to normal with glasses or contact lenses; (2) normal color vision, and (3) have at least basic visualization or data analysis experience, such as experience with one of the following tools (or similar tools): Excel, R, SAS, Numpy/Pandas, Tableau. Participation in the study is completely voluntary. Please complete the following sign-up form <https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_3K7nFtrdXLeksst> if you are interested in participating in this study. If you have any questions, please contact Zehua Zeng by email at *zzeng@cs.umd.edu <zzeng@cs.umd.edu>*. Note that we cannot ensure the confidentiality of any information sent by e-mail. Please also feel free to forward this invitation to any other eligible individuals you think might be interested in participating. Best, Zehua