Publications

2026

Targeted and Traceable Investigation of Multi-Agent LLM Dialogue via Semantic Bundling of Knowledge Graphs

Zeyu Hua, Adam Coscia, Alex Endert
VAST Challenge at IEEE VIS, 2026
VAST Challenge Honorable Mention, 2026
@inproceedings{Hua:2026:AgentK,
  author = {Hua, Zeyu and Coscia, Adam and Endert, Alex},
  title = {Targeted and Traceable Investigation of Multi-Agent LLM Dialogue via Semantic Bundling of Knowledge Graphs},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {VAST Challenge at IEEE VIS},
  eprint = {2609.35786},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}

Less Is More: Balancing Positive and Negative Space in Visual Concept Blending

Shishi Xiao, Adam Coscia, David H. Laidlaw
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), 2026
@inproceedings{Xiao:2026:LessIsMore,
  author = {Xiao, Shishi and Coscia, Adam and Laidlaw, David H.},
  title = {Less Is More: Balancing Positive and Negative Space in Visual Concept Blending},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 39th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  location = {Detroit, MI, USA},
  series = {UIST '26}
}

DraftMarks: Enhancing Transparency in Human-AI Co-Writing Through Interactive Skeuomorphic Process Traces

Momin N. Siddiqui, Nikki Nasseri, Adam Coscia, Roy Pea, Hari Subramonyam
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2026
@inproceedings{Siddiqui:2026:DraftMarks,
  author = {Siddiqui, Momin N. and Nasseri, Nikki and Coscia, Adam J. and Pea, Roy and Subramonyam, Hari},
  title = {DraftMarks: Enhancing Transparency in Human-AI Co-Writing Through Interactive Skeuomorphic Process Traces},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {ACM},
  doi = {10.1145/3772318.3791109},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  pages = {1--22},
  series = {CHI '26}
}

VisPile: A Visual Analytics System for Analyzing Multiple Text Documents With Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs

Adam Coscia, Alex Endert
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2026
CRIDC Best Poster Award, 2025
@inproceedings{Coscia:2026:VisPile,
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Endert, Alex},
  title = {VisPile: A Visual Analytics System for Analyzing Multiple Text Documents With Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences},
  location = {Lahaina, HI, USA},
  series = {HICSS-59}
}

2025

OnGoal: Tracking and Visualizing Conversational Goals in Multi-Turn Dialogue with Large Language Models

Adam Coscia, Shunan Guo, Eunyee Koh, Alex Endert
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), 2025
@inproceedings{Coscia:2025:OnGoal,
  author = {Coscia, Adam J and Guo, Shunan and Koh, Eunyee and Endert, Alex},
  title = {OnGoal: Tracking and Visualizing Conversational Goals in Multi-Turn Dialogue with Large Language Models},
  year = {2025},
  isbn = {9798400720376},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747746},
  doi = {10.1145/3746059.3747746},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  articleno = {208},
  numpages = {18},
  location = {Busan, Republic of Korea},
  series = {UIST '25}
}

LLM Prompt Evaluation for Educational Applications

Langdon Holmes, Adam Coscia, Scott Crossley, Joon Suh Choi, Wesley Morris
Workshop on Epistemics and Decision-Making in AI-Supported Education at AIED, 2025
@inproceedings{Holmes:2025:PromptEvaluation,
  author = {Holmes, Langdon and Coscia, Adam and Crossley, Scott and Choi, Joon Suh and Morris, Wesley},
  title = {LLM Prompt Evaluation for Educational Applications},
  year = {2025},
  booktitle = {Workshop on Epistemics and Decision-Making in AI-Supported Education at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)},
  location = {Palermo, Italy},
  eprint = {2601.16134},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}

2024

Visualizing Intelligent Tutor Interactions for Responsive Pedagogy

Grace Guo, Aishwarya Mudgal Sunil Kumar, Adit Gupta, Adam Coscia, Chris MacLellan, Alex Endert
International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), 2024
@inproceedings{Guo:2024:VisTA,
  author = {Guo, Grace and Kumar, Aishwarya Mudgal Sunil and Gupta, Adit and Coscia, Adam and Maclellan, Chris and Endert, Alex},
  title = {Visualizing Intelligent Tutor Interactions for Responsive Pedagogy},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {ACM},
  doi = {10.1145/3656650.3656667},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces},
  pages = {1--9},
  series = {AVI '24}
}

DeepSee: Multidimensional Visualizations of Seabed Ecosystems

Adam Coscia, Haley M. Sapers, Noah Deutsch, Malika Khurana, John S. Magyar, Sergio A. Parra, Daniel R. Utter, Rebecca L. Wipfler, David W. Caress, Eric J. Martin, Jennifer B. Paduan, Maggie Hendrie, Santiago Lombeyda, Hillary Mushkin, Alex Endert, Scott Davidoff, Victoria J. Orphan
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2024
@inproceedings{Coscia:2024:DeepSee,
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Sapers, Haley M. and Deutsch, Noah and Khurana, Malika and Magyar, John S. and Parra, Sergio A. and Utter, Daniel R. and Wipfler, Rebecca L. and Caress, David W. and Martin, Eric J. and Paduan, Jennifer B. and Hendrie, Maggie and Lombeyda, Santiago and Mushkin, Hillary and Endert, Alex and Davidoff, Scott and Orphan, Victoria J.},
  title = {DeepSee: Multidimensional Visualizations of Seabed Ecosystems},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642001},
  doi = {10.1145/3613904.3642001},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  location = {Honolulu, HI, USA},
  series = {CHI '24}
}

iScore: Visual Analytics for Interpreting How Language Models Automatically Score Summaries

Adam Coscia, Langdon Holmes, Wesley Morris, Joon Suh Choi, Scott Crossley, Alex Endert
ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), 2024
@inproceedings{Coscia:2024:iScore,
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Holmes, Langdon and Morris, Wesley and Choi, Joon S. and Crossley, Scott and Endert, Alex},
  title = {iScore: Visual Analytics for Interpreting How Language Models Automatically Score Summaries},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645142},
  doi = {10.1145/3640543.3645142},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 IUI Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces},
  location = {Greenville, SC, USA},
  series = {IUI '24}
}

Preliminary Guidelines for Combining Data Integration and Visual Data Analysis

Adam Coscia, Ashley Suh, Remco Chang, Alex Endert
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2024
@article{Coscia:2023:Guidelines,
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Suh, Ashley and Chang, Remco and Endert, Alex},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  title = {Preliminary Guidelines for Combining Data Integration and Visual Data Analysis},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {30},
  number = {10},
  pages = {6678-6690},
  doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2023.3334513}
}

KnowledgeVIS: Interpreting Language Models by Comparing Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts

Adam Coscia, Alex Endert
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2024
CRIDC Best Poster Award, 2023
@article{Coscia:2023:KnowledgeVIS,
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Endert, Alex},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  title = {KnowledgeVIS: Interpreting Language Models by Comparing Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {30},
  number = {9},
  pages = {6520-6532},
  doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2023.3346713}
}

2021

Left, Right, and Gender: Exploring Interaction Traces to Mitigate Human Biases

Emily Wall, Arpit Narechania, Adam Coscia, Jamal Paden, Alex Endert
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2021), 2022
@article{Wall:2022:LeftRightandGender,
  author = {Wall, Emily and Narechania, Arpit and Coscia, Adam and Paden, Jamal and Endert, Alex},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  title = {Left, Right, and Gender: Exploring Interaction Traces to Mitigate Human Biases},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {28},
  number = {1},
  pages = {966-975},
  doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2021.3114862}
}

Lumos: Increasing Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis

Arpit Narechania, Adam Coscia, Emily Wall, Alex Endert
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2021), 2022
CRIDC Best Poster Award, 2021
@article{Narechania:2022:Lumos,
  author = {Narechania, Arpit and Coscia, Adam and Wall, Emily and Endert, Alex},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  title = {Lumos: Increasing Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {28},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1009-1018},
  doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2021.3114827}
}

2020

Toward a Bias-Aware Future for Mixed-Initiative Visual Analytics

Adam Coscia, Duen Horng (Polo) Chau, Alex Endert
Workshop on TRust and EXpertise in Visual Analytics (TREX) at IEEE VIS, 2020
@inproceedings{Coscia:2020:BiasAwareVisualAnalytics,
  title = {Toward a Bias-Aware Future for Mixed-Initiative Visual Analytics},
  author = {Coscia, Adam and Chau, Duen Horng and Endert, Alex},
  booktitle = {Workshop on TRust and EXpertise in Visual Analytics (TREX) at IEEE VIS},
  year = {2020},
  eprint = {2011.09988},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}