phd student @NorthwesternU technology + social behavior, previously @TexasTribune @biobright_org | she/ๅฅน
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Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
Today I'm starting as an Assistant Professor at @umdcs! I'm seeking PhD students to join my lab for Fall 25. Check out my new lab website for more details: fig-x.github.io. I also welcome connections with students and colleagues interested in collaborations! ๐ข
WE DID IT! I presented @mjskay and I's work "Watching the Election Sausage Get Made: How Data Journalists Visualize the Vote Counting Process in U.S. Elections" in the same session as my amazing colleagues @fumeng_yang and Lily Ge #CHI24
Really cool to see how all of our work intersects in the policy + elections + visualization space, and yet all have distinct flavors
Link to my work ๐ณ๏ธ: mucollective.northwestern.edโฆ
Fumeng's work ๐ฒ: mucollective.northwestern.edโฆ
Lily's work ๐: mucollective.northwestern.edโฆ
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
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Delighted to announce the @texastribune is hiring a journalist to build data pipelines and develop new tools as we reimagine our education coverage!
texastribune.org/jobs/educatโฆ
Hereโs a little more about the roleโฆ
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
The MU Collective - codirected by @JessicaHullman and @mjskay - presented impactful research and received prestigious awards @ieeevis. Prof. Kay received the Significant New Researcher Award and a paper by 10 Northwestern authors won a Best Paper Award.
bit.ly/3u8ySGW
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
Fewer public oyster harvesting areas are open in Texas ๐ฆช Read the story by @emfoxhall @alereports texastribune.org/2023/11/03/โฆ Graphics inspired by some ๆตฎไธ็ตต (ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints from Edo period)
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
It's hard to believe it's been 10 years of SRCCON! ๐
Seeing all the familiar and new faces in our @OpenNews community together in a room again brings all of us immense joy. #SRCCON2023
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
Interested in doing a PhD in HCI, CSS, or something else at the intersection of Tech + Society? The @NU_SoC @NorthwesternEng joint program in TSB is hosting a virtual information session to answer your questions. Register and join to learn more! tinyurl.com/tsbphd
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
โThanks everyone for comments on the draft, here it is revised with all your edits.โ
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
๐ It's our official schedule for SRCCON 2023!! ๐
This community has so many amazing sessions planned for each day in Minneapolis next monthโand there's still room for you! You should join us!
2023.srccon.org/schedule/
not me again adjusting the pixel width of the margins on my figures instead of editing my paper's discussion section
writing past 10 PM means the joy of waking up tomorrow and editing all my sarcastic, comedic prose!!!
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
As a new Texan who experienced her first summer in Texas, yes, I thought it was so brutally hot ๐ฅต But turned out it was Texas' second hottest summer on record. Many cities saw weeks of 100-degree days -- with @erinmdouglas23 texastribune.org/2023/09/07/โฆ
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
The Ken Paxton impeachment trial started this morning. To get yourself up to speed, make sure you read @yuriko_a_s and @James_Barragan's incredible visual explainers #txlege
1. Who's who in the trial: texastribune.org/2023/09/01/โฆ
2. How it will operate: texastribune.org/2023/09/04/โฆ
fave moment during lab paper swap today:
@hyeok__kim comments on my paper "make this less wordy" and i read it as "make this less nerdy?!?!? what???"
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel โ
I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.
Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.
Mandi Cai ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ retweeted
This is the work. Wage theft steals billions from workers every yearโbarely making headlines. @Documentedny listened to people & stepped up with a tool to help folks experience the reporting & act on it where they live.
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This project led by @fumeng_yang was the 1st one I worked on when I started my PhD. Beyond the incredible work and supervision she put into this project, she was also an A+ mentor. Things I learned: scoping research q's, experimental design, project management, and much more
BEST PAPER ๐: Swaying the Public? Impacts of Election Forecast Visualizations on Emotion, Trust, and Intention in the 2022 U.S. Midterms
@fumeng_yang, @MandiCai, @ChloeMortenson, H. Fakhari, A. Lokmanoglu, @JessicaHullman, @SteveFranconeri, @ndiakopoulos, E. Nisbet, @mjskay
ALT This figure shows the four election forecast visualizations in our longitudinal study: A. Single quantile dotplot (1-Dotplot) using 100 dots to encode 100 election outcomes; they form a hill-shape. B. Dual quantile dotplots (2-Dotplot) using 100 dots for one party and 100 dots for the other party, and the dots could overlap with each other, like two hills. C. Dual histogram intervals (2-Interval), using shaded bars to show the range and density of forecasted vote share; darker colors mean more likely. D. Plinko quantile dotplot (Plinko), using animation and dropping balls from the top to form the hill-shape.