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Matthew Kay

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

Contact

MUDD 2233 Tech Drive
3rd Floor
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

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Departments

Computer Science

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Research Interests

Matthew Kay is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in Computer Science and Communications Studies at Northwestern University. He works in human-computer interaction and information visualization; more specifically, his research areas include uncertainty visualization, personal health informatics, and the design of human-centered tools for data analysis. His current research is funded by multiple NSF awards, and he has received multiple best paper awards across human-computer interaction and information visualization venues (including CHI, InfoVis, UbiComp, and MobileHCI). He co-directs the Midwest Uncertainty Collective and is the author of the tidybayes and ggdist R packages for visualizing Bayesian statistical model output and uncertainty. For more information, visit his website.


Selected Publications

  • Hedayati, Maryam; Kay, Matthew, What University Students Learn In Visualization Classes, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2025).
  • Guo, Ziyang; Kale, Alex; Kay, Matthew; Hullman, Jessica, VMC, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2025).
  • Cui, Yuan; Ge, Lily W.; Ding, Yiren; Harrison, Lane; Yang, Fumeng; Kay, Matthew, Promises and Pitfalls, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2025).
  • Yang, Fumeng; Cai, Mandi; Mortenson, Chloe; Fakhari, Hoda; Lokmanoglu, Ayse D.; Diakopoulos, Nicholas; Nisbet, Erik C.; Kay, Matthew, The Backstory to "Swaying the Public", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2025).
  • Ge, Lily W.; Cui, Yuan; Kay, Matthew, AVEC, Association for Computing Machinery (2025).
  • Long, Sheng; Chatzimparmpas, Angelos; Alexander, Emma; Kay, Matthew; Hullman, Jessica, Seeing Eye to AI? Applying Deep-Feature-Based Similarity Metrics to Information Visualization, Association for Computing Machinery (2025).
  • Sarma, Abhraneel; Hedayati, Maryam; Kay, Matthew, More Forecasts, More (Decision) Problems, Association for Computing Machinery (2025).
  • Ortega, Adrian; Rooper, Isabel R.; Massion, Thomas; Azubuike, Chidibiere; Lipman, Lindsay D.; Lakhtakia, Tanvi; Camino, Macarena Kruger; Parsons, Leah M.; Tack, Emily; Alshurafa, Nabil; Kay, Matthew; Graham, Andrea K., Co-designing prediction data visualizations for a digital binge eating intervention, Translational behavioral medicine (2025).