Publications
Research
Living papers: A language toolkit for augmented scholarly communication. J Heer, M Conlen, V Devireddy, T Nguyen, J Horowitz. ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST), Best Paper Honorable Mention 2023. PDF Cinematic techniques in narrative visualization. M Conlen, J Heer, H Mushkin, S Davidoff. arXiv 2023. PDF Fidyll: A compiler for cross-format data stories & explorable explanations. M Conlen, J Heer. arXiv 2022. PDF Idyll studio: A structured editor for authoring interactive & data-driven articles. M Conlen, M Vo, A Tan, J Heer. ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST) 2021. PDF Authoring and publishing interactive articles. M Conlen. Ph.D. thesis, University of Washington 2021.
Communicating with interactive articles. F Hohman, M Conlen, J Heer, P Chau. Distill 2020. Interactive Article Launching the Parametric Press. M Conlen, F Hohman. IEEE Workshop on Visualization for Communication (VisComm) 2019.
Capture & analysis of active reading behaviors for interactive articles on the web. M Conlen, A Kale, J Heer. Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2019. PDF The beginner's guide to dimensionality reduction. M Conlen, F Hohman. IEEE Vis Workshop on Visualization for AI Explainability (VISxAI), Best Paper Honorable Mention 2018. Interactive Article Idyll: A markup language for authoring and publishing interactive articles on the web. M Conlen, J Heer. ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST) 2018. PDF Towards design principles for visual analytics in operations contexts. M Conlen, S Stalla, C Jin, M Hendrie, H Mushkin, S Lombeyda, S Davidoff. ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018. PDF The myth of the impartial machine. A Feng, S Wu, F Hohman, M Conlen, S Stalla. The Parametric Press 2019. Article Systems and methods for processing electronic content. CF White-Sullivan, BT Diamond, MJ DiScala, M Conlen, AP Sass. US Patent App. 13/836,477 2014.
A winning strategy for tic-tac-toe on an affine plane of order 4. M Conlen, J Milcak. Joint Mathematics Meeting 2011.
Data Journalism
Spelling Bee Buddy. N Berg, M Conlen, J Katz, A Krolik, E Washington, E Weingart. New York Times 2023. Article Wordle Bot. J Katz, M Conlen. New York Times 2022. Article Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak. New York Times. New York Times 2021. Article Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count. New York Times. New York Times 2020. Article How Much Carbon Dioxide Are We Emitting?. Matthew Conlen. NASA Climate 2021. Article Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in Covid Declines. M Conlen, S Mervosh, D Ivory. New York Times 2021. Article When Could the United States Reach Herd Immunity? It's Complicated.. M Conlen, C Smart. New York Times 2021. Article Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End the Pandemic. M Conlen, D Lu, J Glanz. New York Times 2021. Article How Full Are Hospital I.C.U.s Near You?. M Conlen, J Keefe, A Sun, L Leatherby, C Smart. New York Times 2021. Article National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted. New York Times. New York Times 2020. Article Detailed Turnout Data Shows How Georgia Turned Blue. N Cohn, M Conlen, C Smart. New York Times 2020. Article Election Needle: President. New York Times. New York Times 2020. Article ICU Beds Near Capacity Across the U.S.. L Leatherby, J Keefe, L Tompkins, C Smart, M Conlen. New York Times 2020. Article Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. New York Times. New York Times 2020. Article The Rise in Testing Is Not Driving the Rise in U.S. Virus Cases. Matthew Conlen. New York Times 2020. Article The Great Climate Migration. A Lustgarten. New York Times Magazine 2020. Article Nearly One-Third of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Linked to Nursing Homes. M Conlen, D Ivory, K Yourish, et al.. New York Times 2020. Article Where Chronic Health Conditions and Coronavirus Could Collide. N Popovich, A Singhvi, M Conlen. New York Times 2020. Article Visualizing the Quantities of Climate Change. Matthew Conlen. NASA Climate 2019. Article CNN's 2018 Election Forecast. CNN. CNN 2018. Article Gun Deaths In America. B Casselman, M Conlen, R Fischer-Baum. FiveThirtyEight 2016. Article How to Save the Democratic Party. Ryan Lizza. The New Yorker 2016. Article Seeing Earth from Outer Space. Matthew Conlen. The Pudding 2017. Article Should Prison Sentences Be Based On Crimes That Haven't Been Committed Yet?. AM Barry-Jester, B Casselman, D Goldstein, M Conlen, et al.. FiveThirtyEight 2015. Article 2016 Election Forecast. FiveThirtyEight. FiveThirtyEight 2016. Article A History of Sumo. FiveThirtyEight. FiveThirtyEight 2016. Article Blog
Kernel Density Estimation. Matthew Conlen. Interactive 2018. Article How To: Tune a Guitar. Matthew Conlen. Interactive 2018. Article The D-I-Y Data of Fugazi. Matthew Conlen. Interactive 2018. Article The Etymology of Trig Functions. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2017. Article Autumnal Colors. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2017. Article A Short Note on Debuggers. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2018. Article Specialized Tools. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2018. Article Using Apparatus with Idyll. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2017. Article Nonlinear range sliders. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2017. Article Easy responsive SVGs with ViewBox. Matthew Conlen. Blog 2016. Article