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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