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Maxim Lisnic

I am a PhD student at the School of Computing working with Alexander Lex and Marina Kogan. My research centers on understanding and mitigating mis- and disinformation in visualizations on social media.

Maxim Lisnic
Maxim Lisnic,
PhD Student

Contact
maxim.lisnic@utah.edu
SCI Institute,
School of Computing,
University of Utah
72 South Central Campus Drive,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Publications

Preprints

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Haihan Lin, Maxim Lisnic, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex
Here’s what you need to know about my data: Exploring Expert Knowledge’s Role in Data Analysis
Preprint, 2023

Peer-reviewed Journal and Conference Publications

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Maxim Lisnic, Zach Cutler, Marina Kogan, Alexander Lex
Visualization Guardrails: Designing Interventions Against Cherry-Picking in Interactive Data Explorers
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2025

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Maxim Lisnic, Alexander Lex, Marina Kogan
‘Yeah, this graph doesn't show that’: Analysis of Online Engagement with Misleading Data Visualizations
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2024

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Maxim Lisnic, Cole Polychronis, Alexander Lex, Marina Kogan
Misleading Beyond Visual Tricks: How People Actually Lie with Charts
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2023