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Martin Wattenberg

Harvard University · Computer Science

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Martin Wattenberg is a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, affiliated with the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He holds the title of Chandra Fellow at Harvard Business School and is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center. His research interests include Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-Computer Interaction. Wattenberg's work spans areas such as Computational Linguistics and Natural-Language Processing, Graphics, Vision, and Visualization. He is also associated with the Insight Lab at Harvard. His contact information is wattenberg@seas.harvard.edu, and his profile page can be accessed at https://seas.harvard.edu/person/martin-wattenberg.


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Martin Wattenberg is a researcher at Harvard University and Google Research, specializing in Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). His work focuses on creating tools and techniques for understanding complex data and machine learning models. He has developed interactive visualization systems such as Manyeyes and The What-If Tool, which enable users to explore and interpret data at scale. His research also includes methods for improving the interpretability of machine learning models, such as Smoothgrad and TCav. Wattenberg's contributions span both theoretical and applied aspects of visualization and HCI, with an emphasis on making data and algorithms more accessible and understandable.

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