Researcher · Academic · Engineer
Arvind Satyanarayan
MIT CSAILAssociate Professor
Satyanarayan designs visualization tools that amplify human reasoning without taking away agency. He co-created Vega-Lite, a concise grammar for interactive charts, and leads MIT's Visualization Group, where his work spans accessible data analysis, human-centered AI and ways to inspect learned concepts.
Career & education
Current roleMIT CSAIL2025-presentAssociate Professor
MIT CSAIL2025-presentPreviouslyMIT CSAIL2018-2025Assistant Professor
Google Brain2017-2018Postdoc
MIT CSAIL2018-2025Google Brain2017-2018Education
UC San Diego
Stanford UniversityWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations7,413As of Jun 15, '26
citations+1,183Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
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