Making Sense of Data with AI: Lowering Barriers, Expanding Who Participates
A NDAG Invited Talk (WebEx)
Monday, November 24, 2025 · 12 - 1 PM
PhD student Jennifer Posada (Advisor: Dr. Karen Chen, Information Systems) will present on her human-centered computing research to design technology to benefit neurodivergent populations.

Exploring the Gadgets & Gizmos In Your AI Toolkit: Jennifer Posada
Making Sense of Data with AI: Lowering Barriers, Expanding Who Participates
Generative AI tools like Chat GPT have shifted who gets to participate in data analysis and how. Opportunities exist for large language models (LLMs) to support tasks like code writing for data cleaning and exploration. This has potential to make it easier to engage with data, particularly for those that lack formal technical skills or have limited technical support. In this talk, I reflect on how LLMs have changed my own workflow by streamlining analysis and lowering barriers to iterating and exploring. I also pose questions around who gets to be considered a data analyst now, and what skills or literacies may matter most.