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VL/HCC 2020
Tue 11 - Fri 14 August 2020 Dunedin, New Zealand
Thu 13 Aug 2020 08:30 - 08:45 at Zoom Room - Data Science Chair(s): Advait Sarkar

Computational notebooks such as Jupyter are now used by millions of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and computational researchers to do exploratory and end-user programming. In recent years, dozens of different notebook systems have been developed across academia and industry. However, we still lack an understanding of how their individual designs relate to one another and what their tradeoffs are. To provide a holistic view of this rapidly-emerging landscape, we performed, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive design analysis of dozens of notebook systems. We analyzed 59 notebooks (16 academic papers, 28 industry products, and 15 experimental/R&D projects) and formulated a design space that succinctly captures variations in system features. Our design space covers 10 dimensions that include diverse ways of importing data, editing code and prose, running code, and distributing notebook outputs. We conclude by suggesting ways for researchers to push future projects beyond the current bounds of this space.

Thu 13 Aug

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08:00 - 08:45
Data ScienceResearch Papers at Zoom Room
Chair(s): Advait Sarkar Microsoft Research and University of Cambridge
08:00
7m
Talk
On Understanding Data ScientistsShort paper
Research Papers
Paula Pereira University of Minho, Jácome Cunha HASLab/INESC TEC & University of Minho, João Paulo Fernandes University of Coimbra
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08:08
7m
Talk
Casual Notebooks and Rigid Scripts: Understanding Data Science ProgrammingShort paper
Research Papers
Krishna Subramanian RWTH Aachen University, Nur Al-Huda Hamdan RWTH Aachen University, Jan Borchers RWTH Aachen University
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08:15
15m
Talk
Code Duplication and Reuse in Jupyter NotebooksFull paper
Research Papers
Andreas Koenzen University of Victoria, Neil Ernst University of Victoria, Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria
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08:30
15m
Talk
The Design Space of Computational Notebooks: An Analysis of 60 Systems in Academia and IndustryFull paper
Research Papers
Sam Lau University of California San Diego, Ian Drosos University of California San Diego, Julia Markel University of California San Diego, Philip Guo University of California San Diego
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