Thread by @NElmqvist

Unpopular opinion on the new #ieeevis Visualization Academy: while a good initiative modeled on @siggraph and @sigchi, initiating it with 28 men and 2 women is a huge problem for inclusivity and diversity. It’s doubling down on 35 years of history not reflective of 2019 values.

In choosing a “base case” for inaugurating the academy, we could have selected one not solely based on the changing demographic of the #ieeevis conference of yesteryear. It is not very welcoming to the young and upcoming researchers who are the future of our field.

I know that the @ieeevgtc are good people and are working on remedying this. However, how this develops in future years is going to be absolutely vital. /end rant.