Jane Hoffswell
Senior Research Scientist
Seattle, WA
Jane is a senior research scientist at Adobe, specializing in visualization and human-computer interaction (HCI). Her research focuses on data-driven storytelling and natural language insights, exploratory data analysis, responsive visualization, visualizations for system and code understanding, and the design of interactive, end-user systems. Jane received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington, where she was advised by Prof. Jeffrey Heer as part of the Interactive Data Lab. Before that, she graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a B.S. in Computer Science.
For more details and a complete list of publications, please refer to her personal website.
Publications
An Evaluation-Focused Framework for Visualization Recommendation Algorithms
Best Paper Honorable Mention
News
The Research behind Project Slide Wow: Transforming data into beautiful presentations
Turning complex data into clear and compelling presentations isn’t easy. That’s why Adobe Research and the Customer Journey Analytics team created Project Slide Wow — an experimental prototype debuted at Adobe Summit Sneaks 2025. Learn more about the research behind the project.
April 11, 2025Why Join Adobe Research? New Hires Share Their Journeys
What makes Adobe Research a great place to work? Follow along on the journeys of three recent hires whose courage to experiment led them to take on new full-time roles.
April 8, 2021Designing Responsive Visualizations
Visualizations play a crucial role in how news organizations effectively communicate essential information to the public. In our research, we tackle the challenge of creating responsive visualizations that adapt the content for users on a range of devices.
July 10, 2020