1 Introduction
We present a descriptive, exploratory data analysis of gender representation in the academic visualization community. We draw data from authors of papers published at the IEEE Visualization (VIS) conference, the largest and oldest academic visualization-focused venue. At the VIS conference, gender as well as more broad diversity efforts have started to emerge. Since 2014, we have seen efforts such as the first Family Room (2014), VisKids Chairs (2015), and in 2017 the first panel on the topic of diversity more broadly. Since 2018, inclusivity chairs are part of the organizing committee and have put tremendous efforts into new initiatives such as the inclusivity and diversity scholarships. The new VIS charter [20] emphasizes that “all committees should be diverse in their membership in terms of research area, academic lineage, gender, geographic origin, sector (academia, industry, government), demographics and other characteristics as they emerge:”