We propose a half-day workshop at IEEE VIS 2025 on addressing the emerging challenges in data-rich multimodal remote collaboration. We focus on synchronous, remote, and hybrid settings where people take part in tasks such as data analysis, decision-making, and presentation. With this workshop, we continue successful prior work from the first MERCADO workshop at VIS 2023 and a 2024 Shonan Seminar that followed. Based on the findings of the earlier events, we invite research and ideas related to four themes of challenges: Tools & Technologies, Individual Differences & Interpersonal Dynamics, AI-assisted Collaboration, and Evaluation. With this workshop, we aim to broaden the community, foster new collaborations, and develop a research agenda to address these challenges in future research. Our planned workshop format is comprised of a keynote, short presentations, a breakout group session, and discussions organized around the identified challenges.
@article{arxiv.2504.15859,
title = {The 2nd MERCADO Workshop at IEEE VIS 2025: Multimodal Experiences for Remote Communication Around Data Online},
author = {Wolfgang Büschel and Gabriela Molina León and Arnaud Prouzeau and Mahmood Jasim and Christophe Hurter and Maxime Cordeil and Matthew Brehmer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.15859},
year = {2025}
}