# A Decade of Systems for Human Data Interaction

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15585 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.15585/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 19 Nov 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Human-Data Interaction, Exploration, and Visualization in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.05542/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Human-data interaction (HDI) presents fundamentally different challenges from traditional data management. HDI systems must meet latency, correctness, and consistency needs that stem from usability rather than query semantics; failing to meet these expectations breaks the user experience. Moreover, interfaces and systems are tightly coupled; neither can easily be optimized in isolation, and effective solutions demand their co-design. This dependence also presents a research opportunity: rather than adapt systems to interface demands, systems innovations and database theory can also inspire new interaction and visualization designs. We survey a decade of our lab's work that embraces this coupling and argue that HDI systems are the foundation for reliable, interactive, AI-driven applications.