Frank Elavsky
Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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SeniorFrank Elavsky is a research-focused software engineer with a decade of experience building accessible, interactive data visualizations across academia and industry. Currently a research assistant at Carnegie Mellon and incoming Assistant Professor of Data Science at Cal Poly SLO, he blends applied research with hands-on engineering at companies including Adobe, Apple, Visa, and Highsoft. He has led accessibility R&D and open-source efforts—creating WCAG-compliant charting libraries and a React Spectrum Charts prototype—bridging design systems and developer ecosystems. Frank’s background spans D3.js, Web Components, Node/R/Python data services, and production dashboards, enabling him to translate complex data into usable, inclusive interfaces. Notably, he consults on malleable personalization for users with disabilities, a recurring theme that ties his research and product work together. Based in Pittsburgh, he pairs academic rigor with pragmatic product engineering to improve data interaction for diverse users.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (66)
vega10
in-progress10
plot10
vega-lite10
spectrum10
interaction10
charts9
wcag9
input-method9
exhaustive9
visualization9
accessibility9
grammar9
adobe8
react8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Chartability/POUR-CAF
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Chartability, an inclusive data experience toolkit
Contributions:93 commits, 13 PRs, 46 pushes in 1 year 2 months
data-experienceexperience-toolkitinclusive
nuitrcs/intro_to_web_workshop
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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