Faculty Profiles - NARECHANIA Arpit Ajay | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Arpit Ajay NARECHANIA

PhD in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0001-6980-3686

ResearcherID

NMK-4613-2025

Scopus ID

57211692760

Research Interest

Visualization
Human-computer interaction
Big data
Artificial intelligence
Natural language processing

Publications

2026 6

Alignment-Process-Outcome: Rethinking How AIs and Humans Collaborate

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-7article number 84
Li, Haichang; Zhu, Anjun; Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

Analyzing the Presentation, Content, and Utilization of References in LLM-powered Conversational AI Systems

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 89
Ouyang, Jianheng; Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

Does a Picture Paint a Thousand Words? Using Visual and Textual Channels to Understand Attitudes and Beliefs

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 1231
Li, Shiyao; Deva, Roshini; Narechania, Arpit; Karduni, Alireza; Bearfield, Cindy Xiong; Wall, Emily
Conference paper

Facilitating Proactive and Reactive Guidance for Decision Making on the Web: A Design Probe with WebSeek

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-20article number 800
Huang, Yanwei; Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

SuperProvenanceWidgets: Tracking and Visualizing Analytic Provenance Across UI Control Elements

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-7article number 625
Verma, Antariksh; Odak, Kaustubh; Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

Vipera: Blending Visual and LLM-Driven Guidance for Systematic Auditing of Text-to-Image Generative AI

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 698
Huang, Yanwei; Hanwen Deng, Wesley; Xiao, Sijia; Eslami, Motahhare; Hong, Jason I.; Narechania, Arpit; Perer, Adam
Conference paper

2025 5

Cartographers in Cubicles: How Training and Preferences of Mapmakers Interplay with Structures and Norms in Not-for-Profit Organizations

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, v. 9, (7), p. 1-25, article number CSCW280
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio
Article

Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio
Article

ProvenanceWidgets: A Library of UI Control Elements to Track and Dynamically Overlay Analytic Provenance

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 31, (1), p. 1235-1245
Narechania, Arpit; Odak, Kaustubh; El-Assady, Mennatallah; Endert, Alex
Article

Utilizing Provenance as an Attribute for Visual Data Analysis: A Design Probe With ProvenanceLens

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 31, (10), p. 8452-8465, article number 11007074
Narechania, Arpit; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Endert, Alex; Hoffswell, Jane
Article

Guidance Source Matters: How Guidance from AI, Expert, or a Group of Analysts Impacts Visual Data Preparation and Analysis

IUI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Association for Computing Machinery, 2025, p. 789-809
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Sinha, Atanu R.
Conference paper

2024 1

BiasBuzz: Combining Visual Guidance with Haptic Feedback to Increase Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis

CHI 2024 - Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, Association for Computing Machinery, 2024, article number 59
Paden, Jamal; Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex
Conference paper

2023 3

DataCockpit: A Toolkit for Data Lake Navigation and Monitoring Utilizing Quality and Usage Information

Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2023 / edited by He Jingrui; Palpanas Themis; Hu Xiaohua; Cuzzocrea Alfredo; Dou Dejing; Slezak Dominik; Wang Wei; Gruca Aleksandra; Lin Jerry Chun-Wei; Agrawal Rakesh. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023, p. 5305-5310
Narechania, Arpit; Chakraborty, Surya; Agarwal, Shivam; Sinha, Atanu R.; Rossi, Ryan A.; Du, Fan; Hoffswell, Jane; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Endert, Alex; Navathe, Shamkant
Conference paper

DataPilot: Utilizing Quality and Usage Information for Subset Selection during Visual Data Preparation

CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, article number 809
Narechania, Arpit; Du, Fan; Sinha, Atanu R.; Rossi, Ryan; Hoffswell, Jane; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Navathe, Shamkant B.; Endert, Alex
Conference paper

Resiliency: A Consensus Data Binning Method

12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2023 / edited by Beecham Roger; Long Jed A.; Smith Dianna; Zhao Qunshan; Wise Sarah. Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2023, article number 55
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio
Conference paper

2022 4

Left, Right, and Gender: Exploring Interaction Traces to Mitigate Human Biases

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 966-975
Wall, Emily; Narechania, Arpit; Coscia, Adam; Paden, Jamal; Endert, Alex
Article

Lumos: Increasing Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 1009-1018
Narechania, Arpit; Coscia, Adam; Wall, Emily; Endert, Alex
Article

VITALITY: Promoting Serendipitous Discovery of Academic Literature with Transformers Visual Analytics

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 486-496, article number 9552447
Narechania, Arpit; Karduni, Alireza; Wesslen, Ryan; Wall, Emily
Article

Facilitating Conversational Interaction in Natural Language Interfaces for Visualization

Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Visualization Conference - Short Papers, VIS 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022, p. 6-10
Mitra, Rishab; Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Stasko, John
Conference paper

2021 4

NL4DV: A toolkit for generating analytic specifications for data visualization from natural language queries

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 27, (2), p. 369-379, article number 9222342
Narechania, Arpit; Srinivasan, Arjun; Stasko, John
Article

SafetyLens: Visual data analysis of functional safety of vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 27, (2), p. 1688-1697, article number 9222266
Narechania, Arpit; Qamar, Ahsan; Endert, Alex
Article

DIY: Assessing the Correctness of Natural Language to SQL Systems

26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, p. 597-607
Narechania, Arpit; Fourney, Adam; Lee, Bongshin; Ramos, Gonzalo
Conference paper

Interactive demonstration of sqlcheck

Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, v. 14, (12), p. 2779-2782
Ghosh, Arthita; Bansod, Deven; Narechania, Arpit; Dintyala, Prashanth; Timurturkan, Su; Arulraj, Joy
Conference paper

2020 1

SQLCheck: Automated Detection and Diagnosis of SQL Anti-Patterns

SIGMOD 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, p. 2331-2345
Dintyala, Prashanth; Narechania, Arpit; Arulraj, Joy
Conference paper

2019 1

Understanding Failure Mode Effect Analysis Data Using Interactive Visual Analytics

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v. 39, (6), p. 17-26, article number 8891840
Basole, Rahul C.; Qamar, Ahsan; Pal, Biswajyoti; Corral, Michael; Meinhart, Matthew; Narechania, Arpit
Article

2015 1

KisanVikas - Android based ICT solution in Indian agriculture to assist farmers

CEUR Workshop Proceedings, v. 1498, p. 226-237
Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

Conference paper 6

Alignment-Process-Outcome: Rethinking How AIs and Humans Collaborate

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-7article number 84
Li, Haichang; Zhu, Anjun; Narechania, Arpit

Analyzing the Presentation, Content, and Utilization of References in LLM-powered Conversational AI Systems

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 89
Ouyang, Jianheng; Narechania, Arpit

Does a Picture Paint a Thousand Words? Using Visual and Textual Channels to Understand Attitudes and Beliefs

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 1231
Li, Shiyao; Deva, Roshini; Narechania, Arpit; Karduni, Alireza; Bearfield, Cindy Xiong; Wall, Emily

Facilitating Proactive and Reactive Guidance for Decision Making on the Web: A Design Probe with WebSeek

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-20article number 800
Huang, Yanwei; Narechania, Arpit

SuperProvenanceWidgets: Tracking and Visualizing Analytic Provenance Across UI Control Elements

CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, p. 1-7article number 625
Verma, Antariksh; Odak, Kaustubh; Narechania, Arpit

Vipera: Blending Visual and LLM-Driven Guidance for Systematic Auditing of Text-to-Image Generative AI

CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems / edited by Oliver Nuria; Shamma David A.; Candello Heloisa; Cesar Pablo; Lopes Pedro; Bozzon Alessandro; Kosch Thomas; Liao Vera; Ma Xiaojuan; Artizzu Valentino; Draxler Fiona; Lopez Gustavo; Reinschluessel Anke V.; Tong Xin; Toups Dugas Phoebe O.. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026, article number 698
Huang, Yanwei; Hanwen Deng, Wesley; Xiao, Sijia; Eslami, Motahhare; Hong, Jason I.; Narechania, Arpit; Perer, Adam

Article 4

Cartographers in Cubicles: How Training and Preferences of Mapmakers Interplay with Structures and Norms in Not-for-Profit Organizations

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, v. 9, (7), p. 1-25, article number CSCW280
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio

Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio

ProvenanceWidgets: A Library of UI Control Elements to Track and Dynamically Overlay Analytic Provenance

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 31, (1), p. 1235-1245
Narechania, Arpit; Odak, Kaustubh; El-Assady, Mennatallah; Endert, Alex

Utilizing Provenance as an Attribute for Visual Data Analysis: A Design Probe With ProvenanceLens

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 31, (10), p. 8452-8465, article number 11007074
Narechania, Arpit; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Endert, Alex; Hoffswell, Jane

Conference paper 1

Guidance Source Matters: How Guidance from AI, Expert, or a Group of Analysts Impacts Visual Data Preparation and Analysis

IUI 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Association for Computing Machinery, 2025, p. 789-809
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Sinha, Atanu R.

Conference paper 1

BiasBuzz: Combining Visual Guidance with Haptic Feedback to Increase Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis

CHI 2024 - Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, Association for Computing Machinery, 2024, article number 59
Paden, Jamal; Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex

Conference paper 3

DataCockpit: A Toolkit for Data Lake Navigation and Monitoring Utilizing Quality and Usage Information

Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2023 / edited by He Jingrui; Palpanas Themis; Hu Xiaohua; Cuzzocrea Alfredo; Dou Dejing; Slezak Dominik; Wang Wei; Gruca Aleksandra; Lin Jerry Chun-Wei; Agrawal Rakesh. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023, p. 5305-5310
Narechania, Arpit; Chakraborty, Surya; Agarwal, Shivam; Sinha, Atanu R.; Rossi, Ryan A.; Du, Fan; Hoffswell, Jane; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Endert, Alex; Navathe, Shamkant

DataPilot: Utilizing Quality and Usage Information for Subset Selection during Visual Data Preparation

CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, article number 809
Narechania, Arpit; Du, Fan; Sinha, Atanu R.; Rossi, Ryan; Hoffswell, Jane; Guo, Shunan; Koh, Eunyee; Navathe, Shamkant B.; Endert, Alex

Resiliency: A Consensus Data Binning Method

12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2023 / edited by Beecham Roger; Long Jed A.; Smith Dianna; Zhao Qunshan; Wise Sarah. Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2023, article number 55
Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Andris, Clio

Article 3

Left, Right, and Gender: Exploring Interaction Traces to Mitigate Human Biases

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 966-975
Wall, Emily; Narechania, Arpit; Coscia, Adam; Paden, Jamal; Endert, Alex

Lumos: Increasing Awareness of Analytic Behavior during Visual Data Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 1009-1018
Narechania, Arpit; Coscia, Adam; Wall, Emily; Endert, Alex

VITALITY: Promoting Serendipitous Discovery of Academic Literature with Transformers Visual Analytics

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 28, (1), p. 486-496, article number 9552447
Narechania, Arpit; Karduni, Alireza; Wesslen, Ryan; Wall, Emily

Conference paper 1

Facilitating Conversational Interaction in Natural Language Interfaces for Visualization

Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Visualization Conference - Short Papers, VIS 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022, p. 6-10
Mitra, Rishab; Narechania, Arpit; Endert, Alex; Stasko, John

Article 2

NL4DV: A toolkit for generating analytic specifications for data visualization from natural language queries

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 27, (2), p. 369-379, article number 9222342
Narechania, Arpit; Srinivasan, Arjun; Stasko, John

SafetyLens: Visual data analysis of functional safety of vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 27, (2), p. 1688-1697, article number 9222266
Narechania, Arpit; Qamar, Ahsan; Endert, Alex

Conference paper 2

DIY: Assessing the Correctness of Natural Language to SQL Systems

26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, 2021, p. 597-607
Narechania, Arpit; Fourney, Adam; Lee, Bongshin; Ramos, Gonzalo

Interactive demonstration of sqlcheck

Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, v. 14, (12), p. 2779-2782
Ghosh, Arthita; Bansod, Deven; Narechania, Arpit; Dintyala, Prashanth; Timurturkan, Su; Arulraj, Joy

Conference paper 1

SQLCheck: Automated Detection and Diagnosis of SQL Anti-Patterns

SIGMOD 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, p. 2331-2345
Dintyala, Prashanth; Narechania, Arpit; Arulraj, Joy

Article 1

Understanding Failure Mode Effect Analysis Data Using Interactive Visual Analytics

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v. 39, (6), p. 17-26, article number 8891840
Basole, Rahul C.; Qamar, Ahsan; Pal, Biswajyoti; Corral, Michael; Meinhart, Matthew; Narechania, Arpit

Conference paper 1

KisanVikas - Android based ICT solution in Indian agriculture to assist farmers

CEUR Workshop Proceedings, v. 1498, p. 226-237
Narechania, Arpit

2020 1

SQLCheck: Automated Detection and Diagnosis of SQL Anti-Patterns

SIGMOD 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Association for Computing Machinery, 2020, p. 2331-2345
Dintyala, Prashanth; Narechania, Arpit; Arulraj, Joy
Conference paper

2019 1

Understanding Failure Mode Effect Analysis Data Using Interactive Visual Analytics

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v. 39, (6), p. 17-26, article number 8891840
Basole, Rahul C.; Qamar, Ahsan; Pal, Biswajyoti; Corral, Michael; Meinhart, Matthew; Narechania, Arpit
Article

2015 1

KisanVikas - Android based ICT solution in Indian agriculture to assist farmers

CEUR Workshop Proceedings, v. 1498, p. 226-237
Narechania, Arpit
Conference paper

Teaching Assignment

COMP4971A	Independent Work
UROP1000	Undergraduate Research Opportunities
UROP2100S	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

COMP4462	Data Visualization
COMP4971A	Independent Work
COMP4981	Final Year Project
UROP1100R	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1

COMP4971C	Independent Work
COMP4981	Final Year Project
COMP6411D	Data Visualization

COMP4981

Final Year Project

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Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 16 July 2026)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

HUANG, Yanwei
Computer Science and Engineering
WANG, Fengjie
Computer Science and Engineering
YIN, Jieliang
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program

Master of Philosophy

ANSAR, Eman
Computer Science and Engineering

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

No Projects.
Enhancing User Trust in AI-driven Data Analyses Leading

Adaptive Machines, Inc
Project Team (HKUST)
NARECHANIA Arpit Ajay (Lead)
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2023 3

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2021 4

2020 1

2019 1

2015 1

Conference paper 6

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Article 3

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Article 1

Conference paper 1

2020 1

2019 1

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Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 16 July 2026)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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