Liwenhan Xie 谢(xiè)李(lǐ)文(wén)含(hán)

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PhD Candidate

Address: Big Data Institute. Lo Ka Chung University Center. HKUST. Clear Water Bay. Kowloon. Hong Kong.

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Education

2020 -

PhD student in Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Techonology

Hong Kong, China

CSE department; Advised by Prof. Huamin Qu
Member of the VisLab

2016 - 2020

BSc. in Data Science and Big Data Techonology, Peking University

Beijing, China

Yuanpei College; Advised by Prof. Xiaoru Yuan
Research assistant of the PKUVIS Group

2019 Fa

Exchange Student, École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, France

Cycle Ingénieur program, Data Science track

Experience

2023 Sum

Visiting Student at the Visual Computing Group, Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Supervisor: Prof. Hanspeter Pfister, Dr. Zhutian Chen

2020 - 2021

Visiting Student at the FDU-VIS, Fudan University

Shanghai

Supervisor: Prof. Siming Chen

2017 - 2020

Undergraduate Research Assistant at the PKUVIS Group, Peking university

Beijing

Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoru Yuan

2019 Fa

Research Intern at the Aviz group, INRIA

Gif-sur-Yvette

Supervisor: Prof. Jean-Daniel Fekete

2019 Sum

Research Intern at the VisHub, University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Supervisor: Prof. Benjamin Bach

2018 Sum

Research Intern at the HKUST Vislab, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. Huamin Qu

Publications

* denotes equal contribution.

Journal

J-2

Creating Emordle: Animating Word Cloud for Emotion Expression.

Liwenhan Xie, Xinhuan Shu, Jeon Cheol Su, Yun Wang, Siming Chen, Huamin Qu. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 30(8):5198—5211. 2023.

J-1

OldVisOnline: Curating a Dataset of Historical Visualizations.

Yu Zhang, Ruike Jiang, Liwenhan Xie, Yuheng Zhao, Can Liu, Tianhong Ding, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. VIS), 30(1):551—561. 2023.

Conference

C-5

WaitGPT: Monitoring and Steering Conversational LLM Agent in Data Analysis with On-the-Fly Code Visualization.

Liwenhan Xie, Chengbo Zheng, Haijun Xia, Huamin Qu, Chen Zhu-Tian. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Article 119, 14 pages. 2024.

C-4

Wakey-Wakey: Animate Text by Mimicking Characters in a GIF.

Liwenhan Xie*, Zhaoyu Zhou*, Kerun Yu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Siming Chen. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Article 98, 14 pages. 2023.

C-3

GeoCamera: Telling Stories in Geographic Visualizations with Camera Movements.

Wenchao Li, Zhan Wang, Yun Wang, Di Weng, Liwenhan Xie, Siming Chen, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Article 170, 15 pages. 2023.

C-2

Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison.

Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Article 14, 13 pages. 2021.

C-1

Interative Time-Series of Measures for Exploring Dynamic Networks.

Liwenhan Xie, James O'Donnell, Benjamin Bach, Jean-Daniel Fekete. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), Article 26, 9 pages. 2020.

Short Paper

S-2

FoodWise: Food Waste Reduction and Behavior Change on Campus with Data Visualization and Gamification.

Yue Yu, Sophia Yi, Xi Nan, Leo Yu-Ho Lo, Kento Shigyo, Liwenhan Xie, Jeffry Wicaksana, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Huamin Qu. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS), 76—83. 2023. Short Paper.

S-1

AutoCaption: An Approach to Generate Natural Language Description from Visualization Automatically.

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Datong Wei, Xiaoru Yuan. In Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 191—195. 2020. Short Paper.

Poster

P-5

Let Every Seat Be Perfect! A Case Study on Combining BIM and VR for Room Planning.

Wai Tong*, Haotian Li*, Huan Wei*, Liwenhan Xie*, Yanna Lin*, Huamin Qu. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 776—777. 2022.

P-4

EarthquakeAware: Visual Analytics for Understanding Human Impacts of Earthquakes from Social Media Data.

Shuai Chen, Sihang Li, Liwenhan Xie, Yi Zhong, Yun Han, Xiaoru Yuan. In Poster Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST Challenge), 122—123. 2019.

P-3

Automatic Caption Genertion for SVG Charts.

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Xiaoru Yuan. In Poster Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 2019.

P-2

Visualizing Dynamic Networks of Long Sequences with Pixel Matrix Array.

Lijing Lin, Liwenhan Xie, Zhuo Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan. In Poster Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2018.

P-1

Visual Analysis for Subgroups in a Dynamic Network.

Qi Ma, Chuangming Huang, Liwenhan Xie, Zhiyi Yin, Xiaoru Yuan. In Poster Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST Challenge), 106—107. 2018.

Scholarships & Grants

2021-24

Postgraduate Studentship

HKUST

HKD 220,680 per year

2024

HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award

HKUST

HKD 20,000

2023

Research Travel Grant

HKUST

HKD 13,500 for travel to the IEEE VIS Conference

2023

Overseas Research Scholarship

HKUST

HKD 30,000 for visit to Harvard University

2023

Research Travel Grant

HKUST

HKD 13,500 for travel to the ACM CHI Conference

2019

Scholarship for the Education Abroad Program

PKU

CNY 20,000 for exchange in École Polytechnique

2019

Overseas Research Scholarship

PKU

CNY 30,000 for visit to the University of Edinburgh

Awards

2020

AVI: Honorable Mention Award

for Interative Time-Series of Measures for Exploring Dynamic Networks

2019

VAST Challenge: Honorable Mention for Support for Analysis through Annotation and Context Award

for EarthquakeAware: Visual Analytics for Understanding Human Impacts of Earthquakes from Social Media Data

2019

PacificVis: Honorable Mention Award

for Automatic Caption Genertion for SVG Charts

2018

VAST Challenge: Insights Generated Through the Use of a Custom Tool Award

for Visual Analysis for Subgroups in a Dynamic Network

Invited Talks

Creativity Support in Visualization Authoring: Case Studies in Animation

School of Experimental and Sci-Tech Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Dec 2024

Wait, GPT! How Can We Support Human-AI Communication in Personalized Visualization Tasks?

Social Computing Group, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing Dec 2024

Creativity Support in Visualization Authoring

HKUST MSBD 5005, Hong Kong Mar 2024

Affective Text Animation Generation

China R Conference, Online Oct 2023

Service

Program Committee for IUI (2023-25), CHI LBW (2024).
Journal Reviewer for TVCG (2023-24), Visual Informatics (2022, 2024-25).
Conference Reviewer for VIS (2021-24), UIST (2023-24), CSCW (2024), CHI (2023-25), EuroVis (2023-25), IUI (2022-25), DIS (2024), PacificVis (2021-22, 2024-25), ChinaVis (2021, 2023-24).
* Special recognition for outstanding review: CHI'25, CHI'24, IUI'24, DIS'24.
Volunteer in CHI (2023), VIS (2021-22).

Teaching Experience

2024 Sp

COMP2211: Exploring Artificial Intelligence

HKUST

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Desmond Yau-chat Tsoi

2022-23

Teaching Assistant Coordinator

HKUST

TAC for the Computer Science and Engineering Department

2021 Fa

COMP3111: Software Engineering

HKUST

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Wai Ting Leung

2021 Sp

DATA130012.01: Data Visualization

FDU

Teaching Assistant for Prof. Siming Chen

2021 Sp

COMP4321: Search Engines for Web and Enterprise Data

HKUST

Teaching Assistance for Prof. Dik Lun Lee