Liwenhan Xie 谢( xiè )李( lǐ )文( wén )含( hán )

Last updated in January 2026. Get the latest version at shellywhen.github.io/cv.

Address: No. 42, Big Data Institute, Lo Ka Chung University Center. HKUST. Clear Water Bay. New Hong Kong.

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@LiwenhanXie

Education

2020 - 2026

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong SAR

Computer Science and Engineering Department
Advisor: Prof. Huamin Qu
Dissertation: Designing Interactive Scaffolds for Steering VLM-powered Visualization Generation
Thesis Committee: Prof. Fanny Chevalier, Prof. Xiaojuan Ma, Dr. Arpit Narechania, Prof. Céline Yunya Song

2016 - 2020

B.Sc. in Data Science and Big Data Technology, Peking University

Beijing, China

Yuanpei College; Advised by Prof. Xiaoru Yuan

2019 Fall

Exchange Student, École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, France

Cycle Ingénieur Program, Data Science Track

Experience

2025 Summer

Research Scientist Intern at Adobe Research,

Seattle, USA

Mentor: Dr. Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Dr. Li-Yi Wei, Dr. Wilmot Li

2023 Summer

Visiting Student at the Visual Computing Group, Harvard University

Cambridge, USA

Mentor: Prof. Hanspeter Pfister, Dr. Zhutian Chen

2020 - 2021

Visiting Student at the FDU-VIS, Fudan University

Shanghai, China

Mentor: Prof. Siming Chen

2019 Fall

Research Intern at the Aviz group, INRIA

Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Mentor: Prof. Jean-Daniel Fekete

2019 Summer

Research Intern at the VisHub, University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, UK

Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Bach

2018 Summer

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

Hong Kong SAR

Mentor: Prof. Huamin Qu

2017 - 2020

Undergraduate Research Assistant at the PKUVIS Group, Peking university

Beijing, China

Mentor: Prof. Xiaoru Yuan

Publications

* denotes equal contribution.

Journal

J-3

DataWink: Reusing and Adapting SVG-based Visualization Examples with Large Multimodal Models.

Liwenhan Xie, Yanna Lin, Can Liu, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. VIS), 2025. Early Access.

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-7

Collaposer: Transforming Photo Collections into Visual Assets for Storytelling with Collages.

Jiayi Zhou, Liwenhan Xie, Jiaju Ma, Zheng Wei, Huamin Qu, Anyi Rao. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2026. Conditionally accepted.

C-6

“You'll Be Alice Adventuring in Wonderland!” Processes, Challenges, and Opportunities of Creating Animated Virtual Reality Stories.

Lin-Ping Yuan, Feilin Han, Liwenhan Xie, Junjie Zhang, Jian Zhao, Huamin Qu. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Article 193, 21 pages. 2025.

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

Interactive 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 Generation 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

2025

HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award

HKUST

HKD 20,000

2024

HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award

HKUST

HKD 20,000

2024

Research Travel Grant

HKUST

HKD 10,500 for travel to the ACM UIST 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 IEEE VIS Conference

2023

Research Travel Grant

HKUST

HKD 13,500 for travel to the ACM CHI Conference

2020-25

Postgraduate Studentship

HKUST

HKD 220,680 per year

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 Interactive 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 Generation 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

"Intent First, Nuances on Demand": Steering Generative AI with Interactive Scaffolds

— HKUST-GZ CIVAL Lab Seminar, Guangzhou, China Dec 2025

— Microsoft Research Asia, Online Dec 2025

Creativity Support in Visualization Authoring: Case Studies in Animation

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

— Novus Academy of Beijing (Middle School), Beijing, China Dec 2024

— Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China Dec 2024

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

— Societal AI Group, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China Dec 2024

— Hello World Forum, College of Software, Beihang University, Beijing, China Dec 2024

— Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China Dec 2024

Creativity Support in Visualization Authoring

— HKUST MSBD 5005 (Guest Lecture), Hong Kong SAR, China Mar 2024

Affective Text Animation Generation

— China R Conference, Online Oct 2023

Service

Academia

Program Committee

IUI (2023-26), CHI LBW (2024-25)

Peer Reviewing

Total: 89 full papers. 2021

2026

Journal	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Visual Informatics, Displays
Conference	UIST (2023-25), CHI (2023-26), VIS (2021-25), CSCW (2024-25), SIGGRAPH Asia (2025), IUI (2022-26), DIS (2024-25), EuroVis (2023-24, 2026), PacificVis (2021-22, 2024-26), ChinaVis (2021, 2023-24), ISS (2025)
Workshop	CVPR CVEU Workshop (2025), PacificVis Vis-Meets-AI Workshop (2026)

*Special recognition for outstanding review: CHI'26 (×5), UIST'25, CHI'25 (×2), CSCW'25, CVEU'25, CHI'24, IUI'24, DIS'24

Session Chair

CHI'25—Digital Storytelling, CHI'23—Visualization Grammars and Design

Volunteer

VIS'25, HKUST AI Film Festival'25, CHI'23, VIS'22, VIS'21

Community

Seminar Coordinator for the HKUST VisLab (2024-25).
Teaching Assistant Coordinator (postgraduate student representative) for the HKUST CSE Department (2022-23)

Teaching Experience

2024 Sp

COMP2211: Exploring Artificial Intelligence

HKUST

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Desmond Yau-chat Tsoi

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