My name is Shelly, a name meaning “abundant in shells” 🐚. This page is a living coastal garden of the shells inside of me. Here I share the inspirations that fuel my work, the synthesized lessons/information to support the community, the path of my academic journey, and my own creative explorations. It is the messy, joyful, and essential gardening process that gives me meanings.


Tides and Light: Inspirations

Quotes for Living    Poems of Life

Expressive Graphics    Expressive Crafts    Expressive Technology    Visions on HCI

Peaceful Moments


Gardening Kits: Guides for Junior Researchers

Tips for industrial internship hunting 2024
Checklist to polish paper on the last day 2023
Tips for visualization novice with many links 2021
Courses on information visualization 2021
A LaTex template for journal response letter


Wild Flowers: Creations for Fun

How I Designed the Swags for VisLab's 20th Anniversary 2024
清水湾毕业送别歌—A song to lab graduates featuring our campus and hidden names 2022
女人/若没人cite多可悲—A song about a female researcher before a DDL 2022
我不想写论文了—Letting out emotions after paper rejection in a child's tone 2021


Footprints: Gardens I Visited

Click on the pins for photos and descriptions.

Practice of Seeing