* denotes equal contribution.

2025

Designing Interactive Scaffolds for Steering VLM-Powered Visualization Generation

Liwenhan Xie
Ph.D. Dissertation
About Thesis Slides (.pdf) Slides (.pptx) Ack

DataSway: Vivifying Metaphoric Visualization with Animation Clip Generation and Coordination

Liwenhan Xie, Jiayi Zhou, Anyi Rao, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu
ArXiv 2025 ArXiv Preprint
arXiv Website Video Corpus Demo

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

Liwenhan Xie, Yanna Lin, Can Liu, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu
VIS 2025 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics -Early Access
DOI arXiv Website Video Slides (.pptx)

“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
CHI 2025 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Yokohama, Japan
DOI arXiv Video

2024

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
UIST 2024 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in Pittsburgh, USA
DOI arXiv Website Preview Video Slides (.pptx)

2023

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

Liwenhan Xie*, Zhaoyu Zhou*, Kerun Yu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Siming Chen
UIST 2023 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in San Francisco, USA
DOI arXiv Website Preview Talk Code Slides (.pptx)

Creating Emordle: Animating Word Cloud for Emotion Expression

Liwenhan Xie, Xinhuan Shu, Jeon Cheol Su, Yun Wang, Siming Chen, Huamin Qu
TVCG 2023 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
DOI arXiv Website Preview Talk Corpus Demo Slides (.pptx)

OldVisOnline: Curating a Dataset of Historical Visualizations

Yu Zhang, Ruike Jiang, Liwenhan Xie, Yuheng Zhao, Can Liu, Tianhong Ding, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan
VIS 2023 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
DOI arXiv Website Preview Slides (.pdf) Corpus Code

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
CHI 2023 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Hamburg, Germany
DOI arXiv Website Preview Video Corpus Demo

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
COMPASS 2023 ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies in Cape Town, South Africa -Short Paper
DOI arXiv

2022

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
VRW 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops in Christchurch, New Zealand (Poster)
DOI Video

2021

Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison

Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu
CHI 2021 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Online
DOI arXiv Talk Code

2020

Interactive Time-Series of Measures for Exploring Dynamic Networks

Liwenhan Xie, James O'Donnell, Benjamin Bach, Jean-Daniel Fekete
AVI 2020 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces in Ischia Island, Italy
Honorable Mention Award
DOI Manuscript Website Talk Code Demo Slides (.pptx)

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

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Datong Wei, Xiaoru Yuan
PacificVis 2020 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium in Online -Short Paper
DOI Video Code

2019

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
VAST Challenge 2019 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology in Vancouver, Canada (Poster)
DOI Website Video

Automatic Caption Generation for SVG Charts

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Xiaoru Yuan
PacificVis 2019 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand (Poster)
Manuscript

2018

Visualizing Dynamic Networks of Long Sequences with Pixel Matrix Array

Lijing Lin, Liwenhan Xie, Zhuo Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan
VAST 2018 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology in Berlin, Germany (Poster)
Manuscript Preview

Visual Analysis for Subgroups in a Dynamic Network

Qi Ma, Chuangming Huang, Liwenhan Xie, Zhiyi Yin, Xiaoru Yuan
VAST Challenge 2018 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology in Berlin, Germany (Poster)
DOI Website Video