Event Sequence Task Framework A Multi-Level Task Framework for Event Sequence Analysis
Kazi Tasnim Zinat, Saimadhav Naga Sakhamuri, Aaron Sun Chen, Zhicheng Liu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VIS'24), 2024
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MSC Manipulable Semantic Components: a Computational Representation of Data Visualization Scenes
Zhicheng Liu, Chen Chen, John Hooker
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VIS'24), 2024
PDF (Best Paper Honorable Mention Award) | Website (with system, gallery and documentation)
Examples in Design Unveiling How Examples Shape Visualization Design Outcomes
Hannah K. Bako, Xinyi Liu, Grace Ko, Hyemi Song, Leilani Battle, Zhicheng Liu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VIS'24), 2024
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Evaluate LLM Evaluating the Semantic Profiling Abilities of LLMs for Natural Language Utterances in Data Visualization
Hannah K. Bako, Arshnoor Bhutani, Xinyi Liu, Kwesi A. Cobbina, Zhicheng Liu
IEEE VIS Short Papers 2024
PDF | Code and Datasets
Collaborative Writing (Dis)placed Contributions: Uncovering Hidden Hurdles to Collaborative Writing Involving Non-Native Speakers, Native Speakers, and AI-Powered Editing Tools
Yimin Xiao, Yuewen Chen, Naomi Yamashita, Yuexi Chen, Zhicheng Liu, Ge Gao
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8, CSCW2, 2024
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TutoAI TutoAI: A Cross-domain Framework for AI-assisted Mixed-media Tutorial Creation on Physical Tasks
Yuexi Chen, Vlad I. Morariu, Anh Truong, Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
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Mystique Mystique: Deconstructing SVG Charts for Layout Reuse
Chen Chen, Bongshin Lee, Yunhai Wang, Yunjeong Chang, Zhicheng Liu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VIS'23), 2023
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DocDancer DocDancer: Authoring Ultra-responsive Documents with Layout Generation
Yuexi Chen, Zhicheng Liu, Christopher Tensmeyer, Niklas Elmqvist, Vlad I. Morariu
2023 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2023
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WhatsNext WhatsNext: Guidance-enriched Exploratory Data Analysis with Interactive, Low-Code Notebooks
Chen Chen, Jane Hoffswell, Shunan Guo, Ryan Rossi, Yeuk-Yin Chan, Fan Du, Eunyee Koh, Zhicheng Liu
2023 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2023
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State of the Art in Chart Corpora The State of the Art in Creating Visualization Corpora for Automated Chart Analysis
Chen Chen, Zhicheng Liu
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis'23), 42(3), 2023
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Comparative Evaluation of Visual Summarization Techniques A Comparative Evaluation of Visual Summarization Techniques for Event Sequences
Kazi Tasnim Zinat, Jinhua Yang, Arjun Gandhi, Nistha Mitra, Zhicheng Liu
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis'23), 42(3), 2023
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Interview Study on Example Usage Understanding how Designers Find and Use Data Visualization Examples
Hannah K. Bako, Xinyi Liu, Leilani Battle, Zhicheng Liu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VIS'22), 2022
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Atlas Grammar Atlas: Grammar-based Procedural Generation of Data Visualizations
Zhicheng Liu, Chen Chen, Francisco Morales, Yishan Zhao
IEEE VIS Short Papers 2021
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Data Animator Data Animator: Authoring Expressive Animated Data Graphics
John Thompson, Zhicheng Liu, and John Stasko
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021
PDF | Website (with system and gallery)
Vizflow Leveraging Text-Chart Links to Support Authoring of Data-Driven Articles with VizFlow
Nicole Sultanum, Fanny Chevalier, Zoya Bylinskii, Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021
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Authoring Paradigms for Animated Data Graphics Understanding the Design Space and Authoring Paradigms for Animated Data Graphics
John Thompson, Zhicheng Liu, Wilmot Li, and John Stasko
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis), 39(3), 2020
PDF | Talk | Study Materials | Study Results
Segmentation of Image Editing Logs Data-Driven Multi-level Segmentation of Image Editing Logs
Zipeng Liu, Zhicheng Liu, and Tamara Munzner
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020
PDF | Talk | Talk Slides | Supplemental Materials | Session Visualizations
Responsive Visualization Design Techniques for Flexible Responsive Visualization Design
Jane Hoffswell, Wilmot Li, and Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020
PDF (Best Paper Award) | Talk | Examples of Responsive Design
Sequence Prediction Interactive Event Sequence Prediction for Marketing Analysts
Fan Du, Shunan Guo, Sana Malik, Eunyee Koh, Sungchul Kim, and Zhicheng Liu
Extended Abstracts of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020
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Critical Reflections Critical Reflections on Visualization Authoring Systems
Arvind Satyanarayan, Bongshin Lee, Donghao Ren, Jeffrey Heer, John Stasko, John Thompson, Matthew Brehmer, and Zhicheng Liu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE InfoVis'19), 2020
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PDF Table Repair Interactive Repair of Tables Extracted from PDF Documents on Mobile Devices
Jane Hoffswell, and Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
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Degree of Misalignment Trust and Recall of Information across Varying Degrees of Title-Visualization Misalignment
Ha Kyung Kong, Zhicheng Liu, and Karrie Karahalios
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
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Data Illustrator Understanding Visual Cues in Visualizations Accompanied by Audio Narrations
Ha Kyung Kong, Wenjie Zhu, Zhicheng Liu, and Karrie Karahalios
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
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Event Sequence Prediction Visualizing Uncertainty and Alternatives in Event Sequence Predictions
Shunan Guo, Fan Du, Sana Malik, Eunyee Koh, Sungchul Kim, Zhicheng Liu, Donghyun Kim, Hongyuan Zha and Nan Cao
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
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Elastic Documents Elastic Documents: Coupling Text and Tables through Contextual Visualizations for Enhanced Document Reading
Sriram Karthik Badam, Zhicheng Liu, Niklas Elmqvist
IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE InfoVis'18), 2019
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MAQUI MAQUI: Interweaving Queries and Pattern Mining for Recursive Event Sequence Exploration
Po-Ming Law, Zhicheng Liu, Sana Malik, and Rahul C. Basole
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings IEEE VAST'18), 2019
PDF | System Walkthrough | Foursquare Dataset Scenario | Software
Data Illustrator Data Illustrator: Augmenting Vector Design Tools with Lazy Data Binding for Expressive Visualization Authoring
Zhicheng Liu, John Thompson, Alan Wilson, Mira Dontcheva, James Delorey, Sam Grigg, Bernard Kerr and John Stasko
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018
PDF (Best Paper Award) | Website (with system, gallery and tutorials) | Talk
Frames and Slants Frames and Slants in Titles of Visualizations on Controversial Topics
Ha-Kyung Kong, Zhicheng Liu and Karrie Karahalios
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018
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VisIRR VisIRR: A Visual Analytics System for Information Retrieval and Recommendation for Large-Scale Document Data
Jaegul Choo, Hannah Kim, Edward Clarkson, Zhicheng Liu, Changhyun Lee, Fuxin Li, Hanseung Lee, Ramakrishnan Kannan, Charles Stolper, John Stasko, Haesun Park
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data, 2018
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Visual Cue Internal and External Visual Cue Preferences for Visualizations in Presentations
Ha-Kyung Kong, Zhicheng Liu, Karrie Karahalios
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis), 36(3), 2017
PDF | Video | User Study Tasks | Visualization Examples Created by Participants
CoreFlow CoreFlow: Extracting and Visualizing Branching Patterns from Event Sequences
Zhicheng Liu, Bernard Kerr, Mira Dontcheva, Justin Grover, Matthew Hoffman, Alan Wilson
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis), 36(3), 2017
PDF | Video | Algorithm and Case Studies | Talk Slides
Mining Frequent Tasks Identifying Frequent User Tasks from Application Logs
Himel Dev and Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2017
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Frequent Pattern Mining Mining, Pruning and Visualizing Frequent Patterns for Temporal Event Sequence Analysis
Zhicheng Liu, Himel Dev, Mira Dontcheva and Matthew Hoffman
The Event Event: IEEE VIS 2016 Workshop on Temporal & Sequential Event Analysis
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Data-Driven Guides Data-Driven Guides: Supporting Expressive Design for Information Graphics
Nam Wook Kim, Eston Schweickart, Zhicheng Liu, Mira Dontcheva, Wilmot Li, Jovan Popovic, Hanspeter Pfister
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings InfoVis '16) 2016
PDF | Video | Deformation Algorithm
Clickstream VMSP Patterns and Sequences: Interactive Exploration of Clickstreams to Understand Common Visitor Paths
Zhicheng Liu, Yang Wang, Mira Dontcheva, Matthew Hoffman, Seth Walker and Alan Wilson
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings VAST '16) 2016
PDF | Video | Early Design Iterations
datatone DataTone: Managing Ambiguity in Natural Language Interfaces for Data Visualization
Tong Gao, Mira Dontcheva, Eytan Adar, Zhicheng Liu, Karrie Karahalios
Proceedings of 28th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2015
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matrixwave MatrixWave: Visual Comparison of Event Sequence Data
Jian Zhao, Zhicheng Liu, Mira Dontcheva, Aaron Hertzmann, Alan Wilson
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2015
PDF (Honorable Mention Best Paper) | Video
gi_intro Learning Style Similarity for Searching Infographics
Babak Saleh, Mira Dontcheva, Aaron Hertzmann, Zhicheng Liu
Proceedings of the 41st Graphics Interface Conference, 2015
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latency The Effects of Interactive Latency on Exploratory Visual Analysis
Zhicheng Liu and Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings InfoVis ’14), 20(12), 2014
PDF | Log Data | Verbal Data
jigsaw-reflections Reflections on the Evolution of the Jigsaw Visual Analytics System
Carsten Gorg, Zhicheng Liu, John Stasko
Information Visualization, 13(4), 2014
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visIRR VisIRR: Visual Analytics for Information Retrieval and Recommendation with Large-Scale Document Data
Jaegul Choo, Changhyun Lee, Hannah Kim, Hanseung Lee, Zhicheng Liu, Ramakrishnan Kannan, Charles D Stolper, John Stasko, Barry L Drake, Haesun Park
Proceedings of IEEE VAST (Poster), 2014
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immens imMens: Real-time Visual Querying of Big Data
Zhicheng Liu, Biye Jiang and Jeffrey Heer
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis), 32(3), 2013
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ploceus1 Ploceus: Modeling, Visualizing and Analyzing Tabular Data as Networks
Zhicheng Liu, Shamkant Navathe and John Stasko
Information Visualization, 13(1), 2013
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va-intelligence Visual Analytics Support for Intelligence Analysis
Carsten Gorg, Youn-ah Kang, Zhicheng Liu, John T. Stasko
Computer, 19 March 2013.
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jigsaw-va Combining Computational Analyses and Interactive Visualization for Document Exploration and Sensemaking in Jigsaw
Carsten Görg, Zhicheng Liu, Jaeyeon Kihm, Jaegul Choo, Haesun Park and John Stasko
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(10), 2013.
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testbed An interactive visual testbed system for dimension reduction and clustering of large-scale high-dimensional data
Jaegul Choo, Hanseung Lee, Zhicheng Liu, John Stasko and Haesun Park
Proc. SPIE 8654, Visualization and Data Analysis, 2013
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nbvatd Network-based Visual Analysis of Tabular Data
Zhicheng Liu, Shamkant Navathe and John Stasko
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’11, 2011, pp. 39-48
PDF (Honorable Mention Best Paper) | Talk | Video
mentalmodel Mental Models, Visual Reasoning and Interaction in Information Visualization: A Top-down Perspective
Zhicheng Liu and John Stasko
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Vis/InfoVis ’10), 16(6), 2010
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netclinic NetClinic: Interactive Visualization to Enhance Automated Fault Diagnosis in Enterprise Networks
Zhicheng Liu, Bongshin Lee, Srikanth Kandula and Ratul Mahajan
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’10, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2010, pp. 131-138
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theories Theories in Information Visualization: What, Why and How
Zhicheng Liu and John Stasko
Workshop on the Role of Theory in Information Visualization, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2010
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jigsaw-ingestion Data Ingestion and Evidence Marshalling in Jigsaw
VAST 2010 Mini Challenge 1 Award: Good Support for Data Ingest

Zhicheng Liu, Carsten Görg, Jaeyeon Kihm, Hanseung Lee, Jaegul Choo, Haesun Park, John Stasko
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’10, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2010, pp. 271-272
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genetracer GeneTracer: Gene Sequence Analysis of Disease Mutations
VAST 2010 Mini Challenge 3 Award: Excellent Process Explanation

Hanseung Lee, Jaegul Choo, Carsten Görg, Jaeeun Shim, Jaeyeon Kihm, Zhicheng Liu, Haesun Park, John Stasko
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’10, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2010, pp. 291-292
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jigsaw-hcir Combining Computational Analyses and Interactive Visualization to Enhance Information Retrieval
Carsten Görg, Jaeyeon Kihm, Jaegul Choo, Zhicheng Liu, Sivasailam Muthiah, Haesun Park, and John Stasko
Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, New Brunswick, NJ, August 2010
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vis-google Do you know what you did last summer? Visualizing personal behavior in Google services
Zhicheng Liu, Sarita Yardi and John Stasko
CHI ’10 Workshop on Personal Informatics, Atlanta, GA, April 2010
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selltrend SellTrend: Inter-Attribute Visual Analysis of Temporal Transaction Data
Zhicheng Liu, John Stasko and Timothy Sullivan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (Proceedings Vis/InfoVis ’09), 15(6), 2009
PDF (Honorable Mention Best Paper) | Talk | Video
dcog Distributed Cognition as a Theoretical Framework for Information Visualization
Zhicheng Liu, Nancy Nersessian and John Stasko
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (Proceedings Vis/InfoVis ’08), 14(6), 2008
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jigsaw Jigsaw: Supporting Investigative Analysis through Interactive Visualization
John Stasko, Carsten Görg, and Zhicheng Liu
Information Visualization, 7(2), 2008, pp. 118-132
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vastEval Evaluating Visual Analytics at the 2007 VAST Symposium Contest
Catherine Plaisant, Georges G. Grinstein, Jean Scholtz, Mark Whiting, Theresa O’Connell, Sharon J. Laskowski, Lynn Chien, Annie Tat, William Wright, Carsten Görg, Zhicheng Liu, Neel Parekh, Kanupriya Singhal, and John T. Stasko
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28(2), March/April 2008, pp. 12-21
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sensemaking Sensemaking across Text Documents: Human-Centered Visual Exploration with Jigsaw
John Stasko, Carsten Görg, and Zhicheng Liu
CHI ’08 Workshop on Sensemaking, Florence, Italy, April 2008
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jigsaw-iguanodon Jigsaw meets Blue Iguanodon – The VAST 2007 Contest
Carsten Görg, Zhicheng Liu, Neel Parekh, Kanupriya Singhal and John Stasko
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’07, Sacramento, CA, October 2007, pp. 235-236
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jigsaw-vast Jigsaw: Supporting Investigative Analysis through Interactive Visualization
John Stasko, Carsten Görg, Zhicheng Liu and Kanupriya Singhal
Proceedings of IEEE VAST ’07, Sacramento, CA, October 2007, pp. 131-138
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