Data Visualization

Libra+: Compositional Interaction for Data Visualization
  • Xu Luo, Yue Zhang, Bongshin Lee, Jean-Daniel Fekete, Yunhai Wang
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2026), in press

The CAPED Framework: Characterizing User Skills in Chart Authoring through the Lens of Tasks and Tools
  • Bongshin Lee, Zhicheng Liu, John R. Thompson, and Chenglong Wang
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2026), in press

UnitoPia: Interactive Construction of Pictorial Unit Visualization using a Contain-and-Fill Model
  • Xinghui Fu, Zhida Sun, Yoojin Jeon, Guozheng Li, Yu Zhang, Bongshin Lee, Min Lu
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2026), in press

Cerebra: Aligning Implicit Knowledge in Interactive SQL Authoring
  • Yunfan Zhou, Qiming Shi, Zhongsu Luo, Xiwen Cai, Yanwei Huang, Dae Hyun Kim, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)

Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization
  • Matthew Brehmer, Maxime Cordeil, Christophe Hurter, Takayuki Itoh, Wolfgang Büschel, Mahmood Jasim, Arnaud Prouzeau, David Saffo, Lyn Bartram, Sheelagh Carpendale, Chen Zhu-Tian, Andrew Cunningham, Tim Dwyer, Samuel Huron, Masahiko Itoh, Alark Joshi, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Hideaki Kuzuoka, Bongshin Lee, Gabriela Molina León, Harald Reiterer, Bektur Ryskeldiev, Jonathan Schwabish, Brian A. Smith, Yasuyuki Sumi, Ryo Suzuki, Anthony Tang, Yalong Yang, Jian Zhao
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)

HyPockeTuner: Bringing Hyperparameter Optimization to Mobile Devices
  • Donghee Hong, Bongshin Lee, Jinwook Seo, Jaemin Jo
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)

Honorable Mention Award
Unpacking Visual Metaphors in Infographics: A Design Space
  • Yukai Guo, Lanxi Xiao, Xinhuan Shu, Qiong Wu, Bongshin Lee, Shixia Liu
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)

CANVAS: A Benchmark for Vision-Language Models on Tool-Based User Interface Designs
  • Daeheon Jeong, Seoyeon Byun, Kihoon Son, Dae Hyun Kim, Juho Kim
  • AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026)

SalusChart: A Data Visualization Library for Mobile Health Apps
Envisioning Mobile Data Visualization Libraries for Digital Health
PiCCL: Data-Driven Composition of Bespoke Pictorial Charts
  • Haoyan Shi, Yunhai Wang, Junhao Chen, Chenglong Wang, Bongshin Lee
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2025)

Semantic-Structural Alignment for Generative Pictorial Charts
  • Zhida Sun, Yulin Zhang, Zheng Gu, Min Lu, Bongshin Lee, Daniel Cohen-Or, Hui Huang
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)

Visualizing Information on Smartwatch Faces: A Review and Design Space
  • Alaul Islam, Tingying He, Anastasia Bezerianos, Tanja Blascheck, Bongshin Lee, Petra Isenberg
  • Information Visualization (SAGE Journals)

Dataset-Adaptive Dimensionality Reduction
  • Hyeon Jeon, Jeongin Park, Soohyun Lee, Dae Hyun Kim, Sungbok Shin, Jinwook Seo
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2025)

From Perception to Decision: Assessing the Role of Chart Types Affordances in High-Level Decision Tasks
  • Yixuan Li, Emery D Berger, Minsuk Kahng, Cindy Xiong Bearfield
  • IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS 2025)

WonderFlow: Narration-Centric Design of Animated Data Videos
  • Yun Wang, Leixian Shen, Zhengxin You, Xinhuan Shu, Bongshin Lee, John Thompson, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Oral
C²: Scalable Auto-Feedback for LLM-based Chart Generation
  • Woosung Koh, Janghan Yoon, MinHyung Lee, Youngjin Song, Jaegwan Cho, Jaehyun Kang, Taehyeon Kim, Se-Young Yun, Youngjae Yu, Bongshin Lee
  • Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (NAACL 2025)

Data Formulator 2: Iterative Creation of Data Visualizations, with AI Transforming Data Along the Way
  • Chenglong Wang, Bongshin Lee, Steven M. Drucker, Dan Marshall, Jianfeng Gao
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025)

DataSentry: Building Missing Data Management System for In-the-Wild Mobile Sensor Data Collection through Multi-Year Iterative Design Approach
  • Yugyeong Jung, Hei Yiu Law, Hadong Lee, Junmo Lee, Bongshin Lee, Uichin Lee
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025)

PlanTogether: Facilitating AI Application Planning Using Information Graphs and Large Language Models
  • Dae Hyun Kim, Daeheon Jeong, Shakhnozakhon Yadgarova, Hyungyu Shin, Jinho Son, Hariharan Subramonyam, Juho Kim
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025)

LLM Attributor: Interactive Visual Attribution for LLM Generation
  • Seongmin Lee, Zijie J Wang, Aishwarya Chakravarthy, Alec Helbling, ShengYun Peng, Mansi Phute, Duen Horng Chau, Minsuk Kahng
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2025)

Authoring Data-Driven Chart Animations through Direct Manipulation
  • Yuancheng Shen, Yue Zhao, Yunhai Wang, Tong Ge, Haoyan Shi, Bongshin Lee
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Honorable Mention Award
When Refreshable Tactile Displays Meet Conversational Agents: Investigating Accessible Data Presentation and Analysis with Touch and Speech
  • Samuel Reinders, Matthew Butler, Ingrid Zukerman, Bongshin Lee, Lizhen Qu, Kim Marriott
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2024)

LLM Comparator: Interactive Analysis of Side-by-Side Evaluation of Large Language Models
  • Minsuk Kahng, Ian Tenney, Mahima Pushkarna, Michael Xieyang Liu, James Wexler, Emily Reif, Krystal Kallarackal, Minsuk Chang, Michael Terry, Lucas Dixon
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2024)

ChartA11y: Designing Accessible Touch Experiences of Visualizations with Blind Smartphone Users
  • Zhuohao Zhang, John R. Thompson, Aditi Shah, Manish Agrawal, Alper Sarikaya, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Ed Cutrell, Bongshin Lee
  • ASSETS: ACM SIGACESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24)

Designing Born-Accessible Courses in Data Science and Visualization: Challenges and Opportunities of a Remote Curriculum Taught by Blind Instructors to Blind Students
  • JooYoung Seo, Sile O'Modhrain, Yilin Xia, Sanchita S. Kamath, Bongshin Lee, James Coughlan
  • Proceedings of EuroVis 2024 - Education Paper

MAIDR: Making Statistical Visualizations Accessible with Multimodal Data Representation
  • JooYoung Seo, Yilin Xia, Bongshin Lee, Sean McCurry, Yu Jun Yam
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024)

Visual Cues for Data Analysis Features Amplify Challenges for Blind Spreadsheet Users
Automatic Histograms: Leveraging Language Models for Text Dataset Exploration
  • Emily Reif, Crystal Qian, James Wexler, Minsuk Kahng
  • Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24)

LLM Comparator: Visual Analytics for Side-by-Side Evaluation of Large Language Models
  • Minsuk Kahng, Ian Tenney, Mahima Pushkarna, Michael Xieyang Liu, James Wexler, Emily Reif, Krystal Kallarackal, Minsuk Chang, Michael Terry, Lucas Dixon
  • Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24)

Natural Language Dataset Generation Framework for Visualizations Powered by Large Language Models
  • Hyung-Kwon Ko, Hyeon Jeon, Gwanmo Park, Dae Hyun Kim, Nam Wook Kim, Juho Kim, Jinwook Seo
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024)

Databiting: Lightweight, Transient, and Insight Rich Exploration of Personal Data
DataDive: Supporting Readers’ Contextualization of Statistical Statements with Data Exploration
  • Hyunwoo Kim, Khanh Duy Le, Gionnieve Lim, Dae Hyun Kim, Yoo Jin Hong, Juho Kim
  • ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '24)

Honorable Mention Award
Data Formulator: AI-powered Concept-driven Visualization Authoring
  • Chenglong Wang, John R. Thompson, Bongshin Lee
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2023)

EmphasisChecker: A Tool for Guiding Chart and Caption Emphasis
  • Dae Hyun Kim, Seulgi Choi, Juho Kim, Vidya Setlur, Maneesh Agrawala
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2023)

Mystique: Deconstructing SVG Charts for Layout Reuse
  • Chen Chen, Bongshin Lee, Yunhai Wang, Yunjeong Chang, Zhicheng Liu
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2023)