Yun Wang

Senior Researcher

Publications

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- ProductMeta: An Interactive System for Metaphorical Product Design Ideation with Multimodal Large Language Models
  
  Qinyi Zhou, Jie Deng, Yu Liu, Yun Wang, Yan Xia, Yang Ou, Zhicong Lu, Sai Ma, Scarlett Li, Yingqing Xu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  Publication
- Reflecting on Design Paradigms of Animated Data Video Tools
  
  Leixian Shen, Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  DOI
- Where Are We So Far? Understanding Data Storytelling Tools from the Perspective of Human-AI Collaboration
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2024 | May 2024
  
  Honorable Mention Award
  
  Preprint Publication
- Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video
  
  Xinyu Shi, Yinghou Wang, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao
  
  CHI 2024 | April 2024
  
  Best Paper, CHI 2024
  
  Publication PDF
- Causality-Based Visual Analysis of Questionnaire Responses
  
  Renzhong Li, Weiwei Cui, Tianqi Song, Xiao Xie, Rui Ding, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu
  
  October 2023
  
  Publication Author's Version DOI
- Data player: Automatic generation of data videos with narration-animation interplay
  
  Leixian Shen, Yizhi Zhang, Haidong Zhang, Yun Wang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- LLM4Vis: Explainable Visualization Recommendation using ChatGPT
  
  Lei Wang, Songheng Zhang, Yun Wang, Ee-Peng Lim, Yong Wang
  
  October 2023
  
  Author's Version
- Wakey-Wakey: Animate Text by Mimicking Characters in a GIF
  
  Liwenhan Xie, Zhaoyu Zhou, Kerun Yu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Siming Chen
  
  The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- Reviving Static Charts into Live Charts
  
  Lu Ying, Yun Wang, Haotian Li, Shuguang Dou, Haidong Zhang, Xinyang Jiang, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-37 | September 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- WonderFlow: Narration-Centric Design of Animated Data Videos
  
  Yun Wang, Leixan Shen, Zhengxin You, Xinhuan Shu, Bongshin Lee, John Thompson, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  | August 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- 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 | June 2023
  
  DOI
- 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
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2023
  
  Publication
- NetworkNarratives: Data Tours for Visual Network Exploration and Analysis
  
  Wenchao Li, Sarah Schottler, James Scott-Brown, Yun Wang, Siming Chen, Huamin Qu, Benjamin Bach
  
  April 2023
  
  DOI Publication
- Notable: On-the-fly Assistant for Data Storytelling in Computational Notebooks
  
  Haotian Li, Lu Ying, Haidong Zhang, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Yun Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) | April 2023
  
  Publication Publication
- Why is AI not a Panacea for Data Workers? An Interview Study on Human-AI Collaboration in Data Storytelling
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Q. Vera Liao, Huamin Qu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-39 | April 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- Towards Natural Language-Based Visualization Authoring
  
  Yun Wang, Zhitao Hou, Leixian Shen, Tongshuang Wu, Jiaqi Wang, He Huang, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2022
  
  Publication PDF Preprint DOI
- ChartStamp: Robust Chart Embedding for Real-World Applications
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Haidong Zhang, Yayi Zou, Song Ge, Weiwei Cui, Yun Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma, Hai Jin
  
  Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM '22) | October 2022
  
  Publication DOI
- GALVIS: Visualization Construction through Example-Powered Declarative Programming
  
  Leixian Shen, Enya Shen, Zhiwei Tai, Yun Wang, Yuyu Luo, Jianmin Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Information & Knowledge Management (CIKM '22) | October 2022
  
  Best Demo Paper Honorable Mention
  
  Publication DOI
- Investigating the Role and Interplay of Narrations and Animations in Data Videos
  
  Hao Cheng, Junhong Wang, Yun Wang, Bongshin Lee, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2022) | June 2022
  
  Publication Project
- OneLabeler: A Flexible System for Building Data Labeling Tools
  
  Yu Zhang, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Siming Chen, Dongmei Zhang
  
  CHI 2022 | April 2022
  
  Publication
- GridBook: Natural Language Formulas for the Spreadsheet Grid
  
  Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, Zhitao Hou, Yun Wang, Andy Gordon, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces | March 2022
  
  Publication Project Project
- MultiVision: Designing Analytical Dashboards with Deep Learning Based Recommendation
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Mengyu Zhou, Xinyi He, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2021
  
  Publication
- A Mixed-Initiative Approach to Reusing Infographic Charts
  
  Weiwei Cui, Jinpeng Wang, He Huang, Yun Wang, Chin-Yew Lin, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  September 2021
  
  IEEE VIS 2021
- AI4VIS: Survey on Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Data Visualization
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Xinhuan Shu, Dominik Moritz, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access) | July 2021
  
  Publication Publication
- Animated Presentation of Static Infographics with InfoMotion
  
  Yun Wang, Yi Gao, Ray Huang, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum | June 2021
  
  Publication Project
- Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison
  
  Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication
- Returning to the Office During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: Early Indicators from China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Extended Abstracts of the CHI 2021 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication Project Project
- Chartem: Reviving Chart Images with Data Embedding
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Weiwei Cui, Song Ge, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Yuanyuan Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2020
  
  Publication
- Improving Engagement of Animated Visualization with Visual Foreshadowing
  
  Wenchao Li, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS) | October 2020
  
  Publication
- Practices around Working from Home and Early Indicators on Returning to Work after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from Microsoft China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  August 2020
  
  Publication Project Project
- CloudDet: Interactive Visual Analysis of Anomalous Performances in Cloud Computing Systems
  
  Ke Xu, Yun Wang, Leni Yang, Yifang Wang, Bo Qiao, Si Qin, Yong Xu, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | December 2019, Vol 26(1): pp. 1107-1117
  
  DOI Publication Publication
- DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheets from Tabular Data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhida Sun (intern), Haidong Zhang, Weiwei Cui, Ke Xu (intern), Xiaojuan Ma, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- Text-to-Viz: Automatic Generation of Infographics from Proportion-Related Natural Language Statements
  
  Weiwei Cui, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yun Wang, Ray Huang, Bei Chen, Lei Fang, Jian-Guang Lou, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication Project
- Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Extraction of Extensible Timeline
  
  Zhutian Chen, Yun Wang, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- Visualization Assessment: A Machine Learning Approach
  
  Xin Fu (intern), Yun Wang, Haoyu Dong, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang
  
  Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE VIS Conference | October 2019
  
  Publication
- Supporting Story Synthesis: Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Storytelling
  
  Siming Chen, Jie Li, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Yun Wang, Phong H. Nguyen, Cagatay Turkay
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | September 2019
  
  Publication PDF
- An Emotional Response to the Value of Visualization
  
  Yun Wang, Adrien Segal, Roberta Klatzky, Daniel F. Keefe, Petra Isenberg, Jorn Hurtienne, Eva Hornecker, Tim Dwyer, Stephen Barrass
  
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | August 2019
  
  Publication
- EnsembleLens: Ensemble-based Visual Exploration of Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Multidimensional Data
  
  Ke Xu, Meng Xia, Xing Mu, Yun Wang, Nan Cao
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming
  
  Zhicong Lu, Mingming Fan, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao, Michelle Annett, Daniel Wigdor
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- InfoNice: Easy Creation of Information Graphics
  
  Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Xi Chen, Qiufeng Yin, Zhitao Hou, Dongmei Zhang, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2018
  
  Publication
- Animated narrative visualization for video clickstream data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhutian Chen, Quan Li, Xiaojuan Ma, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  SA '16: SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Visualization | November 2016
  
  DOI Publication Publication Publication

- Reflecting on Design Paradigms of Animated Data Video Tools
  
  Leixian Shen, Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  DOI
- ProductMeta: An Interactive System for Metaphorical Product Design Ideation with Multimodal Large Language Models
  
  Qinyi Zhou, Jie Deng, Yu Liu, Yun Wang, Yan Xia, Yang Ou, Zhicong Lu, Sai Ma, Scarlett Li, Yingqing Xu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  Publication
- GridBook: Natural Language Formulas for the Spreadsheet Grid
  
  Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, Zhitao Hou, Yun Wang, Andy Gordon, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces | March 2022
  
  Publication Project Project
- MultiVision: Designing Analytical Dashboards with Deep Learning Based Recommendation
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Mengyu Zhou, Xinyi He, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2021
  
  Publication
- AI4VIS: Survey on Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Data Visualization
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Xinhuan Shu, Dominik Moritz, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access) | July 2021
  
  Publication Publication
- Chartem: Reviving Chart Images with Data Embedding
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Weiwei Cui, Song Ge, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Yuanyuan Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2020
  
  Publication
- CloudDet: Interactive Visual Analysis of Anomalous Performances in Cloud Computing Systems
  
  Ke Xu, Yun Wang, Leni Yang, Yifang Wang, Bo Qiao, Si Qin, Yong Xu, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | December 2019, Vol 26(1): pp. 1107-1117
  
  DOI Publication Publication
- Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Extraction of Extensible Timeline
  
  Zhutian Chen, Yun Wang, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- Visualization Assessment: A Machine Learning Approach
  
  Xin Fu (intern), Yun Wang, Haoyu Dong, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang
  
  Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE VIS Conference | October 2019
  
  Publication
- Reflecting on Design Paradigms of Animated Data Video Tools
  
  Leixian Shen, Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  DOI
- ProductMeta: An Interactive System for Metaphorical Product Design Ideation with Multimodal Large Language Models
  
  Qinyi Zhou, Jie Deng, Yu Liu, Yun Wang, Yan Xia, Yang Ou, Zhicong Lu, Sai Ma, Scarlett Li, Yingqing Xu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  Publication
- Where Are We So Far? Understanding Data Storytelling Tools from the Perspective of Human-AI Collaboration
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2024 | May 2024
  
  Honorable Mention Award
  
  Preprint Publication
- Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video
  
  Xinyu Shi, Yinghou Wang, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao
  
  CHI 2024 | April 2024
  
  Best Paper, CHI 2024
  
  Publication PDF
- Causality-Based Visual Analysis of Questionnaire Responses
  
  Renzhong Li, Weiwei Cui, Tianqi Song, Xiao Xie, Rui Ding, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu
  
  October 2023
  
  Publication Author's Version DOI
- LLM4Vis: Explainable Visualization Recommendation using ChatGPT
  
  Lei Wang, Songheng Zhang, Yun Wang, Ee-Peng Lim, Yong Wang
  
  October 2023
  
  Author's Version
- Wakey-Wakey: Animate Text by Mimicking Characters in a GIF
  
  Liwenhan Xie, Zhaoyu Zhou, Kerun Yu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Siming Chen
  
  The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- Data player: Automatic generation of data videos with narration-animation interplay
  
  Leixian Shen, Yizhi Zhang, Haidong Zhang, Yun Wang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- Reviving Static Charts into Live Charts
  
  Lu Ying, Yun Wang, Haotian Li, Shuguang Dou, Haidong Zhang, Xinyang Jiang, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-37 | September 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- WonderFlow: Narration-Centric Design of Animated Data Videos
  
  Yun Wang, Leixan Shen, Zhengxin You, Xinhuan Shu, Bongshin Lee, John Thompson, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  | August 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- 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 | June 2023
  
  DOI
- 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
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2023
  
  Publication
- NetworkNarratives: Data Tours for Visual Network Exploration and Analysis
  
  Wenchao Li, Sarah Schottler, James Scott-Brown, Yun Wang, Siming Chen, Huamin Qu, Benjamin Bach
  
  April 2023
  
  DOI Publication
- Notable: On-the-fly Assistant for Data Storytelling in Computational Notebooks
  
  Haotian Li, Lu Ying, Haidong Zhang, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Yun Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) | April 2023
  
  Publication Publication
- Why is AI not a Panacea for Data Workers? An Interview Study on Human-AI Collaboration in Data Storytelling
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Q. Vera Liao, Huamin Qu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-39 | April 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- Towards Natural Language-Based Visualization Authoring
  
  Yun Wang, Zhitao Hou, Leixian Shen, Tongshuang Wu, Jiaqi Wang, He Huang, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2022
  
  Publication PDF Preprint DOI
- GALVIS: Visualization Construction through Example-Powered Declarative Programming
  
  Leixian Shen, Enya Shen, Zhiwei Tai, Yun Wang, Yuyu Luo, Jianmin Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Information & Knowledge Management (CIKM '22) | October 2022
  
  Best Demo Paper Honorable Mention
  
  Publication DOI
- ChartStamp: Robust Chart Embedding for Real-World Applications
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Haidong Zhang, Yayi Zou, Song Ge, Weiwei Cui, Yun Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma, Hai Jin
  
  Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM '22) | October 2022
  
  Publication DOI
- Investigating the Role and Interplay of Narrations and Animations in Data Videos
  
  Hao Cheng, Junhong Wang, Yun Wang, Bongshin Lee, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2022) | June 2022
  
  Publication Project
- OneLabeler: A Flexible System for Building Data Labeling Tools
  
  Yu Zhang, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Siming Chen, Dongmei Zhang
  
  CHI 2022 | April 2022
  
  Publication
- GridBook: Natural Language Formulas for the Spreadsheet Grid
  
  Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, Zhitao Hou, Yun Wang, Andy Gordon, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces | March 2022
  
  Publication Project Project
- MultiVision: Designing Analytical Dashboards with Deep Learning Based Recommendation
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Mengyu Zhou, Xinyi He, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2021
  
  Publication
- A Mixed-Initiative Approach to Reusing Infographic Charts
  
  Weiwei Cui, Jinpeng Wang, He Huang, Yun Wang, Chin-Yew Lin, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  September 2021
  
  IEEE VIS 2021
- AI4VIS: Survey on Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Data Visualization
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Xinhuan Shu, Dominik Moritz, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access) | July 2021
  
  Publication Publication
- Animated Presentation of Static Infographics with InfoMotion
  
  Yun Wang, Yi Gao, Ray Huang, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum | June 2021
  
  Publication Project
- Returning to the Office During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: Early Indicators from China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Extended Abstracts of the CHI 2021 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication Project Project
- Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison
  
  Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication
- Chartem: Reviving Chart Images with Data Embedding
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Weiwei Cui, Song Ge, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Yuanyuan Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2020
  
  Publication
- Improving Engagement of Animated Visualization with Visual Foreshadowing
  
  Wenchao Li, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS) | October 2020
  
  Publication
- Practices around Working from Home and Early Indicators on Returning to Work after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from Microsoft China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  August 2020
  
  Publication Project Project
- CloudDet: Interactive Visual Analysis of Anomalous Performances in Cloud Computing Systems
  
  Ke Xu, Yun Wang, Leni Yang, Yifang Wang, Bo Qiao, Si Qin, Yong Xu, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | December 2019, Vol 26(1): pp. 1107-1117
  
  DOI Publication Publication
- Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Extraction of Extensible Timeline
  
  Zhutian Chen, Yun Wang, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheets from Tabular Data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhida Sun (intern), Haidong Zhang, Weiwei Cui, Ke Xu (intern), Xiaojuan Ma, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- Text-to-Viz: Automatic Generation of Infographics from Proportion-Related Natural Language Statements
  
  Weiwei Cui, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yun Wang, Ray Huang, Bei Chen, Lei Fang, Jian-Guang Lou, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication Project
- Visualization Assessment: A Machine Learning Approach
  
  Xin Fu (intern), Yun Wang, Haoyu Dong, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang
  
  Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE VIS Conference | October 2019
  
  Publication
- Supporting Story Synthesis: Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Storytelling
  
  Siming Chen, Jie Li, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Yun Wang, Phong H. Nguyen, Cagatay Turkay
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | September 2019
  
  Publication PDF
- An Emotional Response to the Value of Visualization
  
  Yun Wang, Adrien Segal, Roberta Klatzky, Daniel F. Keefe, Petra Isenberg, Jorn Hurtienne, Eva Hornecker, Tim Dwyer, Stephen Barrass
  
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | August 2019
  
  Publication
- EnsembleLens: Ensemble-based Visual Exploration of Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Multidimensional Data
  
  Ke Xu, Meng Xia, Xing Mu, Yun Wang, Nan Cao
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming
  
  Zhicong Lu, Mingming Fan, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao, Michelle Annett, Daniel Wigdor
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- InfoNice: Easy Creation of Information Graphics
  
  Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Xi Chen, Qiufeng Yin, Zhitao Hou, Dongmei Zhang, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2018
  
  Publication
- Animated narrative visualization for video clickstream data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhutian Chen, Quan Li, Xiaojuan Ma, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  SA '16: SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Visualization | November 2016
  
  DOI Publication Publication Publication
- Towards Natural Language-Based Visualization Authoring
  
  Yun Wang, Zhitao Hou, Leixian Shen, Tongshuang Wu, Jiaqi Wang, He Huang, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2022
  
  Publication PDF Preprint DOI
- Investigating the Role and Interplay of Narrations and Animations in Data Videos
  
  Hao Cheng, Junhong Wang, Yun Wang, Bongshin Lee, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2022) | June 2022
  
  Publication Project
- AI4VIS: Survey on Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Data Visualization
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Xinhuan Shu, Dominik Moritz, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access) | July 2021
  
  Publication Publication
- Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison
  
  Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication
- Chartem: Reviving Chart Images with Data Embedding
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Weiwei Cui, Song Ge, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Yuanyuan Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2020
  
  Publication
- Supporting Story Synthesis: Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Storytelling
  
  Siming Chen, Jie Li, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Yun Wang, Phong H. Nguyen, Cagatay Turkay
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | September 2019
  
  Publication PDF
- EnsembleLens: Ensemble-based Visual Exploration of Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Multidimensional Data
  
  Ke Xu, Meng Xia, Xing Mu, Yun Wang, Nan Cao
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- GridBook: Natural Language Formulas for the Spreadsheet Grid
  
  Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, Zhitao Hou, Yun Wang, Andy Gordon, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces | March 2022
  
  Publication Project Project
- Practices around Working from Home and Early Indicators on Returning to Work after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from Microsoft China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  August 2020
  
  Publication Project Project

- Reflecting on Design Paradigms of Animated Data Video Tools
  
  Leixian Shen, Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  DOI
- ProductMeta: An Interactive System for Metaphorical Product Design Ideation with Multimodal Large Language Models
  
  Qinyi Zhou, Jie Deng, Yu Liu, Yun Wang, Yan Xia, Yang Ou, Zhicong Lu, Sai Ma, Scarlett Li, Yingqing Xu
  
  CHI 2025 | April 2025
  
  Publication
- Where Are We So Far? Understanding Data Storytelling Tools from the Perspective of Human-AI Collaboration
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  CHI 2024 | May 2024
  
  Honorable Mention Award
  
  Preprint Publication
- Piet: Facilitating Color Authoring for Motion Graphics Video
  
  Xinyu Shi, Yinghou Wang, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao
  
  CHI 2024 | April 2024
  
  Best Paper, CHI 2024
  
  Publication PDF
- LLM4Vis: Explainable Visualization Recommendation using ChatGPT
  
  Lei Wang, Songheng Zhang, Yun Wang, Ee-Peng Lim, Yong Wang
  
  October 2023
  
  Author's Version
- Wakey-Wakey: Animate Text by Mimicking Characters in a GIF
  
  Liwenhan Xie, Zhaoyu Zhou, Kerun Yu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Siming Chen
  
  The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- 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
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2023
  
  Publication
- NetworkNarratives: Data Tours for Visual Network Exploration and Analysis
  
  Wenchao Li, Sarah Schottler, James Scott-Brown, Yun Wang, Siming Chen, Huamin Qu, Benjamin Bach
  
  April 2023
  
  DOI Publication
- Notable: On-the-fly Assistant for Data Storytelling in Computational Notebooks
  
  Haotian Li, Lu Ying, Haidong Zhang, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Yun Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) | April 2023
  
  Publication Publication
- Towards Natural Language-Based Visualization Authoring
  
  Yun Wang, Zhitao Hou, Leixian Shen, Tongshuang Wu, Jiaqi Wang, He Huang, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2022
  
  Publication PDF Preprint DOI
- GALVIS: Visualization Construction through Example-Powered Declarative Programming
  
  Leixian Shen, Enya Shen, Zhiwei Tai, Yun Wang, Yuyu Luo, Jianmin Wang
  
  Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Information & Knowledge Management (CIKM '22) | October 2022
  
  Best Demo Paper Honorable Mention
  
  Publication DOI
- ChartStamp: Robust Chart Embedding for Real-World Applications
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Haidong Zhang, Yayi Zou, Song Ge, Weiwei Cui, Yun Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma, Hai Jin
  
  Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM '22) | October 2022
  
  Publication DOI
- OneLabeler: A Flexible System for Building Data Labeling Tools
  
  Yu Zhang, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Siming Chen, Dongmei Zhang
  
  CHI 2022 | April 2022
  
  Publication
- GridBook: Natural Language Formulas for the Spreadsheet Grid
  
  Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, Zhitao Hou, Yun Wang, Andy Gordon, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces | March 2022
  
  Publication Project Project
- Returning to the Office During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: Early Indicators from China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Extended Abstracts of the CHI 2021 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication Project Project
- Learning to Automate Chart Layout Configurations Using Crowdsourced Paired Comparison
  
  Aoyu Wu, Liwenhan Xie, Bongshin Lee, Yun Wang, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | May 2021
  
  Publication
- Improving Engagement of Animated Visualization with Visual Foreshadowing
  
  Wenchao Li, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS) | October 2020
  
  Publication
- Visualization Assessment: A Machine Learning Approach
  
  Xin Fu (intern), Yun Wang, Haoyu Dong, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang
  
  Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE VIS Conference | October 2019
  
  Publication
- InfoNice: Easy Creation of Information Graphics
  
  Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Xi Chen, Qiufeng Yin, Zhitao Hou, Dongmei Zhang, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | April 2018
  
  Publication
- Animated narrative visualization for video clickstream data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhutian Chen, Quan Li, Xiaojuan Ma, Qiong Luo, Huamin Qu
  
  SA '16: SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Visualization | November 2016
  
  DOI Publication Publication Publication
- Causality-Based Visual Analysis of Questionnaire Responses
  
  Renzhong Li, Weiwei Cui, Tianqi Song, Xiao Xie, Rui Ding, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu
  
  October 2023
  
  Publication Author's Version DOI
- Data player: Automatic generation of data videos with narration-animation interplay
  
  Leixian Shen, Yizhi Zhang, Haidong Zhang, Yun Wang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | October 2023
  
  Preprint
- 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 | June 2023
  
  DOI
- Investigating the Role and Interplay of Narrations and Animations in Data Videos
  
  Hao Cheng, Junhong Wang, Yun Wang, Bongshin Lee, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2022) | June 2022
  
  Publication Project
- MultiVision: Designing Analytical Dashboards with Deep Learning Based Recommendation
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Mengyu Zhou, Xinyi He, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2021
  
  Publication
- AI4VIS: Survey on Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Data Visualization
  
  Aoyu Wu, Yun Wang, Xinhuan Shu, Dominik Moritz, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access) | July 2021
  
  Publication Publication
- Animated Presentation of Static Infographics with InfoMotion
  
  Yun Wang, Yi Gao, Ray Huang, Weiwei Cui, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  Computer Graphics Forum | June 2021
  
  Publication Project
- Chartem: Reviving Chart Images with Data Embedding
  
  Jiayun Fu, Bin Benjamin Zhu, Weiwei Cui, Song Ge, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, Ray Huang, Yuanyuan Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaojing Ma
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2020
  
  Publication
- CloudDet: Interactive Visual Analysis of Anomalous Performances in Cloud Computing Systems
  
  Ke Xu, Yun Wang, Leni Yang, Yifang Wang, Bo Qiao, Si Qin, Yong Xu, Haidong Zhang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | December 2019, Vol 26(1): pp. 1107-1117
  
  DOI Publication Publication
- Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Extraction of Extensible Timeline
  
  Zhutian Chen, Yun Wang, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheets from Tabular Data
  
  Yun Wang, Zhida Sun (intern), Haidong Zhang, Weiwei Cui, Ke Xu (intern), Xiaojuan Ma, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication
- Text-to-Viz: Automatic Generation of Infographics from Proportion-Related Natural Language Statements
  
  Weiwei Cui, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yun Wang, Ray Huang, Bei Chen, Lei Fang, Jian-Guang Lou, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2019
  
  Publication Project
- Supporting Story Synthesis: Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Storytelling
  
  Siming Chen, Jie Li, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Yun Wang, Phong H. Nguyen, Cagatay Turkay
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | September 2019
  
  Publication PDF
- An Emotional Response to the Value of Visualization
  
  Yun Wang, Adrien Segal, Roberta Klatzky, Daniel F. Keefe, Petra Isenberg, Jorn Hurtienne, Eva Hornecker, Tim Dwyer, Stephen Barrass
  
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | August 2019
  
  Publication
- EnsembleLens: Ensemble-based Visual Exploration of Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Multidimensional Data
  
  Ke Xu, Meng Xia, Xing Mu, Yun Wang, Nan Cao
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming
  
  Zhicong Lu, Mingming Fan, Yun Wang, Jian Zhao, Michelle Annett, Daniel Wigdor
  
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics | November 2018
  
  Publication
- Reviving Static Charts into Live Charts
  
  Lu Ying, Yun Wang, Haotian Li, Shuguang Dou, Haidong Zhang, Xinyang Jiang, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-37 | September 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- WonderFlow: Narration-Centric Design of Animated Data Videos
  
  Yun Wang, Leixan Shen, Zhengxin You, Xinhuan Shu, Bongshin Lee, John Thompson, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  | August 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- Why is AI not a Panacea for Data Workers? An Interview Study on Human-AI Collaboration in Data Storytelling
  
  Haotian Li, Yun Wang, Q. Vera Liao, Huamin Qu
  
  MSR-TR-2023-39 | April 2023
  
  Published by Microsoft
  
  Preprint
- A Mixed-Initiative Approach to Reusing Infographic Charts
  
  Weiwei Cui, Jinpeng Wang, He Huang, Yun Wang, Chin-Yew Lin, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  
  September 2021
  
  IEEE VIS 2021
- Practices around Working from Home and Early Indicators on Returning to Work after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from Microsoft China
  
  Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Weiwei Cui, John Tang, Haidong Zhang, Doug Walston, Dongmei Zhang
  
  August 2020
  
  Publication Project Project