Teaching (in German, see StudIP):

• Visualisierung abstrakter Daten
• Visualisierung von Strömungs- und Volumendaten
• Aspekte der Computergraphik
• Informatik I: Einführung in die Programmierung (C)
• Informatik II: Pogrammierungstechnik (C++)

Research:

• Highly interactive visual analysis
  • Formalism for interaction in visualization
  • Interaction pattern and design guidelines
  • Aspects of software engineering
• User-oriented and task-driven visualization
  • Event-based concepts for user-oriented visual analysis
  • Task-oriented color coding (with Raphael Schmitz)
• Visualization of Multivariate Data
  • Enhancements for the Table Lens (with Mathias John) [applet]
  • Novel 2D axes-based visualizations [software]
  • Novel 3D axes-based visualizations (with Clemens Holzhüter) [video]
• Interactive Graph Visualization
  • Interaction techniques for navigating graph layouts
  • Lenses for graph visualization [applet]
  • CGV - Coordinated Graph Visualization (with James Abello) [video, applet]
  • Visualization of time-varying graphs
• Visualization of Time-Oriented Data
  • Visualization for cyclic time (with Steffen Hadlak) [applet]
  • 3D spatio-temporal data visualization [video]
  • Visualization of time-oriented data on maps
  • Survey and categorization of techniques (with Wolfgang Aigner)
• Visualization of Microarray Data
  • Visualization of gene combinations (with Clemens Holzhüter) [applet]
• Visual Representation on Mobile Devices
  • Photo browsing on mobile devices
  • Mobile visualization of personal tasks

Publications:

• Christian Tominski: Event-Based Concepts for User-Driven Visualization. Information Visualization, (accepted for publication)

• Christian Tominski, James Abello, and Heidrun Schumann: CGV - An Interactive Graph Visualization System. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2009. (lowres)
• Harald Piringer, Christian Tominski, Philipp Muigg, and Wolfgang Berger: A Multi-Threading Architecture To Support Interactive Visual Exploration. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Information Visualization Conference), Vol. 15, No. 6, 2009.
• Conrad Thiede, Christian Tominski, and Heidrun Schumann: Service-Oriented Information Visualization for Smart Environments. International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), Barcelona, Spain, 2009. (presentation)
• Christian Tominski, James Abello, and Heidrun Schumann: Two Novel Techniques for Interactive Navigation of Graph Layouts. Poster presentation at Eurographics/IEEE Symposium on Visualization (EuroVis), Berlin, Germany, 2009. (poster, preview)

• Christian Tominski and Heidrun Schumann: Enhanced Interactive Spiral Display. SIGRAD 2008, The Annual SIGRAD Conference, Special Theme: Interactivity, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008. (presentation) [applet]
• Christian Tominski and Heidrun Schumann: Visualization of Gene Combinations. International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, 2008. (presentation)
• Christian Tominski, Georg Fuchs, and Heidrun Schumann: Task-Driven Color Coding. International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, 2008.
• Christian Tominski, Petra Schulze-Wollgast, and Heidrun Schumann: Visual Methods for Analyzing Human Health Data. In: Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler (editors), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems. Information Science Reference, 2008. (ISBN: 978-1-59904-889-5)
• Mathias John, Christian Tominski, and Heidrun Schumann: Visual and Analytical Extensions for the Table Lens. IS&T/SPIE Annual Symposium Electronic Imaging - Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), San Jose, USA, 2008. [applet]
• Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Wolfgang Müller, Heidrun Schumann, and Christian Tominski: Visual Methods for Analyzing Time-Oriented Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008.

• Wolfgang Aigner, Alessio Bertone, Silvia Miksch, Christian Tominski, and Heidrun Schumann: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Visual Analytics of Time and Time-Oriented Data. The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Washington, USA, 2007.
• Christian Tominski, Clemens Holzhüter, Andrea Unger, and Heidrun Schumann: Interactive Poster: Visualization of Gene Combinations. IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007. (poster)
• James Abello, Hans-Jörg Schulz, Heidrun Schumann, and Christian Tominski: Interactive Poster: CGV - Coordinated Graph Visualization. IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007. (poster) [applet]
• James Abello, Hans-Jörg Schulz, Benoit Gaudin, and Christian Tominski: Interactive Poster: Name That Cluster - Text vs. Graphics. IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007. (poster)
• Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Wolfgang Müller, Heidrun Schumann, and Christian Tominski: Visualizing Time-Oriented Data: A Systematic View. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2007.
• Gerald Bieber, Christian Tominski, and Bodo Urban: TiDi Browser: A Novel Photo Browsing Technique for Mobile Devices. IS&T/SPIE Annual Symposium Electronic Imaging - Multimedia on Mobile Devices, San Jose, USA, 2007. (presentation)

• Christian Tominski: Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis. PhD thesis, University of Rostock, Germany, 2006. (lowres)
• Mathias John, Christian Tominski, and Heidrun Schumann: Interactive Poster: Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring for Multiple Variables. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Baltimore, USA, 2006. (poster) [applet]
• Christian Tominski, James Abello, Frank van Ham, and Heidrun Schumann: Fisheye Treeviews and Lenses for Graph Visualization. International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, 2006. [video1, video2, video3, applet1, applet2]
• René Rosenbaum, Christian Tominski, and Heidrun Schumann: Graphical Content On Mobile Devices. In: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (editor), Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce. Idea Group Reference, 2006. (ISBN: 1-59140-799-0)

Presentations/Talks:

• Informationsdarstellung - Visuell und interaktiv at "Nacht des Wissens", Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 2009.
• User-Centered Information Visualization at Computer Graphics research seminar, Rostock, Germany, Dec. 2008.
• Thoughts on Interaction & Usability at VC²G workshop, Sellin, Germany, Sep. 2007.
• Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis defense talk, Rostock, Germany, Nov. 2006.
• Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis at GRK466 fall workshop, Schwarzenbach, Germany, Nov. 2005.
• Information Visualization - Current literature overview at Computer Graphics research seminar, Rostock, Germany, Jun. 2005.
• Event-Based Visualization at GRK1042 spring workshop, Waldau, Germany, Mar. 2005.
• A Model for Event-Based Visualization at GRK466 seminar, Rostock, Germany, Oct. 2004.
• Information Visualization - Relevant Publications at Computer Graphics research seminar, Rostock, Germany, Jan. 2004.
• Ereignisorientierte Visualisierung großer Datenmengen at GRK466 seminar, Rostock, Germany, Jun. 2003.
• Information Presentation on Mobile Handhelds at IRMA International Conference, Philadelphia, USA, May 2003.

Software:

• ACM Classification Explorer
• CGV (graph visualization)
• Fish Eye Tree View (tree visualization)
• Magic Eye View (tree visualization)
• Graph Lenses (graph visualization)
• Visualization of Gene Combinations (microarray visualization)
• Two-Tone Pseudo Colored Table Lens (multivariate visualization)
• Two-Tone Pseudo Colored Spiral Display (visualization for cyclic time)
• Spiral Display Visualization (visualization for cyclic time)
• SpiraClock (visualization for cyclic time)
• VisAxes - Axes-Based Visualization (multivariate visualization)
• VisAxis (multivariate visualization)
• The TimeWheel (time-oriented data visualization)
• The PlotWheel (time-oriented data visualization)

Videos of Techniques and Software:

• CGV: coordinated graph visualization (18.5MB)
• Lenses for graph visualization (12.8MB)
• Fisheye tree view (11.8MB) and alternative representation (5.5MB)
• 3D information visualization on maps (10.8MB)
• 2D axes-based visualization (25.8MB) and 3D axes-based visualization (13.4MB)

Photos of Conference and Research Trips:

• DIMACS and VisWeek in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, 2009
• International Conference Information Visualisation (IV09), Barcelona, Spain, 2009
• IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis07), Sacramento, USA, 2007
• Invited Scholar at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, 2007
• IS&T/SPIE Annual Symposium Electronic Imaging, San Jose, USA, 2007
• IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis06), Baltimore, USA, 2006
• Data Mining Workshop and Research Visit at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, 2006
• Invited Scholar at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, 2005
• International Conference Information Visualisation (IV05), London, UK, 2005
• Eurographics 04, Grenoble, France, 2004
• International Conference Information Visualisation (IV04), London, UK, 2004
• IRMA International Conference, New Orleans, USA, 2004
• ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC04), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2004
• HCI International, Hersonissos, Crete, 2003
• IRMA International Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2003

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