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Christian Tominski

Priv. Doz. Dr.-Ing. habil.

Computer Graphics
Institute of Computer Science
University of Rostock

email: christian [dot] tominski [ät] uni-rostock [dot] de
mail: Albert-Einstein-Straße 22, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Research

Books

Research Interests

  • Visualization
    • Multi-variate data visualization, time-series visualization, geo-visualiztation, visualization of movement data, graph visualization
    • Visualization on interactive displays and large high-resolution displays
    • Coordinated multiple-views visualization
    • Task-driven visualization
    • Software engineering for visualization
  • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Interaction for visualization
    • Interactive lenses
    • Navigation techniques
  • Data and Analytics
    • Analytic support for interactive exploration
    • Efficient algorithms and data structures for visualization
    • Asynchronous computation

Awards

  • Computers & Graphics top cited article 2005-2010
  • Best paper award EuroVis 2015
  • Poster honorable mention EuroVis 2018

Teaching

Information for students

Courses

  • Master Visual Computing
    • Visualisierung
    • Interaktion
    • Literaturprojekt
    • Softwareprojekt
  • Informatik als Nebenfach
    • Einführung in die Programmierung
    • Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen

Mentoring

  • 70+ student projects and theses
  • Google Summer of Code

Professional Activities

University

  • Faculty council
  • Systems and services panel

Editor, Chair, and Organizer

  • Guest-Editor Special Section on Visual Analytics in The Visual Computer
  • Workshop Co-Chair EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA)
  • Organizer Special Track Interactive Visualization in Novel and Heterogeneous Display Environments at the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC)

Committee member

  • Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis)
  • IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis)
  • IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST)
  • International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP)
  • EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA)
  • International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD)
  • IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)
  • ITS Workshop on Visual Data Exploration on Interactive Surfaces (DEXIS)

Reviewer

  • Journals: Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Information Visualization, Computer Graphics and Applications, Computer Graphics Forum, Computers & Graphics, International Journal on Geographical Information Science, Cartographic Journal, Software: Practice and Experience, Information Systems, Interacting with Computers, Journal of Imaging Sciences and Technology, Informatics, Behavior & Information Technology
  • Conferences and workshops: CHI, PacificVis, UIST, IV, SIGRAD, VAKD, GeoVA(t), GeoViz
  • Research foundations: NWO, NSERC, ANR

Publications

Statistics

• Books: 2• Chapters: 7
• Journal articles: 20• Conference papers: 30
• Technical reports: 5• Abstracts, posters, etc.: 17
• Theses: 2• Edited works: 1

2018

C. Eichner, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Supporting Visual Parameter Analysis of Time Series Segmentation with Correlation Calculations. Poster at EG/VGTC Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), Brno, Czech Republic, 2018. (Poster honorable mention EuroVis 2018)
S. Krause, G. Bieber, C. Tominski, and M. Kreuseler. Visualisierung von digitalen, individuellen Gesundheitsdaten am Beispiel des Blutzuckerverlaufs bei gesunden Menschen. Proceedings of the Wismarer Wirtschaftsinformatik-Tage (WIWITA), Wismar, Germany, Hochschule Wismar, 2018.
D. Ceneda, T. Gschwandtner, T. May, S. Miksch, M. Streit, and C. Tominski. Guidance or No Guidance? A Decision Tree Can Help. Proceedings of the EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA), Brno, Czech Republic, Eurographics Association, 2018.

2017

D. Ceneda, T. Gschwandtner, T. May, S. Miksch, H.-J. Schulz, M. Streit, and C. Tominski. Amending the Characterization of Guidance in Visual Analytics. arXiv:1710.06615 [cs.HC], CoRR, 2017.
C. Tominski, S. Gladisch, U. Kister, R. Dachselt, and H. Schumann. Interactive Lenses for Visualization: An Extended Survey. Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2017.
M. Sedlmair and C. Tominski (ed.). Proceedings of the EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA). Eurographics Association, 2017.
U. Kister, K. Klamka, C. Tominski, and R. Dachselt. GraSp: Combining Spatially-aware Mobile Devices and a Display Wall for Graph Visualization and Interaction. Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2017.
S. Dübel, M. Röhlig, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Visualizing 3D Terrain, Geo-Spatial Data, and Uncertainty. Informatics, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2017.
C. Tominski, W. Aigner, S. Miksch, and H. Schumann. Images of Time. In: A. Black, P. Luna, O. Lund, and S. Walker (ed.) Information Design: Research and Practice, Routledge, 2017. (ISBN: 9780415786324)
D. Ceneda, T. Gschwandtner, T. May, S. Miksch, H.-J. Schulz, M. Streit, and C. Tominski. Characterizing Guidance in Visual Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2017.

2016

S. Gladisch, V. Weigandt, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Orthogonal Edge Routing for the EditLens. arXiv:1612.05064 [cs.GR], CoRR, 2016.
C. Eichner, S. Gladisch, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Direct Visual Editing of Node Attributes in Graphs. Informatics, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2016.
C. Tominski. CompaRing: Reducing Costs of Visual Comparison. Short Paper Proceedings of the Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), Groningen, NL, Eurographics Association, 2016.

2015

S. Gladisch, H. Schumann, M. Luboschik, and C. Tominski. Toward Using Matrix Visualizations for Graph Editing. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Chicago, USA, 2015.
S. Gladisch, U. Kister, C. Tominski, R. Dachselt, and H. Schumann. Mapping Tasks to Interactions for Graph Exploration and Editing. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Chicago, USA, 2015.
T. Nocke, S. Buschmann, J. F. Donges, N. Marwan, H.-J. Schulz, and C. Tominski. Review: Visual Analytics of Climate Networks. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Vol. 22, 2015.
A. Radloff, C. Tominski, T. Nocke, and H. Schumann. Supporting Presentation and Discussion of Visualization Results in Smart Meeting Rooms. The Visual Computer, Vol. 31, No. 9, 2015.
C. Tominski. Interaction for Visualization. Synthesis Lectures on Visualization, No. 3, Morgan & Claypool, 2015. (ISBN: 9781627057738)
W. Aigner, S. Miksch, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visualization Techniques for Time-Oriented Data. In: M. Ward, G. Grinstein, and D. Keim (ed.) Interactive Data Visualization: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications (2nd edition), CRC Press, 2015. (ISBN: 9781482257373)
M. Luboschik, M. Röhlig, A. T. Bittig, N. Andrienko, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Feature-Driven Visual Analytics of Chaotic Parameter-Dependent Movement. Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2015. (Best paper award EuroVis 2015)
S. Gladisch, U. Kister, C. Tominski, R. Dachselt, and H. Schumann. Mapping Tasks to Interactions for Graph Exploration and Graph Editing on Interactive Surfaces. arXiv:1504.07844 [cs.HC], CoRR, 2015.

2014

S. Gladisch and C. Tominski. Toward Integrated Exploration and Manipulation of Data Attributes in Graphs. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Paris, France, 2014.
C. Tominski. Contributions to the Cornerstones of Interaction in Visualization. Habilitation thesis, University of Rostock, 2014. (date of defense: Oct. 6, 2015)
C. Tominski, S. Gladisch, U. Kister, R. Dachselt, and H. Schumann. A Survey on Interactive Lenses in Visualization. EuroVis State-of-the-Art Reports, Swansea, UK, Eurographics Association, 2014.
S. Gladisch, H. Schumann, M. Ernst, G. Füllen, and C. Tominski. Semi-Automatic Editing of Graphs with Customized Layouts. Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2014.
G. Andrienko, N. Andrienko, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visualization of Trajectory Attributes in Space-Time Cube and Trajectory Wall. In: M. Buchroithner, N. Prechtel, and D. Burghardt (ed.) Cartography from Pole to Pole, Springer, 2014. (ISBN: 9783642326172)
C. Eichner, A. Bittig, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Analyzing Simulations of Biochemical Systems with Feature-Based Visual Analytics. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 38, 2014.

2013

H.-J. Schulz, M. Streit, T. May, and C. Tominski. Towards a Characterization of Guidance in Visualization. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Atlanta, USA, 2013.
C. Collins, S. Attfield, F. Chevalier, M. Czerwinski, H. Lam, C. Plaisant, C. Tominski, and M. X. Zhou. Mixed Initiative Interaction. Interaction with Information for Visual Reasoning (Dagstuhl Seminar 13352), Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2013.
D. Keefe, S. Carpendale, P. Cheng, F. Chevalier, C. Collins, T. Isenberg, D. Kirsh, H. Lam, C. North, K. Sedig, C. Tominski, and X. Yuan. Magic Interactions with Information for Visual Reasoning. Interaction with Information for Visual Reasoning (Dagstuhl Seminar 13352), Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2013.
S. Gladisch, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Navigation Recommendations for Exploring Hierarchical Graphs. Advances in Visual Computing: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Rethymnon, Crete, Springer, 2013.
C. Eichner, A. Bittig, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Feature-Based Visual Analytics for Studying Simulations of Dynamic Bi-Stable Spatial Systems. Proceedings of the EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA), Leipzig, Germany, Eurographics Association, 2013.
S. Buschmann, T. Nocke, and C. Tominski. Towards Visualizing Geo-Referenced Climate Networks. Workshop GeoViz Interactive Maps that Help People Think, Hamburg, Germany, 2013.

2012

M. Luboschik, C. Tominski, A. T. Bittig, A. M. Uhrmacher, and H. Schumann. Towards Interactive Visual Analysis of Microscopic-Level Simulation Data. Proceedings of the Annual SIGRAD Conference, Special Theme: Interactive Visual Analysis of Data, Växjö, Sweden, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2012.
C. Tominski and H.-J. Schulz. The Great Wall of Space-Time. Proceedings of the Workshop on Vision, Modeling & Visualization (VMV), Magdeburg, Germany, Eurographics Association, 2012.
C. Tominski, C. Forsell, and J. Johansson. Interaction Support for Visual Comparison Inspired by Natural Behavior. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 18, No. 12, 2012.
C. Tominski, H. Schumann, G. Andrienko, and N. Andrienko. Stacking-Based Visualization of Trajectory Attribute Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 18, No. 12, 2012.
C. Tominski and H.-J. Schulz. A Wall-Like Visualization for Spatio-Temporal Data. Workshop GeoVisual Analytics, Time to Focus on Time at the International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Columbus, USA, 2012.

2011 and before...

2011

C. Tominski, H. Schumann, M. Spindler, and R. Dachselt. Towards Utilizing Novel Interactive Displays for Information Visualization. Proceedings of Workshop on Data Exploration for Interactive Surfaces (DEXIS), Kobe, Japan, HAL Research Report, 2011.
C. Tominski and F. Löffler. Novel Interaction Techniques for Visual Comparison. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Providence, USA, 2011.
A. Lehmann, H. Schumann, O. Staadt, and C. Tominski. Physical Navigation to Support Graph Exploration on a Large High-Resolution Display. Advances in Visual Computing: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, USA, Springer, 2011.
H. Schumann and C. Tominski. Analytical, Visual, and Interactive Concepts for Geo-Visual Analytics. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2011.
C. Tominski, J. F. Donges, and T. Nocke. Information Visualization in Climate Research. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2011.
D. Q. Nguyen, C. Tominski, H. Schumann, and T. A. Ta. Visualizing Tags with Spatiotemporal References. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2011.
W. Aigner, S. Miksch, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visualization of Time-Oriented Data. Springer, 2011. (ISBN: 9780857290786)
C. Tominski. Event-Based Concepts for User-Driven Visualization. Information Visualization, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2011.

2010

G. Andrienko, N. Andrienko, U. Demšar, D. Dransch, J. Dykes, S. I. Fabrikant, M. Jern, M.-J. Kraak, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Space and Time. In: D. Keim, J. Kohlhammer, G. Ellis, and F. Mansmann (ed.) Mastering the Information Age - Solving Problems with Visual Analytics, Eurographics Association, 2010. (ISBN: 9783905673777)
M. Spindler, C. Tominski, H. Schumann, and R. Dachselt. Tangible Views for Information Visualization. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Saarbrücken, Germany, ACM, 2010.
M. Spindler, C. Tominski, M. Hauschild, H. Schumann, and R. Dachselt. Novel Fields of Application for Tangible Displays above the Tabletop. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Saarbrücken, Germany, ACM, 2010.
M. Spindler, C. Tominski, H. Schumann, and R. Dachselt. Poster: Towards Making InfoVis Views Tangible. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Salt Lake City, USA, 2010.
G. Andrienko, N. Andrienko, U. Demšar, D. Dransch, J. Dykes, S. I. Fabrikant, M. Jern, M.-J. Kraak, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Space, Time and Visual Analytics. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 24, No. 10, 2010.
S. Hadlak, C. Tominski, H.-J. Schulz, and H. Schumann. Visualization of Attributed Hierarchical Structures in a Spatio-Temporal Context. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 24, No. 10, 2010.
S. Hadlak, C. Tominski, H.-J. Schulz, and H. Schumann. Visualization of Hierarchies in Space and Time. Workshop GeoVA(t) - Geospatial Visual Analytics: Focus on Time at the AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Guimarães, Portugal, 2010.

2009

C. Tominski, J. Abello, and H. Schumann. CGV - An Interactive Graph Visualization System. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 33, No. 6, 2009.
H. Piringer, C. Tominski, P. Muigg, and W. Berger. A Multi-Threading Architecture to Support Interactive Visual Exploration. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 15, No. 6, 2009.
C. Thiede, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Service-Oriented Information Visualization for Smart Environments. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), Barcelona, Spain, IEEE Computer Society, 2009.
C. Tominski, J. Abello, and H. Schumann. Two Novel Techniques for Interactive Navigation of Graph Layouts. Poster at Eurographics/IEEE Symposium on Visualization (EuroVis), Berlin, Germany, 2009.

2008

C. Tominski and H. Schumann. Enhanced Interactive Spiral Display. Proceedings of the Annual SIGRAD Conference, Special Theme: Interactivity, Stockholm, Sweden, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2008.
C. Tominski and H. Schumann. Visualization of Gene Combinations. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2008.
C. Tominski, G. Fuchs, and H. Schumann. Task-Driven Color Coding. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2008.
C. Tominski, P. Schulze-Wollgast, and H. Schumann. Visual Methods for Analyzing Human Health Data. In: N. Wickramasinghe and E. Geisler (ed.) Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, Information Science Reference, 2008. (ISBN: 9781599048895)
M. John, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Visual and Analytical Extensions for the Table Lens. Proceedings of Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), San Jose, USA, SPIE/IS&T, 2008.
W. Aigner, S. Miksch, W. Müller, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visual Methods for Analyzing Time-Oriented Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008.

2007

W. Aigner, A. Bertone, S. Miksch, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Towards a Conceptual Framework for Visual Analytics of Time and Time-Oriented Data. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Washington, USA, IEEE Press, 2007.
C. Tominski, C. Holzhüter, A. Unger, and H. Schumann. Interactive Poster: Visualization of Gene Combinations. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
J. Abello, H.-J. Schulz, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Interactive Poster: CGV - Coordinated Graph Visualization. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
J. Abello, H.-J. Schulz, B. Gaudin, and C. Tominski. Interactive Poster: Name That Cluster - Text vs. Graphics. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
W. Aigner, S. Miksch, W. Müller, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visualizing Time-Oriented Data - A Systematic View. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2007. (Computers & Graphics top cited article 2005-2010)
G. Bieber, C. Tominski, and B. Urban. TiDi Browser: A Novel Photo Browsing Technique for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of Multimedia on Mobile Devices, San Jose, USA, SPIE/IS&T, 2007.

2006

C. Tominski. Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis. PhD thesis, University of Rostock, 2006. (date of defense: Nov. 8, 2006)
M. John, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Interactive Poster: Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring for Multiple Variables. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Baltimore, USA, 2006.
C. Tominski, J. Abello, F. van Ham, and H. Schumann. Fisheye Tree Views and Lenses for Graph Visualization. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2006.
R. Rosenbaum, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Graphical Content On Mobile Devices. In: M. Khosrow-Pour (ed.) Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce, Idea Group Reference, 2006. (ISBN: 1591407990)

2005

C. Tominski, J. Abello, and H. Schumann. Interactive Poster: 3D Axes-Based Visualizations for Time Series Data. Poster at IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Minneapolis, USA, 2005.
C. Tominski, P. Schulze-Wollgast, and H. Schumann. 3D Information Visualization for Time Dependent Data on Maps. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
P. Schulze-Wollgast, C. Tominski, and H. Schumann. Enhancing Visual Exploration by Appropriate Color Coding. Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), Plzeň, Czech Republic, 2005.

2004

C. Tominski and H. Schumann. An Event-Based Approach to Visualization. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2004.
R. Rosenbaum, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Presenting Large Graphical Contents on Mobile Devices - Performance Issues. Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA), New Orleans, USA, Idea Group, Inc., 2004.
C. Tominski, J. Abello, and H. Schumann. Axes-Based Visualizations with Radial Layouts. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Nicosia, Cyprus, ACM, 2004.

2003

C. Tominski, J. Abello, and H. Schumann. Interactive Poster: Axes-Based Visualizations for Time Series Data. Poster at IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Seattle, USA, 2003.
G. Bieber and C. Tominski. Visualization Techniques for Personal Tasks on Mobile Computers. Proceedings of the HCI International Conference, Hersonissos, Crete, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003.
R. Rosenbaum and C. Tominski. Pixels vs. Vectors: Presentation of Large Images on Mobile Devices. International Workshop on Mobile Computing (IMC), Rostock, Germany, 2003.
P. Schulze-Wollgast, H. Schumann, and C. Tominski. Visual Analysis of Human Health Data. Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA), Philadelphia, USA, Idea Group, Inc., 2003.
C. Tominski, P. Schulze-Wollgast, and H. Schumann. Visualisierung zeitlicher Verläufe auf geografischen Karten. In: Visualisierung und Erschließung von Geodaten, Kirschbaum Verlag, 2003. (ISBN: 3781215776)

Mentored Students

Statistics

• Master's theses: 31• Bachelor's theses: 17
• Student projects: 36

2018

Hannes H.: Flexible Layouts für Bring & Go, Bachelor's thesis
Florian T.: Weiche Kameraführung und Orbitkamera, Bachelor project
Erik B.: ScatterVis in JavaScript, Bachelor project
Philipp M.: Visualisierung gestreuter Daten, Bachelor project
Felix H.: 3D-Visualisierung von Graphen durch kraftbasierte Verteilung, Bachelor project
Enrico G.: Spatial Time Query, Bachelor project

2017

Albrecht R.: Darstellung und Editierung von Transferfunktionen für die visuelle Exploration von 3D Retinadaten, Masters's thesis
Arne N.: Multi-touch Interaktion für die visuelle Exploration von Bewegungstrajektorien, Masters's thesis
Tim K.: An Interface for the Stereoscopic Visualization of Trajectories, Software project
Robert K.: Interaktive Visualisierung von Bewegungsdaten mit Cesium.js, Bachelor project
Robert S.: Import von Bewegungsdaten nach Cesium.js, Bachelor project
Hannes H.: Touch Interaktion mit Hammer.js, Bachelor project

2016

Albrecht R.: Guidance für Visualisierung, Literature project
Arne N.: Direkte Manipulation in Visualisierungstechniken, Literature project
Philipp A.: Interaktive Anfragen für Bewegungstrajektorien, Masters's thesis
Alexander B.: Offscreen Visualisierung, Software project
Johann B.: Enhanced Interactive Spiral Display - Performance und User Experience, Bachelor project
Georg E.: Interaktive TwoTone Spirale im Browser, Bachelor project
Hannes W.: TwoTone Spiralen interaktiv im Browser darstellen, Bachelor project
Conrad W.: Implementierung einer exportierbaren Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring Spirale in Javascript, Bachelor project

2015

Philipp A.: Extended Dynamic Temporal Queries, Software project
Xing W.: Gestures for Exploring and Querying Time-Oriented Data, Masters's thesis
Philipp A.: Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Queries, Literature project
Sebastian P.: Layout and Edge-Filter Lens in iGraph.js, Bachelor project
Christian T.: Zoom und Radar in iGraph.js, Bachelor project

2014

Geghetsik D.: Task-based Design of Axes-based Visualizations, Masters's thesis
Katja D.: Visualisierung der Eigenschaften von Gruppen, Masters's thesis
Anja G.: Erweiterte Farbkodierung für die Visualisierung, Studienarbeit

2013 and before...

2013

Martin P.: Gestaltung und Implementierung der Nutzerschnittstelle von ScatterVis, Software project
Sven D.: Voronoi Diagram Editing and Visualization, Software project
Diana M.: Data Management for ScatterVis, Software project
Florian H.: Visualization with Scattered Data Interpolation, Software project
Geghetsik D.: Interaction Techniques for Navigating and Manipulating Visual Representations of Data, Literature project
Katja D.: Visualisierung von Mortalitätsdaten, Software project
Mikayel E.: Interactive Steering of Analytic Clustering, Masters's thesis
Benjamin S.: Text in der Visualisierung, Literature project
Benno W.: Touchinteraktion für die Exploration und Manipulation von Graphen, Masters's thesis
Benno W.: Multitouch Brushing in a Combined Parallel Coordinates and Scatter Plot, Software project

2012

Haykush A.: Interaction Models in Information Visualization, Literature project
Shushan B.: Optimized Sequence Queries, Software project
Christian E.: Feature-basierte Visualisierung der Next-Subvolume Methode, Masters's thesis
Stefan G.: Handlungsempfehlungen für die visuelle Exploration von Graphen, Masters's thesis
Benjamin S.: Multitouch Graph Editor, Software project
Benno W.: Visualisierung mit neuaritgen Anzeige- und Interaktionsgeräten, Literature project

2011

Anne-Katrin B.: Integration von Techniken der Informationsvisualisierung in freie Geobrowser, Diplomarbeit
Felix B.: Visualisierung in der Cloud, Literature project
Felix B.: Mehrfestervisualisierung im Browser, Software project
Christian E.: Effiziente Motivdetektion für die interaktive Analyse von Graphen, Bachelor's thesis
Thomas G.: Interaktive Exploration von Graphen in einer hochauflösenden Displayumgebung, Diplomarbeit
Stefan G.: Kantenbündelung in interaktiven und zoombaren Visualisierungsumgebungen, Bachelor's thesis
Inga W.: Unterstützung von Visualisierungszielen durch verschiedene Arten der Abbildung von Daten auf Farbe, Studienarbeit

2010

Anne-Katrin B.: Temporal Tag Clouds, Studienarbeit
Christian E.: Algorithmen zur Erkennung von Graphisomorphismen und deren Anwendung zur Motivdetektion, Literature recherche
Stefan G.: Verbesserung der Kantendarstellung in der Graphvisualisierung, Literature recherche
Martin H.: Analytische Datenabstraktion in mehreren Dimensionen, Diplomarbeit
Mike V.: Neue Interaktions- und Visualisierungskonzepte für Daten mit Raum- und Zeitbezug, Diplomarbeit

2009

Ulrike E.: Visualisierung von Sensordaten, Diplomarbeit
Daniel F.: Multidimensionale Zugriffsmethoden für interaktive Informationsvisualisierung, Studienarbeit
Martin H.: Integration von 2D und 3D Visualisierungen für Raum-Zeit-Daten, Studienarbeit
Anja K.: Rekursives Graphlayout, Diplomarbeit
Alexander S.: Web-basiertes visuelles Monitoring von JAMES II Simulationen, Diplomarbeit
Erik V.: Motivanalyse in Graphen, Diplomarbeit
Mike V.: Kantenbündelung für geclusterte Graphen im System CGV, Studienarbeit

2008

Géraldine H.: Konzeption und Implementierung eines Applets zur Illustration der Schritte des Contouring & Connecting Verfahrens, Studienarbeit
Tobias H.: Visuelle Techniken für Reguläre Ausdrücke, Diplomarbeit
Daniel S.: Visualisierung von zeitveränderlichen Graphen, Diplomarbeit

2007

Anne H.: Analyse und vergleichende Bewertung von Visualisierungstoolkits, Diplomarbeit
Christian S.: Entwurf einer nutzer- und aufgabenbezogenen visuellen Oberfläche zur Analyse des Gesichtschädelwachstums, Diplomarbeit
Frank S.: Ein allgemeiner Ansatz zur Durchführung von Nutzerstudien in der Visualisierung multivariater Daten, Diplomarbeit
Kishore V.: Intuitive Interactive Tools for Enhanced Color Spaces, Masters's thesis
Michael Z.: Arc Diagrams zur Visualisierung von Mustern in multivariaten Zeitreihen, Diplomarbeit

2006

Clemens H.: Visuelle Techniken zur Analyse von Microarraydaten, Diplomarbeit
Mathias J.: Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring für Multiparameterdaten, Diplomarbeit
Falko L.: Koordinierte Visualisierung zur Vergleichsunterstützung bei der visuellen Analyse zeitabhängiger Multiparameterdaten, Diplomarbeit
Falko L.: Einsatzmöglichkeiten visueller Anfragesprachen zur Spezifikation von Ereignissen sowie Konzeption und Realisierung eines visuellen Editors, Studienarbeit
Andreas R.: Analyse von Verkaufsdaten in der Umgebung von ticket-web, Diplomarbeit
Raphael S.: Ein Modell zur Beschreibung von Visualisierungszielen beim Einsatz von Farbkodierung zur Darstellung multivariater Daten, Diplomarbeit
Michael S.: Visuell gestützte Mustererkennung zur Identifikation und Klassifikation von Ozonlöchern, Diplomarbeit
Malte W.: Einsatzmöglichkeiten visueller Anfragesprachen zur Spezifikation von Ereignissen sowie Konzeption und Realisierung eines visuellen Editors, Studienarbeit
Michael Z.: Einsatzmöglichkeiten von SVG zur Informationsvisualisierung auf mobilen Endgeräten, Studienarbeit

2005

Jörg F.: Untersuchung der zeitlichen und räumlichen Ausbreitung von Diagnosen anhand der Maximumanalyse, Studienarbeit
Clemens H.: Achsenbasierte 3D-Techniken zur Visualisierung zeitabhängiger Daten, Studienarbeit
Raphael S.: Effektive Abbildung nominaler Daten auf numerische Skalen, Studienarbeit

2004

Michael Z.: Entwicklung eines Konzeptes zur angemessenen Beschriftung von Informationsobjekten, Bachelor's thesis

Software

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Videos

Research Travel

  • EuroVis, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018
  • EuroVis, Barcelona, Spain, 2017
  • EuroVis, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2016
  • ITS, Dresden, Germany, 2014
  • VIS, Paris, France, 2014
  • EuroVis, Swansea, UK, 2014
  • Dagstuhl Seminar: Interaction with Information for Visual Reasoning, Dagstuhl, Germany, 2013
  • EuroVis, Leipzig, Germany, 2013
  • VisWeek, Seattle, USA, 2012
  • EuroVis, Vienna, Austria, 2012
  • VisWeek, Providence, USA, 2011
  • IV, London, UK, 2011
  • VisWeek, Atlantic City, USA, 2009
  • IV, Barcelona, Spain, 2009
  • EuroVis, Berlin, Germany, 2009
  • SIGRAD Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
  • IV, London, UK, 2008
  • InfoVis, Sacramento, USA, 2007
  • Invited Scholar at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA, 2007
  • IS&T/SPIE Annual Symposium Electronic Imaging, San Jose, USA, 2007
  • InfoVis, Baltimore, USA, 2006
  • Data Mining Workshop and Research Visit at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA, 2006
  • Invited Scholar at DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA, 2005
  • IV, London, UK, 2005
  • Eurographics, Grenoble, France, 2004
  • IV, London, UK, 2004
  • IRMA International Conference, New Orleans, USA, 2004
  • SAC, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2004
  • HCI International, Hersonissos, Crete, 2003
  • IRMA International Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2003
  • GeoVis, Hannover, Germany, 2003