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Visualization Papers

2014
Visual Embedding: A Model for Visualization
Çağatay Demiralp, Carlos Scheidegger, Gordon Kindlmann, David Laidlaw, Jeffrey Heer
Computer Graphics and Applications, 2014
PDF (1.2 MB)

2013
invis: Exploring High-Dimensional RNA Sequences from In Vitro Selection
Çağatay Demiralp, Eric Hayden, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Biological Data Visualization (BioVis), 2013
PDF (913.4 KB) | Software | Video
Differentiating Language Usage through Topic Models
Daniel A. McFarland, Daniel Ramage, Jason Chuang, Jeffrey Heer, Christopher D. Manning
Poetics, 2013
Journal
Topic Model Diagnostics: Assessing Domain Relevance via Topical Alignment
Jason Chuang, Sonal Gupta, Christopher D. Manning, Jeffrey Heer
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2013
PDF (4.6 MB) | Supplementary Material (2.3 MB)
imMens: Real-time Visual Querying of Big Data
Zhicheng Liu, Biye Jiang, Jeffrey Heer
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis), 32(3), 2013
PDF (3.7 MB) | Software | Video
Selecting Semantically-Resonant Colors for Data Visualization
Sharon Lin, Julie Fortuna, Chinmay Kulkarni, Maureen Stone, Jeffrey Heer
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis), 2013
PDF (481.6 KB) | Best Paper Award
Identifying Medical Terms in Patient-Authored Text: A Crowdsourcing-based Approach
Diana MacLean, Jeffrey Heer
J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2013
PDF (963.2 KB) | Journal | Software
Colony Life History and Lifetime Reproductive Success of Red Harvester Ant Colonies
Krista K. Ingram, Anna Pilko, Jeffrey Heer, Deborah M. Gordon
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2013
Journal
The Efficacy of Human Post-Editing for Language Translation
Spence Green, Jeffrey Heer, Christopher D. Manning
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2013
PDF (2.3 MB) | Best Paper Award
Webzeitgeist: Design Mining the Web
Ranjitha Kumar, Arvind Satyanarayan, Cesar Torres, Maxine Lim, Salman Ahmad, Scott R. Klemmer, Jerry O. Talton
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2013
PDF (15.0 MB) | Best Paper Award
Modeling How People Extract Color Themes from Images
Sharon Lin, Pat Hanrahan
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2013
PDF (3.4 MB) | Software | Best Paper Nominee

2012
"Without the Clutter of Unimportant Words": Descriptive Keyphrases for Text Visualization
Jason Chuang, Christopher D. Manning, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Trans. on Computer-Human Interaction, 19(3), 1–29, 2012
PDF (855.7 KB)
Enterprise Data Analysis and Visualization: An Interview Study
Sean Kandel, Andreas Paepcke, Joseph Hellerstein, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST), 2012
PDF (228.9 KB) | Best Paper Honorable Mention
An Empirical Model of Slope Ratio Comparisons
Justin Talbot, John Gerth, Pat Hanrahan
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2012
PDF (596.8 KB)
GraphPrism: Compact Visualization of Network Structure
Sanjay Kairam, Diana MacLean, Manolis Savva, Jeffrey Heer
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 2012
PDF (2.1 MB)
Profiler: Integrated Statistical Analysis and Visualization for Data Quality Assessment
Sean Kandel, Ravi Parikh, Andreas Paepcke, Joseph Hellerstein, Jeffrey Heer
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 2012
PDF (1.3 MB) | Software
Termite: Visualization Techniques for Assessing Textual Topic Models
Jason Chuang, Christopher D. Manning, Jeffrey Heer
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 2012
PDF (2.3 MB) | Website | Software
Color Naming Models for Color Selection, Image Editing and Palette Design
Jeffrey Heer, Maureen Stone
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012
PDF (10.2 MB) | Website | Software
Interpretation and Trust: Designing Model-Driven Visualizations for Text Analysis
Jason Chuang, Daniel Ramage, Christopher D. Manning, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012
PDF (991.3 KB) | Website
Strategies for Crowdsourcing Social Data Analysis
Wesley Willett, Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012
PDF (2.0 MB) | Video
Balancing Exertion Experiences
Florian Mueller, Frank Vetere, Martin Gibbs, Darren Edge, Stefan Agamanolis, Jennifer Sheridan, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012
PDF (17.9 MB) | Best Paper Nominee

2011
Research Directions in Data Wrangling: Visualizations and Transformations for Usable and Credible Data
Sean Kandel, Jeffrey Heer, Catherine Plaisant, Jessie Kennedy, Frank van Ham, Nathalie Henry Riche, Chris Weaver, Bongshin Lee, Dominique Brodbeck, Paolo Buono
Information Visualization Journal, 10(4), 271–288, 2011
PDF (834.1 KB)
Arc Length-based Aspect Ratio Selection
Justin Talbot, John Gerth, Pat Hanrahan
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2011
PDF (279.1 KB)
D3: Data-Driven Documents
Michael Bostock, Vadim Ogievetsky, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2011
PDF (2.2 MB) | Software | Video
Divided Edge Bundling for Directional Network Data
David Selassie, Brandon Heller, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2011
PDF (8.2 MB) | Software
Orion: A System for Modeling, Transformation and Visualization of Multidimensional Heterogeneous Networks
Jeffrey Heer, Adam Perer
IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST), 2011
PDF (1.3 MB)
ReVision: Automated Classification, Analysis and Redesign of Chart Images
Manolis Savva, Nicholas Kong, Arti Chhajta, Li Fei-Fei, Maneesh Agrawala, Jeffrey Heer
ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST), 2011
PDF (5.4 MB) | Image Corpus (142.1 KB) | Notable Paper Award
Proactive Wrangling: Mixed-Initiative End-User Programming of Data Transformation Scripts
Philip J. Guo, Sean Kandel, Joseph Hellerstein, Jeffrey Heer
ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST), 2011
PDF (289.3 KB) | Website
Peripheral Paced Respiration: Influencing User Physiology during Information Work
Neema Moraveji, Ben Olson, Truc Nguyen, Mahmoud Saadat, Yaser Khalighi, Roy Pea, Jeffrey Heer
ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST), 2011
PDF (382.6 KB)
MUSE: Reviving Memories Using Email Archives
Sudheendra Hangal, Monica S. Lam, Jeffrey Heer
ACM User Interface Software & Technology (UIST), 2011
PDF (1.9 MB) | Application
An Algorithm and Analysis of Social Topologies from Email and Photo Tags
T. J. Purtell, Diana MacLean, Seng Keat Teh, Sudheendra Hangal, Monica S. Lam, Jeffrey Heer
Workshop on Social Network Mining & Analysis, ACM KDD, 2011
PDF (221.8 KB) | Application | Software
Visualizing Collaboration and Influence in the Open-Source Software Community
Brandon Heller, Eli Marschner, Evan Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Heer
Mining Software Repositories, 223–226, 2011
PDF (15.9 MB) | Website
Wrangler: Interactive Visual Specification of Data Transformation Scripts
Sean Kandel, Andreas Paepcke, Joseph Hellerstein, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2011
PDF (1.9 MB) | Video | Website
CommentSpace: Structured Support for Collaborative Visual Analysis
Wesley Willett, Jeffrey Heer, Joseph Hellerstein, Maneesh Agrawala
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2011
PDF (7.0 MB) | Video | Website | Best Paper Nominee
Groups Without Tears: Mining Social Topologies from Email
Diana MacLean, Sudheendra Hangal, Seng Keat Teh, Monica S. Lam, Jeffrey Heer
Intelligent User Interfaces, 2011
PDF (507.3 KB) | Website

2010
An Extension of Wilkinson’s Algorithm for Positioning Tick Labels on Axes
Justin Talbot, Sharon Lin, Pat Hanrahan
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2010
PDF (1.1 MB) | Software
Declarative Language Design for Interactive Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, Michael Bostock
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2010
PDF (474.1 KB) | Best Paper Honorable Mention
Narrative Visualization: Telling Stories with Data
Edward Segel, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2010
PDF (1.4 MB)
Perceptual Guidelines for Creating Rectangular Treemaps
Nicholas Kong, Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2010
PDF (542.0 KB) | Best Paper Honorable Mention
All Friends are not Equal: Using Weights in Social Graphs to Improve Search
Sudheendra Hangal, Diana MacLean, Monica S. Lam, Jeffrey Heer
Workshop on Social Network Mining & Analysis, ACM KDD, 2010
PDF (524.3 KB)
Tracing Genealogical Data with TimeNets
Nam Wook Kim, Stuart K. Card, Jeffrey Heer
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 241–248, 2010
PDF (1.3 MB)
Crowdsourcing Graphical Perception: Using Mechanical Turk to Assess Visualization Design
Jeffrey Heer, Michael Bostock
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 203–212, 2010
PDF (607.4 KB) | Best Paper Nominee

2009
Protovis: A Graphical Toolkit for Visualization
Michael Bostock, Jeffrey Heer
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 2009
PDF (1.4 MB) | Website
Topic Modeling for the Social Sciences
Daniel Ramage, Evan Rosen, Jason Chuang, Christopher D. Manning, Daniel A. McFarland
Workshop on Applications for Topic Models, NIPS, 2009
PDF (442.6 KB) | Software
The Design of Sense.us
Jeffrey Heer
Beautiful Data, T. Segaran & J. Hammerbacher (Eds.), O'Reilly, 2009
Website
EnsembleMatrix: Interactive Visualization to Support Machine Learning with Multiple Classifiers
Justin Talbot, Bongshin Lee, Ashish Kapoor, Desney Tan
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2009
PDF (626.6 KB)
Sizing the Horizon: The Effects of Chart Size and Layering on the Graphical Perception of Time Series Visualizations
Jeffrey Heer, Nicholas Kong, Maneesh Agrawala
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2009
PDF (442.3 KB) | Best Paper Award
Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Asynchronous Collaborative Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg
Communications of the ACM, 52(1), 87–97, 2009
PDF (3.0 MB) | Video

2008
A Probabilistic Model of the Categorical Association between Colors
Jason Chuang, Maureen Stone, Pat Hanrahan
Color Imaging Conference, 6–11, 2008
PDF (949.3 KB) | Presentation (1.6 MB)
Graphical Histories for Visualization: Supporting Analysis, Communication, and Evaluation
Jeffrey Heer, Jock Mackinlay, Chris Stolte, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 14(6), 1189–1196, 2008
PDF (2.6 MB)
Vispedia: Interactive Visual Exploration of Wikipedia Data via Search-Based Integration
Bryan Chan, Leslie Wu, Justin Talbot, Mike Cammarano, Pat Hanrahan
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 14(6), 1213–1220, 2008
PDF (621.6 KB) | Website
Generalized Selection via Interactive Query Relaxation
Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala, Wesley Willett
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 959–968, 2008
PDF (585.1 KB) | Video
Design Considerations for Collaborative Visual Analytics
Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
Information Visualization Journal, 7(1), 49–62, 2008
PDF (347.4 KB)

2007
Animated Transitions in Statistical Data Graphics
Jeffrey Heer, George Robertson
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 13(6), 1240–1247, 2007
PDF (591.5 KB) | Video
Scented Widgets: Improving Navigation Cues with Embedded Visualizations
Wesley Willett, Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 13(6), 1129–1136, 2007
PDF (848.1 KB)
Visualization of Heterogeneous Data
Mike Cammarano, Xin (Luna) Dong, Bryan Chan, Jeff Klingner, Justin Talbot, Alon Halevy, Pat Hanrahan
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 13(6), 1200–1207, 2007
PDF (1.6 MB) | Website
Design Considerations for Collaborative Visual Analytics
Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST), 171–178, 2007
PDF (692.4 KB)
Momento: Support for Situated Ubicomp Experimentation
Scott Carter, Jennifer Mankoff, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 125–134, 2007
PDF (1.6 MB)
Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Asynchronous Collaborative Information Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 1029–1038, 2007
PDF (998.5 KB) | Video

2006
Multi-Scale Banking to 45 Degrees
Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 12(5), 701–708, 2006
PDF (1.4 MB)
Software Design Patterns for Information Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, Maneesh Agrawala
IEEE Trans. Visualization & Comp. Graphics (Proc. InfoVis), 12(5), 853–860, 2006
PDF (2.0 MB)
TimeTree: Exploring Time Changing Hierarchies
Stuart K. Card, Bongwon Suh, Bryan Pendleton, Jeffrey Heer, John W. Bodnar
IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST), 3–10, 2006
PDF (2.7 MB)
Profiles as Conversation: Networked Identity Performance on Friendster
danah boyd, Jeffrey Heer
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), 2006
PDF (1.3 MB)
Does Binding of Synesthetic Color to the Evoking Grapheme Require Attention?
Noam Sagiv, Jeffrey Heer, Lynn Robertson
Cortex, 42(4), 232–242, 2006
PDF (281.6 KB)
Socializing Visualization
Jeffrey Heer
Social Visualization Workshop, ACM CHI, 2006
PDF (201.6 KB)

2005
Flow Map Layout
Doantam Phan, Ling Xiao, Ron Yeh, Pat Hanrahan, Terry Winograd
IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis), 219–224, 2005
PDF (2.1 MB)
Vizster: Visualizing Online Social Networks
Jeffrey Heer, danah boyd
IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis), 32–39, 2005
PDF (1.8 MB) | Video | Website
Prefuse: A Toolkit for Interactive Information Visualization
Jeffrey Heer, Stuart K. Card, James Landay
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 421–430, 2005
PDF (1.2 MB) | Video | Website

2004
DOITrees Revisited: Scalable, Space-Constrained Visualization of Hierarchical Data
Jeffrey Heer, Stuart K. Card
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 421–424, 2004
PDF (298.2 KB)
Seeing the Invisible
Jeffrey Heer, Peter Khooshabeh
AVI Workshop on Invisible & Transparent Interfaces, 2004
PDF (158.4 KB)
Presiding Over Accidents: System Direction of Human Action
Jeffrey Heer, Nathan Good, Ana Ramirez Chang, Marc Davis, Jennifer Mankoff
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 463–470, 2004
PDF (378.2 KB)
All Together Now: Visualizing Local and Remote Actors of Localized Activity
Scott Lederer, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 1107–1110, 2004
PDF (111.4 KB)
Wideband Displays: Mitigating Multiple Monitor Seams
Jock Mackinlay, Jeffrey Heer
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 1521–1524, 2004
PDF (356.0 KB)

2003
liquid: Context-Aware Distributed Queries
Jeffrey Heer, Alan Newberger, Chris Beckmann, Jason I. Hong
Ubiquitous Computing, 140–148, 2003
PDF (290.2 KB)
Efficient User Interest Estimation in Fisheye Views
Jeffrey Heer, Stuart K. Card
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 836–837, 2003
PDF (280.7 KB)

2002
What Did They Do? Understanding Clickstreams with the WebQuilt Visualization System
Sarah Waterson, Jason I. Hong, Tim Sohn, Jeffrey Heer, Tara Matthews, James Landay
Advanced Visual Interfaces, 94–102, 2002
PDF (480.6 KB)
LumberJack: Intelligent Discovery and Analysis of Web User Traffic Composition
Ed H. Chi, Adam Rosien, Jeffrey Heer
WEBKDD, 1–16, 2002
PDF (482.9 KB)
Separating the Swarm: Categorization Methods for User Sessions on the Web
Jeffrey Heer, Ed H. Chi
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 243–250, 2002
PDF (451.8 KB)

2001
WebQuilt: A Proxy-based Approach to Remote Web Usability Testing
Jason I. Hong, Jeffrey Heer, Sarah Waterson, James Landay
ACM Trans. on Information Systems, 19(3), 263–285, 2001
PDF (2.8 MB)
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