Papers

A Spatial-Constraint Model for Activating Static Visualizations

Can Liu, Yu Zhang, Cong Wu, Chen Li, Xiaoru Yuan
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Interactive Systems. 14(2):1-29, 2024.
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PrompTHis: Visualizing the Process and Influence of Prompt Editing during Text-to-Image Creation

Yuhan Guo, Hanning Shao, Can Liu, Kai Xu, Xiaoru Yuan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Early access. 31(9):4547-4559, 2024.
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AutoTitle: An Interactive Title Generator for Visualizations

Can Liu, Yuhan Guo, Xiaoru Yuan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 30(8):5276-5288, 2023.
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Understanding Transitions in Animated Bar Charts

Datong Wei, Can Liu, Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan
Visual Intelligence. 1(12):1-15, 2023.
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OldVisOnline: Curating a Dataset of Historical Visualizations

Yu Zhang, Ruike Jiang, Liwenhan Xie, Yuheng Zhao, Can Liu, Tianhong Ding, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.. 30(1):551-561, 2023.
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Intelligent Visualization and Visual Analytics

Jun Tao, Yu Zhang, Qing Chen, Can Liu, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan
Journal of Image and Graphics (In Chinese). 2023.
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ADVISor: Automatic Visualization Answer for Natural-Language Question on Tabular Data

Can Liu, Yun Han, Ruike Jiang, Xiaoru Yuan
In Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. pages 6-15, Tianjin, China, Apr. 19-22, 2021.
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SmartCube: An Adaptive Data Management Architecture for the Real-Time Visualization of Spatiotemporal Datasets

Can Liu, Cong Wu, Hanning Shao, Xiaoru Yuan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 26(1):790-799, 2020.
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Event-Based Exploration and Comparison on Time-Varying Ensembles

Can Liu, Yanda Li, Changhe Yang, Xiaoru Yuan
Journal of Visualization (ChinaVis’19, Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award). 23(1):111-123, 2020.
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AutoCaption: An Approach to Generate Natural Language Description from Visualization Automatically

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Datong Wei, Xiaoru Yuan
In Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. pages 191-195, Tianjin, China, June 3-5, Notes, 2020.
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Visualization Driven by Deep Learning

Can Liu, Chufan Lai, Ruike Jiang, Yanda Li, Changhe Yang, Zhixian Lin, Datong Wei, Xiaoru Yuan
Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics (ChinaVis '20) (In Chinese). 32(10):1537-1548, 2020.
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Automatic Annotation Synchronizing with Textual Description for Visualization

Chufan Lai, Zhixian Lin, Ruike Jiang, Yun Han, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020). Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA, April 25-30, 2020.
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SimVecVis: A Dataset for Enhancing MLLMs in Visualization Understanding

Can Liu, Chunlin Da, Xiaoxiao Long, Yuxiao Yang, Yu Zhang, Yong Wang
In Proceedings of IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics. Notes, 2025.
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DataWink: Reusing and Adapting SVG-based Visualization Examples with Large Multimodal Models

Liwenhan Xie, Yanna Lin, Can Liu, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 2025.
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Deep Learning Approaches in Flow Visualization​

Can Liu, Ruike Jiang, Datong Wei, Changhe Yang, Yanda Li, Fang Wang, Xiaoru Yuan
Advances in Aerodynamics. 4(17):1-14, 2022.
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Visualization in digital humanities​

Yuchu Luo, Hao Wu, Yuhan Guo, Shaocong Tan, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
Big Data Research (In Chinese). 8(6):74-93, 2022.
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DNN-VolVis: Interactive Volume Visualization Supported by Deep Neural Network

Fan Hong, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. pages 282-291, Bangkok, Thailand, Apr. 23-26, 2019.
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Deep Learning-Based Viewpoint Recommendation in Volume Visualization

Changhe Yang, Yanda Li, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
Journal of Visualization. 22(5):991-1003, 2019.
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Edit-History Vis: An Interactive Visual Exploration and Analysis on Wikipedia Edit History

Yuhan Guo, Qin Han, Yuke Lou, Yiming Wang, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. pages 157-166, Seoul, South Korea, Apr. 18-21, 2023, accepted.
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Posters

Direct Manipulation of Static Visualizations

Can Liu, Yu Zhang, Cong Wu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. Online, Apr. 11-14, Poster, 2022.
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Automatic Caption Genertion for SVG Charts

Can Liu, Liwenhan Xie, Yun Han, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award). Bangkok, Thailand, Apr. 23-26, Poster, 2019.
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Automatic Annotation of Visualizations

Chufan Lai, Zhixian Lin, Can Liu, Yun Han, Ruike Jiang, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of IEEE VIS (Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award). Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 20-25, Poster, 2019.

Automatic Answer and Visualization Generation for Tabular Data

Yun Han, Wentao Zhang, Sihang Li, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (Best Poster Award). Bangkok, Thailand, Apr. 23-26, Poster, 2019.

Interactive Visual Exploration and Comparison on the Effect of Asteroid Impacts

Can Liu, Yanda Li, Changhe Yang, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of IEEE SciVis (Best Visualization of Water in Atmosphere, SciVis Contest). Berlin, German, Oct. 21-26, Poster, 2018.

Goal-Oriented Volume Visualization through Deep Neural Networks

Fan Hong, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan
In Poster Proceedings of China Visualization and Visual Analytics Conference. Shanghai, China, June. 25-28, Poster, 2018.