My research mainly focuses on
two important aspects of visual analytics of large data: trustworthy visual analytics to ensure the reliability and
trustworthiness of the visual analytics, and visual analytics applications to solve practical problems.
In brief, my research interests include
Authors associated with * are/were the interns I have supervised
LoyalTracker: Visualizing Loyalty Dynamics in Search Engines
Conglei Shi*, Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Hong Zhou, Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2014).
Honorable Mention Award, Best Paper Candidate.
StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories
Shixia Liu, Yingcai Wu, Enxun Wei, Mengchen Liu, Yang Liu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE InfoVis 2013)
OpinionFlow: Visual Analysis of Opinion Diffusion on Social Media
Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Kai Yan*, Mengchen Liu, Fangzhao Wu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2014)
OpinionSeer: Interactive Visualization of Online Hotel Customer Feedback.
Yingcai Wu, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Norman Au, Weiwei Zhou, Hong Zhou, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE InfoVis 2010)
EvoRiver: Visual Analysis of Topic Coopetition on Social Media
Guodao Sun*, Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Tai-Quan Peng, Jonathan J.H. Zhu, Ronghua Liang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2014)
Visual Analysis of Topic Competition on Social Media
Panpan Xu*, Yingcai Wu, Enxun Wei, Taiquan Peng, Shixia Liu, Jianhua Zhu, Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2013)
Breaking News on Twitter?
Mengdie Hu, Shixia Liu, Furu Wei, Yingcai Wu, John Stasko, Kwan-Liu Ma.
In Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI 2012.
This work has been reported by MSNBC; Washington Times; ReadWriteWeb; LA Times; Poynter; GT news.
Semantic-Preserving Word Cloud Generation by Seam Carving.
Yingcai Wu, Thomas Provan, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Kwan-Liu Ma.
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2011).
OpinionFlow: Visual Analysis of Opinion Diffusion on Social Media
Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Kai Yan*, Mengchen Liu, Fangzhao Wu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2014)
OpinionSeer: Interactive Visualization of Online Hotel Customer Feedback.
Yingcai Wu, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Norman Au, Weiwei Zhou, Hong Zhou, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE InfoVis 2010)
Trustworthy visual analytics can be crucial for making a proper decision to avoid undesired consequences in many scenarios such as medical diagnosis and business intelligence. Data analysis, especially for exploring large data, is often an iterative, complex process where ambiguity and uncertainty can easily arise in any step and spread through the subsequent process. To resolve ambiguity and reveal uncertainty in interactive visual analytics, we need a new set of techniques and tools beyond conventional statistical analysis. Aiming at this goal, I have conducted in-depth research on the methodologies and techniques in trustworthy visual analytics including unambiguous visual analytics of volume data, faithful Information visualization, and uncertainty-aware visual analytics.
Visualizing Flow of Uncertainty through Analytical Processes
Yingcai Wu, Guo-Xun Yuan, Kwan-Liu Ma.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE InfoVis 2012)
OpinionSeer: Interactive Visualization of Online Hotel Customer Feedback.
Yingcai Wu, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Norman Au, Weiwei Zhou, Hong Zhou, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE InfoVis 2010)
Perceptually Based Depth-Ordering Enhancement for Direct Volume Rendering
Lin Zheng, Yingcai Wu, Kwan-Liu Ma
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(3):446-459, 2013.
(Selected for presentation in IEEE VIS 2013)
Perception-based transparency optimization for direct volume rendering.
Ming-Yuen Chan, Yingcai Wu, Wai-Ho Mak, Wei Chen, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2009).
Honorable Mention Award, Best Paper Candidate.
ViSizer - A Visualization Resizing Framework.
Yingcai Wu, Xiaotong Liu, Shixia Liu, Kwan-Liu Ma
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(2):278-290, 2013.
(Selected for presentation in IEEE VisWeek 2012)
Interactive visual optimization and analysis for RFID benchmarking.
Yingcai Wu, Ka-Kei Chung, Huamin Qu, Xiaoru Yuan, and S.C. Cheung.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2009)