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Xiaoyu Wang
Ph.D. Student
UNC Charlotte
viztang@gmail.com

Advisor : Dr.William Ribarsky


Curriculum Vitae

(Last Update : Nov 18, 2009)


Important Due Dates:
Venue Abs Due Date Due Date Notification
EuroVis Nov 27 Dec 4  
VAST'10      

 

 

Research

I am a Ph.D. student of Computer Science at UNC Charlotte and a member of the Data Visualization Group(DVG) at the Charlotte Visualization Center

My research focuses on understanding knowledge-assisted visualization and constructing a mixed-initialtive visualization environment. My interests also extends to visualizing geo-spatial, temporal information. Currently, my primary projects involve augmenting visualization with knowledge sources.

My previous work includes visualizing document activities for knowledge workes in an enterprise environment (with Eric A. Bier (PARC)); providing cohesive visual analytics system for bridge managements (with USDOT); supporting visual analysis of the Global Terrorism Database (collaboration with START center); and with Danyel Fisher (Microsoft Research) on visualizing heterogeneous information to centralize and analyze network operations, etc..

Prior to my work in Visual Analytics, I had worked on 3D volumetric visualization for EPA on analyzing the temporal development of air pollution.

Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte,NC, Exp.Grad May 2011
Ph.D Student
Department of Computer Science
Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, Beijing China, Sep 2002 - June 2006
Bachelor of Engineering
Department of Telecommunications
Experience
08/2009 to 08/2010 Visiting Researcher, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, CA, USA
05/2009 to 08/2009 Research Intern, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto,CA, USA
01/2008 to 04/2008 Research Intern, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
08/2005 to 05/2006 Software Engineer, Motorola China, Beijing, China
Publication                                              Legends: Journal Conference Workshop Miscellaneous InSubmission
2009
  Defining and Applying Knowledge Conversion Processes to a Visual Analytics System (PDF)
Xiaoyu Wang, Dong Hyun Jeong, Wenwen Dou, Seok-won Lee, William Ribarsky and Remco Chang
Elsevier Computers & Graphics Volume 33, Issue 5, October 2009, Pages 616-623
SPIE Towards Sustainable Infrastructure Management: Knowledge-based Service-oriented Computing Framework for Visual Analytics (PDF)
Rashna Vatcha, Seok-Won Lee, Ajeet Murty, William Tolone, Xiaoyu Wang, Wenwen Dou, Remco Chang, William Ribarsky, Wanqiu Liu, Shen-en Chen, Edd Hauser
SPIE Visual Analytics for Homeland Defense and Security 2009
Knowledge Integrated Visual Analysis of Bridge Safety and Maintenance (PDF)
Xiaoyu Wang, Wenwen Dou, Rashna Vatcha, Wanqiu Liu, Shen-En Chen, Seok-won Lee, Remco Chang, and William Ribarsky
SPIE Visual Analytics for Homeland Defense and Security 2009
Visualization as Integration of Processes (PDF)
Xiaoyu Wang, Wenwen Dou, William Ribarsky and Remco Chang
SPIE Visual Analytics for Homeland Defense and Security 2009

Integrated Remote Sensing and Visualization (IRSV) System for Transportation Infrastructure Operations and Management (PDF)

William Ribarsky, Edd Hauser, Shen-en Chen, Bill Tolone, Seok-won Lee, Remco Chang, Wanqiu Liu, Rashna Vatcha and Xiaoyu Wang

Poster at the 88th annual Transportation Research Board (TRB)

2008

Investigative Visual Analysis of Global Terrorism (PDF) (Talk)
Xiaoyu Wang, Erin Miller, Kathleen Smarick, William Ribarsky, Remco Chang.

Journal of Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis 2008) , vol. 27, num. 3, 2008

A Blackboard-based Approach towards Predictive Analytics (PDF)

Jia Yue, Anita Raja, Dingxiang Liu, Xiaoyu Wang and William Ribarsky
Spring 2009 AAAI Symposium on Technosocial Predictive Analytics, Stanford University, CA, March 23-25, 2009.
The Role of Blackboard-based Reasoning and Visual Analytics in RESIN's Predictive Analysis (PDF)
Dingxiang Liu, Jia Yue, Xiaoyu Wang, Anita Raja, William Ribarsky.
Proceedings of 2008 IEEE/ WIC/ ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2008), pp 508-511, Sydney, Dec 9-12, 2008.
Integrating visual analysis with ontological knowledge structure (PDF)
Xiaoyu Wang, Wenwen Dou, Seok-won Lee, William Ribarsky, Remco Chang
IEEE Visualization 2008 Workshop on Knowledge Assisted Visualization
OpsVisOverview
Using visualization to support network and application management in a data center (PDF)
Danyel Fisher, David A. Maltz, Albert Greenberg, Xiaoyu Wang, Heather Warncke, George Robertson, and Mary Czerwinski.
Internet Network Management Workshop, 2008. INM 2008. IEEE 19-19 Oct. 2008 Page(s):1 - 6
Global Terrorism Visualization (PDF)
Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Xiaoyu Wang, Alex Godwin, Wenwen Dou, Remco Chang, Robert Kosara, William Ribarsky.
Student Poster Session at DHS University Network Summ
2004
Internet Surveillance System (PDF)
Xiaoyu Wang, Le Luo, Peng Wang, and Yufen Han.
Innovation Lab Paper, Beijing Univerisy of Post and Telecommunication
Talks
2009 Palo Alto Research Center Talks Aug 11 PARC
From Visual Exporation to Story Telling
UNC Charlotte Visualization Center Seminar Jan22 UNCC
Applying Visual Analytics System to Bridge Management
2008

IEEE Visualization 2008 Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Visual Analytics Education

Oct 24, 2008 Columbus, Ohio, USA
participated in Dr. Theresa-Marie Rhyne's presentation on visual analytics for transporation engineers, along with Wenwen Dou
Knowledge Assisted Visualization Workshop 2008 (ppt) Oct 19, 2008 Columbus, Ohio, USA
Integrating Visual Analysis with Ontological Knowledge Structure
EuroVis Presentaion (Courtesy to Remco Chang) (ppt) May 27, 2008 Eindhoven,
Netherland
Investigative Visual Analysis of Global Terrorism
2007 START Center at University of Maryland (ppt) Nov 19, 2007 College Park,
MD
Integrated Visual Analysis of the Global Terrorism Database
Projects
2008 Visual Analytical System Design for North Carolina Department of Transportation
A bridge infrastructure collaborated with NCDOT.
2007   Educational Robot software Design
This project is mean to design an Robot software for Educational purpose.
2006 3D Visualization of EPA Weather Model
This project is directed by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the goal of better understanding current weather patterns and acquire more useful information in; those models, for future broadcasting and study.