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PREVis: Perceived Readability Evaluation for Visualizations

DiffFit: Visually-Guided Differentiable Fitting of Molecule Structures to a Cryo-EM Map

The Language of Infographics: Toward Understanding Conceptual Metaphor Use in Scientific Storytelling

SpatialTouch: Exploring Spatial Data Visualizations in Cross-reality

The State of Reproducibility Stamps for Visualization Research Papers

Virtual Reality Inspection of Chromatin 3D and 2D Data

A Survey of Designs for Combined 2D+3D Visual Representations

Visualizing and Comparing Machine Learning Predictions to Improve Human-AI Teaming on the Example of Cell Lineage

Design Characterization for Black-and-White Textures in Visualization

MeTACAST: Target- and Context-aware Spatial Selection in VR

Toward FAIR Visualization of Visualization Research

Moliverse: Contextually Embedding the Microcosm into the Universe

State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments

V-Mail: 3D-Enabled Correspondence about Spatial Data on (Almost) All Your Devices

BeauVis: A Validated Scale for Measuring the Aesthetic Pleasure of Visual Representations

Is This (Panel) Good Enough for IEEE VIS?

Challenges of Intracellular Visualization using Virtual and Augmented Reality

Personal Experiences of Providing and Using Research Prototypes

LineageD: An Interactive Visual System for Plant Cell Lineage Assignments based on Correctable Machine Learning

Hybrid Touch/Tangible Spatial Selection in Augmented Reality

Understanding Differences between Combinations of 2D and 3D Input and Output Devices for 3D Data Visualization

Do You Believe Your (Social Media) Data? A Personal Story on Location Data Biases, Errors, and Plausibility as well as their Visualization

Point Specification in Collaborative Visualization for 3D Scalar Fields Using Augmented Reality

Molecumentary: Adaptable Narrated Documentaries Using Molecular Visualization

Book chapters in »Mobile Data Visualization«

Multiscale Unfolding: Illustratively Visualizing the Whole Genome at a Glance

Document Domain Randomization for Deep Learning Document Layout Extraction

Curve Complexity Heuristic KD-trees for Neighborhood-based Exploration of 3D Curves

Design and Evaluation of Three Selection Techniques for Tightly Packed 3D Objects in Cell Lineage Specification in Botany

VIS30K: A Collection of Figures and Tables from IEEE Visualization Conference Publications

The State of the Art of Spatial Interfaces for 3D Visualization

Collaborative Work in Augmented Reality: A Survey

HyperLabels—Browsing of Dense and Hierarchical Molecular 3D Models

Visual Abstraction

Towards an Understanding of Augmented Reality Extensions for Existing 3D Data Analysis Tools

ScaleTrotter: Illustrative Visual Travels Across Negative Scales

Augmenting Tactile 3D Data Navigation With Pressure Sensing

Hybrid Touch/Tangible Spatial 3D Data Selection

A Model of Spatial Directness in Interaction for Visualization

Multiscale Molecular Visualization

Analysis of Drawing Characteristics for Reproducing Traditional Hand-Made Stippling

Book chapters in »Immersive Analytics«

Reducing Affective Responses to Surgical Images through Color Manipulation and Stylization

DimSUM: Dimension and Scale Unifying Maps for Visual Abstraction of DNA Origami Structures

A Survey of Surface-Based Illustrative Rendering for Visualization

Pondering the Concept of Abstraction in (Illustrative) Visualization

Multiscale Visualization and Scale-Adaptive Modification of DNA Nanostructures

Analysis of Locally Coupled 3D Manipulation Mappings Based on Mobile Device Motion

Visualization Paper Submission and Keyword Dataset

A Survey of Digital Stippling

Neural Style Transfer: A Paradigm Shift for Image-based Artistic Rendering?

Mouse, Tactile, and Tangible Input for 3D Manipulation

Pressure-Based Gain Factor Control for Mobile 3D Interaction using Locally-Coupled Devices

vispubdata.org: A Metadata Collection about IEEE Visualization (VIS) Publications

Hybrid Tactile/Tangible Interaction for 3D Data Exploration

Visualization as Seen Through its Research Paper Keywords

Preference Between Allocentric and Egocentric 3D Manipulation in a Locally Coupled Configuration

A Tangible Volume for Portable 3D Interaction

Interactive Exploration of 3D Scientific Visualizations on Large Display Surfaces

A Survey of Perceptually Motivated 3D Visualization of Medical Image Data

Interactive NPAR: What type of tools should we create?

CAST: Effective and Efficient User Interaction for Context-Aware Selection in 3D Particle Clouds

Occlusion-free Blood Flow Animation with Wall Thickness Visualization

Towards an Understanding of Mobile Touch Navigation in a Stereoscopic Viewing Environment for 3D Data Exploration

Drawing Characteristics for Reproducing Traditional Hand-Made Stippling

Interactive Illustrative Line Styles and Line Style Transfer Functions for Flow Visualization

Exploration of the Brain's White Matter Structure through Visual Abstraction and Multi-Scale Local Fiber Tract Contraction

Lightweight Relief Shearing for Enhanced Terrain Perception on Interactive Maps

A Survey of Illustrative Visualization Techniques for Diffusion-Weighted MRI Tractography

Visualization on Interactive Surfaces: A Research Overview

An Illustrative Data Graphic in an 18th–19th Century Style

A Systematic Review on the Practice of Evaluating Visualization

Bristle Maps: A Multivariate Abstraction Technique for Geovisualization

Re-imagining the Interaction Paradigm for Scientific Visualization

Weighted Graph Comparison Techniques for Brain Connectivity Analysis

Interactive Example-based Hatching

Data Visualization on Interactive Surfaces

Visual Abstraction and Stylization of Maps

State of the ‘Art’: A Taxonomy of Artistic Stylization Techniques for Images and Video

Book chapters in »Image and Video based Artistic Stylisation«

Efficient Structure-Aware Selection Techniques for 3D Point Cloud Visualizations with 2DOF Input

Sketchy Rendering for Information Visualization

Evaluating Sketchiness as a Visual Variable for the Depiction of Qualitative Uncertainty

A Design Study of Direct-Touch Interaction for Exploratory 3D Scientific Visualization

Continuous Navigation of Nested Abstraction Levels

Touch Interaction with 3D Scientific Visualizations

Semantics by Analogy for Illustrative Volume Visualization

RealTimeChess: A Participatory Design Process for a Collaborative Multi-Touch, Multi-User Game

Illustrative Molecular Visualization with Continuous Abstraction

Integrating 2D Mouse Emulation with 3D Manipulation for Visualizations on a Multi-Touch Table

FI3D: Direct-Touch Interaction for the Exploration of 3D Scientific Visualization Spaces

An Evaluation of Deferred Shading Under Changing Conditions

Exploring Frame Gestures for Fluid Freehand Sketching

Example-Based Stippling using a Scale-Dependent Grayscale Process

DTI in Context: Illustrating Brain Fiber Tracts In Situ

Supporting Sandtray Therapy on an Interactive Tabletop

Depth-Dependent Halos: Illustrative Rendering of Dense Line Data

Stippling By Example

Presenting using Two-Handed Interaction in Open Space

Mobile Spatial Tools for Fluid Interaction

Measuring Stipple Aesthetics in Hand-Drawn and Computer-Generated Images

Mimicking Hand-Drawn Pencil Lines

Interactive Exploratory Visualization of 2D Vector Fields

Interactive Stroke-Based NPR using Hand Postures on Large Displays

Modeling with Rendering Primitives: An Interactive Non-Photorealistic Canvas

NPR Lenses: Interactive Tools for Non-Photorealistic Line Drawings

A Case Study from the Point of View of Aesthetics: A Dialogue Between an Artist and a Computer Scientist

Sketching, Scaffolding, and Inking: A Visual History for Interactive 3D Modeling

Exploring 3D Interaction in Alternate Control-Display Space Mappings

Interactive Annotations on Large, High-Resolution Information Displays

Non-Photorealistic Rendering in Context: An Observational Study

G-Strokes: A Concept for Simplifying Line Stylization

A Buffer Framework for Supporting Responsive Interaction in Information Visualization Interfaces

An Interactive 3D Integration of Parallel Coordinates and Star Glyphs

Combining Silhouettes, Shading, and Volume Rendering for Surgery Education and Planning


Skeleton Extraction for Polygonal Models


High Quality Hatching


Use of Hybrid Rendering Styles for Presentation

OpenNPAR: A System for Developing, Programming, and Designing Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering

Interest Value Driven Adaptive Subdivision

Illustration Watermarks for Vector Graphics

Silhouette/Contour Detection on Polygonal Models

Stylizing Silhouettes at Interactive Rates: From Silhouette Edges to Silhouette Strokes

3D Illustrative Effects for Animating Line Drawings

Visualizing Knowledge about Virtual Reconstructions of Ancient Architecture