Network Visualization

The group’s work on visualizaing networks includes developing The Vistorian, an Interactive Visualizations for Dynamic and Multivariate Networks. Free, online, and open source. For more information, see vistorian.net.

People involved

• Benjamin Bach
• James Scott-Brown
• Sarah Schöttler
• Mashael AlKadi

Publications

Understanding Barriers to Network Exploration with Visualization: A Report from the Trenches
Mashael AlKadi, James Scott-Brown, Vanessa Serrano, Jean-Daniel Fekete, Catherine Plaisant, Uta Hinrichs, Benjamin Bach.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG, IEEE VIS, 2021) (2023)
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GAN’SDA Wrap: Geographic And Network Structured Data on surfaces that Wrap around
Kun-Ting Chen, Tim Dwyer, Yalong Yang, Benjamin Bach, Kim Marriott.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2022)
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Rotate or Wrap? Interactive Visualisations of Cyclical Data on Cylindrical or Toroidal Topologies
Kun-Ting Chen, Tim Dwyer, Benjamin Bach, Kim Marriott.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG, IEEE VIS, 2021) (2022)
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Visualizing and Interacting with Geospatial Networks: A Survey and Design Space
Sarah Schöttler, Yalong Yang, Hanspeter Pfister, Benjamin Bach.
EG/IEEE Computer Graphics Forum (2021)
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It’s a Wrap: Toroidal Wrapping of Network Visualisations Supports Cluster Understanding
Kun-Ting Chen, Tim Dwyer, Benjamin Bach, Kim Marriott.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2021)
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Visual Encodings for Networks with Multiple Edge Types
Athanasios Vogogias, Daniel Archambault, Benjamin Bach, Jessie Kennedy.
International Confernce on Advances Interfaces (AVI) (2020)
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DoughNets: Visualising Networks Using Torus Wrapping
Kun-Ting Chen, Tim Dwyer, Kim Marriott, Benjamin Bach.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2020)
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DataToon: Drawing Data Comics About Dynamic Networks with Pen + Touch Interaction
Nam Wook Kim, Nathalie Henry Riche, Benjamin Bach, Guanpeng Xu, Matthew Brehmer, Ken Hinckley, Michel Pahud, Haijun Xia, Michael J. McGuffin, Hanspeter Pfister.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2019)
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Evaluating Perceptually Complementary Views for Network Exploration Tasks
Chungli Chang, Benjamin Bach, Tim Dwyer, Kim Marriott.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Information Systems (CHI) (2017)
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Magnostics: Image-based Search of Interesting Matrix Views for Guided Network Exploration
Michael Behrisch, Benjamin Bach, Michael Hund, Michael Delz, Laura von Rueden, Jean-Daniel Fekete, Tobias Scheck.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (2017)
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Towards Unambiguous Edge Bundling: Investigating Confluent Drawings for Network Visualization
Benjamin Bach, Nathalie Henry Riche, Christophe Hurter, Kim Marriott, Tim Dwyer.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (2017)
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Telling Stories about Dynamic Networks with Graph Comics
Benjamin Bach, Nathalie Kerracher, Kyle W. Hall, Sheelagh Carpendale, Jessie Kennedy, Nathalie Henry Riche.
Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Information Systems (CHI) (2017)
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Unfolding Dynamic Networks for Visual Exploration
Benjamin Bach.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 36 (2), 74-82 (2017)
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NetworkCube: Bringing Dynamic Network Visualizations to Domain Scientists
B Bach, NH Riche, R Fernandez, E Giannisakis, B Lee, JD Fekete.
Proceedings of IEEE VIS Conference, posters (2015)
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Small MultiPiles: Piling Time to Explore Temporal Patterns in Dynamic Networks
B Bach, N Henry Riche, T Dwyer, T Madhyastha, JD Fekete, T Grabowski.
Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) (2015)
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Visualizing Dynamic Networks with Matrix Cubes
Benjamin Bach, Emmauel Pietriga, Jean-Daniel Fekete.
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (2014)
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GraphDiaries: Animated Transitions and Temporal Navigation for Dynamic Networks
B Bach, E Pietriga, JD Fekete.
Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 1-1 (2014)
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