Visual Information Communication

Part I - The Arts of Visual Layout, Presentation & Exploration

- The Physical Visualization of Information: Designing Data Sculptures in an Educational Context

- Visual Analysis of History of World Cup: A Dynamic Network with Dynamic Hierarchy and Geographic Clustering

- From Tree to Graph - Experiments with E-Spring Algorithm

- Visual Navigation with Schematic Maps

- DOI-Wave: A Focus+Context Interaction Technique for Networks Based on Attention-Reactive Interface

Part II - The Design of Visual Attributes, Symbols & Languages

- Multi-dimensional Data Visualization using Concentric Coordinates

- Construct Connotation Dictionary of Visual Symbols

- Constructing Confluent Context-Sensitive Graph Grammars from Nonconfluent Productions for Parsing Efficiency

- Experimental Color in Computer Icons

Part III - Methods for Visual Analytics & Knowledge Discovery

- Hidden Cluster Detection for Infectious Disease Control and Quarantine Management

- Multi-Scale Vortex Extraction of Ocean Flow

- A Novel Visualization Method for Detecting DDoS Network Attacks

- A Pool of Topics: Interactive Relational Topic Visualization for Information Discovery

Part IV - Systems, Interfaces and Applications of Visualization

- DaisyViz: A Model-based User Interface Toolkit for Development of Interactive Information Visualization

- A New Interactive Platform for Visual Analytics of Social Networks

- Strategic Paths and Memory Map: Exploring a Building and Memorizing Knowledge

- Information Visualization Approach on the University Examination Timetabling Problem

- Making Traffic Safety Personal: Visualization and Customization of National Traffic Fatalities

- Visualizing Table Dependency Relations to Reveal Network Characters in Database Applications

- Visualized Feature Modeling in Software Product Line

Part V - Methods for Multimedia Data Recognition & Processing

- A Useful Visualization Technique: A Literature Review

Kang Zhang is a Professor in Computer Science and Director of Visual Computing Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, China, in 1982; and Ph.D. from the University of Brighton, UK, in 1990. He held academic positions in the UK and Australia, prior to joining UTD. Zhang's current research interests are in the areas of visual languages, graphical visualization, and Web engineering; and has published over 130 papers in these areas. He has taught computer graphics and related subjects at both graduate and undergraduate levels for many years. Zhang was also an editor of two books on software visualization.