Information visualization (InfoVis) uses visual elements to represent abstract data. It communicates information with people by making use of human vision, which is recognized as having the widest bandwidth of all senses. The goal of InfoVis is to seamlessly integrate the visual representations and explorative interfaces together, aiming to provide users with an informative, convenient, and pleasant data exploring and communicating environment.
Our research in information visualization focuses on structured data visualization and query-driven interaction. Graphs and trees are the most classic types of structures. We study the visual representation and the layout algorithms of these structures to fulfill the desired visual properties. As interactive query becomes an indispensable means for data analysis, we study the visual operations that can assist the user to glean insight into the data.