Yingcai Wu
Professor
Heads the Interactive Data Group, working on visual analytics for urban informatics, sports and social media, and information visualization.
Yingcai Wu's lab at Zhejiang works on time series, anomaly & spatio-temporal data, computational social science and language & society. 124 papers since 2023, 32 at top venues, mostly TVCG and CHI. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 32/ year
- at T1 venues
- 26%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 31 papers2026 · T1 8 · collecting
- 39 papers2025 · T1 14
- 24 papers2024 · T1 7
- 30 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: TVCG, CHI, UIST, AAAI, CCS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Time series, anomaly & spatio-temporal data38 papers
- Language & society9 papers
- sports8 papers
- Computational social science5 papers
- information visualization0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202631 papers
- PacificVis Conference TrackA Declarative Grammar for Interactive Trajectory Visualization: Interaction as First-Class Component (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer GraphicsA Visual Analytics Approach to Traffic Signal Control Optimization for Multiple Road Intersections (opens in a new tab)
- EMNLP FindingsBIRD-History: A Benchmark for History-Driven Text-to-SQL with Fine-Grained Knowledge Annotations
- Journal of VisualizationCamouflageVis: a visual analytics approach for discovering camouflaged malicious entities in e-commerce (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISCausality-based Visual Analytics of Sentiment Contagion in Social Media Topics (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Cerebra: Aligning Implicit Knowledge in Interactive SQL Authoring (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)ChronoMantic: A Natural Language Interface for Interactive Time Series Pattern Query (opens in a new tab)
- TVCGCollaborative Small and Large Models for Crowd Simulation With Incomplete Trajectory Data (opens in a new tab)
- Visual InformaticsCustMatcher: Enhancing preference-driven people-to-people recommendation (opens in a new tab)
- ICML (T1)Dynamic TMoE: A Drift-Aware Dynamic Mixture of Experts Framework for Non-Stationary Time Series Forecasting (opens in a new tab)
- EMNLP MainFEA-SLT: A Gloss-Free End-to-End Framework for Facial-Expression-Aware Sign Language Translation (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Visualization / ChinaVisGeoAnimation: A Grammar for Animated Geographic Visualization (opens in a new tab)
202539 papers
- Journal of VisualizationA Domain Knowledge-Driven Visual Analytics System for Photovoltaic Power Time Series Forecasting (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISAdversaFlow: Visual Red Teaming for Large Language Models with Multi-Level Adversarial Flow (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISBlowing Seeds Across Gardens: Visualizing Implicit Propagation of Cross-Platform Social Media Posts (opens in a new tab)
- AAAI (T1)CAMH: Advancing Model Hijacking Attack in Machine Learning (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)CAnnotator: Photo-Guided Color Annotation for Degraded Ancient Paintings (opens in a new tab)
- TVCGChartGPT: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Charts From Abstract Natural Language (opens in a new tab)
- TVCGChronoDeck: A Visual Analytics Approach for Hierarchical Time Series Analysis (opens in a new tab)
- EMNLP MainCLLMate: A Multimodal Benchmark for Weather and Climate Events Forecasting (opens in a new tab)
- Visual InformaticsCodeLin: An in situ visualization method for understanding data transformation scripts (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)CoGrader: Transforming Instructors' Assessment of Project Reports through Collaborative LLM Integration (opens in a new tab)
- Clinical NeurophysiologyEEG signature orchestrating expression of ictal behavior in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (opens in a new tab)
- Computer Science ReviewEmpowering multimodal analysis with visualization: A survey (opens in a new tab)
202424 papers
- TVCGA Comparative Study on Fixed-order Event Sequence Visualizations: Gantt, Extended Gantt, and Stringline Charts (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TITSA Deep Spatiotemporal Trajectory Representation Learning Framework for Clustering (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISAction-Evaluator: A Visualization Approach for Player Action Evaluation in Soccer (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer GraphicsAn Electroencephalogram Visual Analytics Approach for Epilepsy (opens in a new tab)
- Visual InformaticsArtEyer: Enriching GPT-based agents with contextual data visualizations for fine art authentication (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of VisualizationAudio-visual training and feedback to learn touch-based gestures (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISCausality-Based Visual Analysis of Questionnaire Responses (opens in a new tab)
- Visual InformaticsIntelligent CAD 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- TVCGInteractive Table Synthesis with Natural Language (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / PacificVis TVCG Journal TrackJsonCurer: Data Quality Management for JSON Based on an Aggregated Schema (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH Art GalleryLoss of Sonnet 18 (opens in a new tab)
- TVCGMediVizor: Visual Mediation Analysis of Nominal Variables (opens in a new tab)
202330 papers
- Journal of VisualizationAn intelligent approach to automatically discovering visual insights (opens in a new tab)
- UIST (T1)AR-Enhanced Workouts: Exploring Visual Cues for At-Home Workout Videos in AR Environment (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISDashBot: Insight-Driven Dashboard Generation Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISECoalVis: Visual Analysis of Control Strategies in Coal-fired Power Plants (opens in a new tab)
- SIGSPATIALEpidemic Amplifier Detection: Finding High-Risk Locations in COVID-19 Cases' Location Sequences via Multi-task Learning (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of VisualizationExploring Effective Relationships Between Visual-Audio Channels in Data Visualization (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE CG&AGrand Challenges in Visual Analytics Applications (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeurosurgeryIctal EEG desynchronization during low-voltage fast activity for prediction of surgical outcomes in focal epilepsy (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISIn Defence of Visual Analytics Systems: Replies to Critics (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE TVCG / IEEE VISMetaGlyph: Automatic Generation of Metaphoric Glyph-based Visualization (opens in a new tab)
- VDS @ IEEE VISNeighViz: Towards Better Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Social Groups with Spatial Data (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Notable: On-the-fly Assistant for Data Storytelling in Computational Notebooks (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went
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Apply to ZhejiangFall 2027
Computer Science PhD (international applicants)
- Round
- Self-funded
- Opens
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- GRE
- See program page
- English
- Per ZJU language requirements
- Fee
- RMB 800
Not yet confirmed for this intake.
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