WELCOME

I am a Research Scientist in information visualization. I study how to design visual representations that help people make sense of data. My research focuses on visual encodings, accessibility, and evaluation methods.

Currently, I am part of the Visualization Design Lab at the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah, where I work with Alexander Lex.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université Paris-Saclay, where I was a member of the AVIZ team at Inria. I was advised by Tobias Isenberg. I also hold dual master’s degrees in Human-Computer Interaction and Design from Université Paris-Saclay and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Tongji University.

NEWS

2025-08-04 🏆 ReVISit2 wins the Best Paper Award at IEEE VIS 2025.
2025-07-15 📄📄📄 Three papers are accepted to IEEE VIS 2025 (Reframing Pattern, Tactile Charts for BLV Individuals, and ReVISit2).
2025-06-16 📄 Our paper on Visualizing Information on Smartwatch Faces is accepted to the Information Visualization journal. Part of this work is based on my master thesis.
2025-05-01 🙌 Serve on the committee of IEEE VIS 2025 Short Papers.
2024-10-01 💼 Join the Visualization Design LabVisualization Design Lab at the University of Utah.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer reviewed conference & journal papers

Reframing <i>Pattern</i>: A Comprehensive Approach to a Composite Visual Variable
Visualizing Information on Smartwatch Faces: A Review and Design Space
Visualizing Information on Smartwatch Faces: A Review and Design Space
Information Visualization, 2025
PREVis: Perceived Readability Evaluation for Visualizations
Design Characterization for Black-and-White Textures in Visualization
Tingying He, Yuanyang Zhong, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2024 (VIS 2023)
Studies of Part-to-Whole Glanceable Visualizations on Smartwatch Faces
BeauVis: A Validated Scale for Measuring the Aesthetic Pleasure of Visual Representations
Application of Intelligent-Interaction-Based Landscape Experience Augmentation
Jing Cao, Tingying He, Zheng Chen
Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 2018

Peer reviewed workshop papers

Position Paper: A Case to Study the Relationship between Data Visualization Readability and Visualization Literacy
In Proceedings of CHI Workshop “Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy”, 2024
Data Embroidery with Black-and-White Textures
Tingying He, Yuanyang Zhong, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg
In Proceedings of the alt.VIS Workshop (at IEEE VIS, 23 October, Melbourne, Australia), 2023
Reflections on Visualization in Motion for Fitness Trackers
In Proceedings of New Trends in HCI and Sports Workshop (at MobileHCI, September 2022, Vancouver, Canada), 2022