Tingying He

ABOUT

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.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer reviewed conference & journal papers

BibTeX entry:

Touching or chatting: The utility of LLMs and tactile charts for learning about complex chart types by BLV individuals

Tingying He, Maggie McCracken, Daniel Hajas, Sarah Creem-Regehr, Alexander Lex

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2027 [VIS 2026]

paper website

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Using tactile charts to support comprehension and learning of complex visualizations for blind and low-vision individuals

Tingying He, Maggie McCracken, Daniel Hajas, Sarah Creem-Regehr, Alexander Lex

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026 [VIS 2025]

paper website talk arXiv OSF

Reframing <i>pattern</i>: A comprehensive approach to a composite visual variable

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Reframing pattern: A comprehensive approach to a composite visual variable

Tingying He, Jason Dykes, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026 [VIS 2025]

paper talk arXiv OSF

BibTeX entry:

ReVISit 2: A full experiment life cycle user study framework

Zach Cutler, Jack Wilburn, Hilson Shrestha, Yiren Ding, Brian Bollen, Khandaker Abrar Nadib, Tingying He, Andrew McNutt, Lane Harrison, Alexander Lex

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026 [VIS 2025]

Best Paper Award

paper website talk arXiv OSF

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Visualizing information on smartwatch faces: A review and design space

Alaul Islam, Tingying He, Anastasia Bezerianos, Tanja Blascheck, Bongshin Lee, Petra Isenberg

Information Visualization, 2025

doi: 10.1177/14738716251360339

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Evaluating encodings for bivariate edges in adjacency matrices

Jorge Acosta-Hernández, Alexander Lex, Tingying He

Computer Graphics Forum, 2026 [EuroVis 2026]

paper slides arXiv study code OSF

PREVis: Perceived readability evaluation for visualizations

BibTeX entry:

@article{Cabouat:2025:PPR,
author      = {Anne-Flore Cabouat and Tingying He and Petra Isenberg and Tobias Isenberg},
title       = {{PREVis}: Perceived Readability Evaluation for Visualizations},
journal     = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
year        = {2025},
volume      = {31},
doi         = {10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456318},
doi_url     = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456318},
oa_hal_url  = {https://hal.science/hal-04665390},
preprint    = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.14908},
osf_url     = {https://osf.io/9cg8j/},
github_url  = {https://github.com/AF-Cabouat/PREVis-scales},
}

PREVis: Perceived readability evaluation for visualizations

Anne-Flore Cabouat, Tingying He, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 [VIS 2024]

doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456318

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

paper website arXiv OSF bibtex

Design characterization for black-and-white textures in visualization

BibTeX entry:

@ARTICLE{He:2024:DCB,
author      = {Tingying He and Yuanyang Zhong and Petra Isenberg and Tobias Isenberg},
title       = {Design Characterization for Black-and-White Textures in Visualization},
journal     = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
year        = {2024},
oa_hal_url  = {https://hal.inria.fr/hal-04167900},
preprint    = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.10089},
osf_url     = {https://osf.io/n5zut/},
github_url  = {https://github.com/tingying-he/design-characterization-for-black-and-white-textures-in-visualization},
}

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]

doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3326941

paper talk arXiv OSF bibtex

Studies of part-to-whole glanceable visualizations on smartwatch faces

BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{blascheck:2023:studies,
author      = {Tanja Blascheck and Lonni Besan{\c{c}}on and Anastasia Bezerianos and Bongshin Lee and Alaul Islam and Tingying He and Petra Isenberg},
title       = {Studies of Part-to-Whole Glanceable Visualizations on Smartwatch Faces},
booktitle   = {Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium},
page        = {187-196},
year        = 2023
}

Studies of part-to-whole glanceable visualizations on smartwatch faces

Tanja Blascheck, Lonni Besançon, Anastasia Bezerianos, Bongshin Lee, Alaul Islam, Tingying He, Petra Isenberg

In Proceedings of the Pacific Symposium on Visualization, 2023 [PacificVis 2023]

doi: 10.1109/PacificVis56936.2023.00028

paper slides OSF bibtex

BeauVis: A validated scale for measuring the aesthetic pleasure of visual representations

BibTeX entry:

@article{He:2023:BVS,
author      = {Tingying He and Petra Isenberg and Raimund Dachselt and Tobias Isenberg},
title       = {{B}eau{V}is: A Validated Scale for Measuring the Aesthetic Pleasure of Visual Representations},
journal     = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
year        = {2023},
volume      = {29},
number      = {1},
month       = jan,
pages       = {363--373},
doi         = {10.1109/TVCG.2022.3209390},
doi_url     = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2022.3209390},
oa_hal_url  = {https://hal.inria.fr/hal-03763559},
preprint    = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.14147},
osf_url     = {https://osf.io/fxs76/},
osf_url2    = {https://osf.io/djrn3/},
github_url  = {https://github.com/tingying-he/beauvis},
video       = {https://youtu.be/b5SkPLsd2p0},
}

BeauVis: A validated scale for measuring the aesthetic pleasure of visual representations

Tingying He, Petra Isenberg, Raimund Dachselt, Tobias Isenberg

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023 [VIS 2022]

doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2022.3209390

paper talk slides arXiv code OSF bibtex

BibTeX entry:

Application of intelligent-interaction-based landscape experience augmentation

Jing Cao, Tingying He, Zheng Chen

Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 2018

doi: 10.15302/J-LAF-20180204

paper

Peer reviewed workshop papers

BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{Cabouat:2024:PPC,
author      = {Anne-Flore Cabouat and Tingying He and Florent Cabric and Tobias Isenberg and Petra Isenberg},
title       = {Position Paper: A Case to Study the Relationship between Data Visualization Readability and Visualization Literacy},
booktitle   = {Proceedings of CHI Workshop ``Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy''},
year        = {2024},
pages       = {5:1--5:10},
articleno   = {5},
numpages    = {10},
oa_hal_url  = {https://hal.science/hal-04523790}
}

Position paper: A case to study the relationship between data visualization readability and visualization literacy

Anne-Flore Cabouat, Tingying He, Florent Cabric, Tobias Isenberg, Petra Isenberg

In Proceedings of Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy Workshop at CHI, 2024

paper talk slides bibtex

Data embroidery with black-and-white textures

BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{He:2023:DEB,
author      = {Tingying He and Petra Isenberg and Tobias Isenberg},
title       = {Data Embroidery with Black-and-White Textures},
booktitle   = {Proceedings of the alt.VIS Workshop (at IEEE VIS, 23 October,
Melbourne, Australia)},
OPTeditor   = {Lonni Besançon and Derya Akbaba and Andrew McNutt and Sara Di Bartolomeo and Victor Schetinger},
year        = {2023},
oa_hal_url  = {https://hal.inria.fr/hal-04197527},
preprint    = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.02864},
osf_url     = {https://osf.io/f5b6d/},
}

Data embroidery with black-and-white textures

Tingying He, Yuanyang Zhong, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg

In Proceedings of alt.VIS Workshop at IEEE VIS, 2023

paper talk arXiv OSF bibtex

Reflections on visualization in motion for fitness trackers

BibTeX entry:

@article{Islam:2022:Reflections,
author      = {Alaul Islam and Lijie Yao and Anastasia Bezerianos and Tanja Blascheck and Tingying He and Bongshin Lee and Romain Vuillemot and Petra Isenberg},
title       = {Reflections on Visualization in Motion for Fitness Trackers},
journal     = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
year        = {2022},
month       = sep,
preprint    = {https://inria.hal.science/hal-03775633/file/Lijie_Alaul_MobileHCI_Workshop_Relfection_on_Visualization_in_Motion_for_Fitness_Trackers.pdf},
video       = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qy-dgjE4L4},
}

Reflections on visualization in motion for fitness trackers

Alaul Islam, Lijie Yao, Anastasia Bezerianos, Tanja Blascheck, Tingying He, Bongshin Lee, Romain Vuillemot, Petra Isenberg

In Proceedings of New Trends in HCI and Sports Workshop at MobileHCI, 2022

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TEACHING

COMP 5960/6960 Programming for BioMedical Data Science (R): Spring 2026, Fall 2026 Webpage
COMP 5961/6961 BioMedical Data Analysis (Python): Spring 2026, Fall 2026 Webpage