Featured Publications

* Corresponding author, Students/RAs under my supervision

Embodied Heritage by Integrating Digital and Physical Visualization of Eaves Tiles to Display Cultural Heritage Kinship
Jian Yu, Yilin Ye, Chen Tang, Yuanbang Liu, Chenxi Ruan, Jingxue Feng, Kaihao Zhang, Wei Zeng*
Heritage Science, 2025.

AKRMap: Adaptive Kernel Regression for Trustworthy Visualization of Cross-Modal Embeddings
Yilin Ye, Junchao Huang, Xingchen Zeng, Jiazhi Xia, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML’25), 2025.
[Paper]

VizTA: Enhancing Comprehension of Distributional Visualization with Visual-Lexical Fused Conversational Interface
Liangwei Wang, Zhan Wang, Shishi Xiao, Le Liu, Fugee Tsung, Wei Zeng*
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis’25) , 2025. Accepted.
[Paper]

Unified Visual Comparison Framework for Human and AI Paintings using Neural Embeddings and Computational Aesthetics
Yilin Ye, Rong Huang, Kang Zhang, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Special Issue on Generative AI for Computer Graphics) , 2025. Accepted.
[Paper]

GenColor: Generative Color-Concept Association in Visual Design
Yihan Hou, Xingchen Zeng, Yusong Wang, Manling Yang, Xiaojiao Chen, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025. Accepted.
[Paper]

Dashboard Vision: Using Eye-Tracking to Understand and Predict Dashboard Viewing Behaviors
Haichuan Lin, Yilin Ye*, Jiazhi Xia, Wei Zeng
Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025.
Best Paper Honourable Mention Award
[Paper]

Dashboard Vision: Using Eye-Tracking to Understand and Predict Dashboard Viewing Behaviors
Manling Yang, Yihan Hou, Ling Li, Remco Chang, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025. Accepted.
[Homepage] [DOI]

FinFlier: Automating Graphical Overlays for Financial Visualizations with Knowledge-Grounding Large Language Model
Jianing Hao, Manling Yang, Qing Shi, Yuzhe Jiang, Guang Zhang, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025. Accepted.
[Paper] [DOI]

Centennial Drama Reimagined: An Immersive Experience of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Contextual Storytelling in Virtual Reality
Jian Yu, Zhan Wang, Yifan Cao, Hao Cui, Wei Zeng*
ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 2025. Accepted.
[DOI]

AI-rays: Exploring Bias in the Gaze of AI Through a Multimodal Interactive Installation
Ziyao Gao, Yiwen Zhang, Ling Li, Theodoros Papatheodorou, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Paper, 2024, Article 1, 1 – 7.
[Paper][DOI]

Advancing Multimodal Large Language Models in Chart Question Answering with Visualization-Referenced Instruction Tuning
Xingchen Zeng, Haichuan Lin, Yilin Ye, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2024), 31(1): 525 – 535, 2025.
[Paper][DOI] [Data & Code]

ModalChorus: Visual Probing and Alignment of Multi-modal Embeddings via Modal Fusion Map
Yilin Ye, Shishi Xiao, Xingchen Zeng, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2024), 31(1): 294 – 304, 2025.
[Paper] [DOI] [Data & Code]

GeoReasoner: Geo-localization with Reasoning in Street Views using a Large Vision-Language Model
Ling Li, Yu Ye, Binchuan Jiang, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The International Conference on Machine Learning, 2024.
[Paper]

Generative AI for Visualization: State of the Art and Future Directions
Yilin Ye, Jianing Hao, Yihan Hou, Zhan Wang, Shishi Xiao, Yuyu Luo, Wei Zeng*
Visual Informatics, 8(2): 43-66, 2024.
[Paper]

VirtuWander: Enhancing Multi-modal Interaction for Virtual Tour Guidance through Large Language Models
Zhan Wang, Linping Yuan, Liangwei Wang, Bingchuan Jiang, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

C2Ideas: Supporting Creative Interior Color Design Ideation with Large Language Model
Yihan Hou, Manling Yang, Hao Cui, Lei Wang, Jie Xu, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

IntentTuner: An Interactive Framework for Integrating Human Intentions in Fine-tuning Text-to-Image Generative Models
Xingchen Zeng, Ziyao Gao, Yilin Ye, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

TypeDance: Creating Semantic Typographic Logos from Image through Personalized Generation
Shishi Xiao, Liangwei Wang, Xiaojuan Ma, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

PlantoGraphy: Incoporating Iterative Design Process into Generative Artificial Intelligence for Landscape Rendering
Rong Huang, Haichuan Lin, Chuanzhang Chen, Kang Zhang, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

“Make Interaction Situated”: Designing User Acceptable Interaction for Situated Visualization in Public Environments
Qian Zhu, Zhuo Wang, Wei Zeng*, Wai Tong, Weiyue Lin, Xiaojuan Ma
Proceedings of The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Paper]
Generating Virtual Reality Stroke Gesture Data from Out-of-Distribution Desktop Stroke Gesture Data
Linping Yuan, Boyu Li, Jindong Wang, Huamin Qu, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, 2024. Accepted.
[Paper][Code]

The Contemporary Art of Image Search: Iterative User Intent Expansion via Vision-Language Model
Yilin Ye, Qian Zhu, Shishi Xiao, Kang Zhang, Wei Zeng*
Proceedings of The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), 2024. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

MetroBUX: A Topology-based Visual Analytics for Bus Operational Uncertainty EXploration
Shishi Xiao, Qing Shi, Lingdan Shao, Bo Du, Yang Wang, Qiaomu Shen, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024. Accepted.
[Paper]

Let the Chart Spark: Embedding Semantic Context into Chart with Text-to-Image Generative Model
Shishi Xiao, Suizi Huang, Yue Lin, Yilin Ye, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2023),
vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 284 – 294, 2024.
[Homepage][Paper]

TimeTuner: Diagnosing Time Representations for Time-Series Forecasting with Counterfactual Explanations
Jianing Hao, Qing Shi Yilin Ye, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2023),
vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1183 – 1193, 2024.
[Paper]

WYTIWYR: A User Intent-Aware Framework with Multi-modal Inputs for Visualization Retrieval
Shishi Xiao, Yihan Hou, Cheng Jin, Wei Zeng*
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis 2023),
vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 311-322, 2023.
[Homepage][Paper]

Semi-Automatic Layout Adaptation for Responsive Multiple-View Visualization Design
Wei Zeng*, Xi Chen, Yihan Hou, Lingdan Shao, Zhe Chu, Remco Chang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023. Accepted.
[Homepage][Paper]

VISAtlas: An Image-based Exploration and Query System for Large Visualization Collections via Neural Image Embedding
Yilin Ye, Rong Huang, Wei Zeng*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023. Accepted
[Homepage][Paper] [Code & Data]

Effects of View Layout on Situated Analytics for Multiple Representations in Immersive Visualization Zhen Wen, Wei Zeng*, Luoxuan Weng, Yihan Liu, Mingliang Xu, Wei Chen*
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2022),
vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 440 – 450, 2023.
[Paper]
ActFloor-GAN: Activity-Guided Adversarial Networks for Human-Centric Floorplan Design
Shidong Wang, Wei Zeng*, Xi Chen, Yu Ye, Yu Qiao, Chi-Wing Fu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1610-1624, 2023.
[Paper]
Modeling Spatial Nonstationarity via Deformable Convolutions for Deep Traffic Flow Prediction
Wei Zeng, Chengqiao Lin, Kang Liu, Juncong Lin*, Anthony K. H. Tung
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,
vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 2796 – 2808, 2023.
[Paper] [DOI]

UrbanVR: An immersive analytics system for context-aware urban design
Chi Zhang, Wei Zeng*, Ligang Liu
Computers & Graphics, vol. 99, pp. 128-138, 2021.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Modeling Layout Design for Multiple-View Visualization via Bayesian Inference
Lingdan Shao, Zhe Chu, Xi Chen, Yanna Lin, Wei Zeng*
Journal of Visualization (Proc. ChinaVis 2021 Best Paper Honorable Mention),
vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1237-1252, 2021.
[Homepage] [Paper] [DOI]

FloorLevel-Net: Recognizing Floor-Level Lines with Height-Attention-Guided Multi-task Learning
Mengyang Wu, Wei Zeng*, Chi-Wing Fu*
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 30, pp. 6686-6699, 2021.
[Code & Data] [Paper] [DOI]

Deep Colormap Extraction from Visualizations
Lin-Ping Yuan, Wei Zeng*, Siwei Fu, Zhiliang Zeng, Haotian Li, Chi-Wing Fu, Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2021.
[Code & Data] [Paper] [DOI]

Composition and Configuration Patterns in Multiple-View Visualizations
Xi Chen, Wei Zeng*, Yanna Lin, H. M. Al-maneea, J. C. Roberts, R. Chang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE InfoVis 2020),
vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 1514-1524, 2021.
[Homepage] [Paper] [Video] [Data] [DOI]

Revisiting the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem in Deep Traffic Prediction with Visual Analytics
Wei Zeng, Chengqiao Lin, Juncong Lin*, Jincheng Jiang, Jiazhi Xia, C. Turkay, Wei Chen
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VAST 2020), vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 839-848, 2021.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Topology Density Map for Urban Data Visualization and Analysis
Zezheng Feng, Haotian Li, Wei Zeng*, Shuang-Hua Yang, Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VAST 2020),
vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 828-838, 2021.
[Paper] [DOI]

Exemplar-based Layout Fine-tuning for Node-link Diagrams
Jiacheng Pan, Wei Chen, Xiaodong Zhao, Shuyue Zhou, Wei Zeng, Minfeng Zhu, Jian Chen, Siwei Fu, Yingcai Wu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE InfoVis 2020),
vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 1655-1665, 2021.
[Paper] [DOI]

VIStory: Interactive Storyboard for Exploring Visual Information in Scientific Publications
Wei Zeng, Ao Dong, Xi Chen, Zhanglin Cheng
Journal of Visualization (Proc. VINCI 2019 Best Paper), vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 69-84, 2021.
[Homepage] [Paper] [Interface] [Youtube] [DOI]

Deep Recognition of Vanishing-Point-Constrained Building Planes in Urban Street Views
Zhiliang Zeng, Mengyang Wu, Wei Zeng*, and Chi-Wing Fu
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 29, pp. 5912-5923, 2020.
[Paper] [DOI]

 

LassoNet: Deep Lasso-Selection of 3D Point Clouds
Zhutian Chen, Wei Zeng*, Zhiguang Yang, Lingyun Yu, Chi-Wing Fu, and Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE SciVis 2019)
vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 195-204, 2020.
[Paper] [Homepage] [Video] [DOI]

Route-Aware Edge Bundling for Visualizing Origin-Destination Trails in Urban Traffic
Wei Zeng, Qiaomu Shen, Yuzhe Jiang, Alex Telea
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis 2019), vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 581-593, 2019.
[Paper] [Presentation] [Video] [DOI]

VitalVizor: A Visual Analytics System for Studying Urban Vitality
Wei Zeng*, Yu Ye
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Special Issue on Visualization for Smart City Application), vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 38-53, 2018.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

StreetVizor: Visual Exploration of Human-Scale Urban Forms Based on Street Views
Qiaomu Shen, Wei Zeng*, Yu Ye, Stefan Müller Arisona, Simon Schubiger, Remo Burkhard and Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE SciVis’17) vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 38-53, 2018.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Visualizing the Relationship between Human Mobility and Points-of-Interest
Wei Zeng, Chi-Wing Fu, Stefan Müller Arisona, Simon Schubiger, Remo Burkhard and Kwan-Liu Ma
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Special Issue on Visual Analysis for ITS) vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 2271-2284, 2017.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Visualizing Waypoints-Constrained Origin-Destination Patterns for Massive Transportation Data
Wei Zeng, Chi-Wing Fu, Stefan Müller Arisona, Alexander Erath, Huamin Qu
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis’16), vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 95-107, 2016.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Visualizing Mobility of Public Transportation System
Wei Zeng, Chi-Wing Fu, Stefan Müller Arisona, Alexander Erath, Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE VAST’14), vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1833-1842, 2014.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]

Visualizing Interchange Patterns in Massive Movement Data
Wei Zeng, Chi-Wing Fu, Stefan Müller Arisona and Huamin Qu
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis’13), vol. 32, no. 3pt3, pp. 271-280, 2013.
[Paper] [Video] [DOI]