{"id":612495,"date":"2019-10-04T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=612495"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:55:42","slug":"vis-2019","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/vis-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft at VIS 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverconventioncentre.com\/facility\/floor-plans-and-specs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Convention Centre East Building<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeevis.org\/year\/2019\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IEEE VIS 2019<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is excited to be a Gold sponsor of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeevis.org\/year\/2019\/welcome\">IEEE Vis 2019<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Stop by our table to chat with our experts, see demos of our latest research and find out about career opportunities with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<h2>Committee Chairs<\/h2>\n<p>Posters Co-chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nath\/\">Nathalie Riche<\/a><br \/>\nBioVis Challenges Workshop: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cydney-nielsen-a0710014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cydney Nielsen<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nCommunity Co-chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a><br \/>\nWeb Co-chair: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alper-sarikaya-2779324b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alper Sarikaya<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft attendees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/samershi\/\">Saleema Amershi<\/a><br \/>\nRoss Anderson<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdrucker\/\">Steven Drucker<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/naevans\/\">Nathan Evans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mengchen-liu-ab7299a1\/\">Mengchen Liu<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/danmar\/\">Dan Marshall<\/a><br \/>\nJohn Neuharth<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cydney-nielsen-a0710014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cydney Nielsen<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nath\/\">Nathalie Riche<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alper-sarikaya-2779324b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alper Sarikaya<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nErik Sommer<br \/>\nHyemi Song<br \/>\nChristopher Trevino<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jenn\/\">Jenn Wortman Vaughan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Sunday, October 20<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u20139:00 PM | Exhibition Hall A | Poster Session<\/h3>\n<p><strong>TabbyGraph: Interactive Graph Transformation<\/strong><br \/>\nFabricio Layedra, Tiffany Wun, Gonzalo Mendez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Sheelagh Carpendale<\/p>\n<h2>Monday, October 21<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201312:20 PM | Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evaluation of Interactive Visual Machine Learning Systems<\/strong><br \/>\nNadia Boukhelifa, Anastasia Bezerianos, Enrico Bertini, Christopher Collins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdrucker\/\">Steven Drucker<\/a>, Alex Endert, Jessica Hullman, Michael Sedlmair<\/p>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201312:20 PM | Tutorial<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Beyond Paper Types: How to Evaluate and Communicate VIS Research Contributions<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Petra Isenberg, John Stasko, Daniel Weiskopf, Ross Maciejewski,<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday, October 23<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201310:30 AM | Ballroom B | Drawing Nodes and Edges<\/h3>\n<p><strong>DeepDrawing: A Deep Learning Approach to Graph Drawing<\/strong><br \/>\nYong Wang, Zhihua Jin, Qianwen Wang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Tengfei Ma, Huamin Qu<\/p>\n<h3>10:50 AM\u201312:20 PM | Ballroom B | Animation and Sports<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Comparative Evaluation of Animation and Small Multiples for Trend Visualization on Mobile Phones<\/strong><br \/>\nMatthew Brehmer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Petra Isenberg, Eun Kyoung Choe<\/p>\n<h3>2:20 PM\u20133:50 PM | Ballroom A | (De)Construction<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Critical Reflections of Visualization Authoring Systems<\/strong><br \/>\nArvind Satyanarayan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Donghao Ren, Jeffrey Heer, John Stasko, John R Thompson, Matthew Brehmer, Zhicheng Liu<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday, October 24<\/h2>\n<h3>2:20 PM\u20133:50 PM | Ballroom C | Infographics & Storytelling<\/h3>\n<p><strong>DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheet from Tabular Data<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, Zhida Sun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Ke Xu, Xiaojuan Ma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/dongmeiz\/\">Dongmei Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Text-to-Viz: Automatic Generation of Infographics from Natural Language Statements<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Xiaoyu Zhang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, He Huang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/beichen\/\">Bei Chen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/leifa\/\">Lei Fang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jlou\/\">Jian-Guang Lou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/dongmeiz\/\">Dongmei Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Generation of Extensible Timeline<\/strong><br \/>\nZhutian Chen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is excited to be a Gold sponsor of IEEE Vis 2019. Stop by our table to chat with our experts, see demos of our latest research and find out about career opportunities with Microsoft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":609495,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2019-10-20","msr_enddate":"2019-10-25","msr_location":"Vancouver, BC, Canada","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"http:\/\/ieeevis.org\/year\/2019\/info\/registration\/conference-registration","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13554],"msr-region":[197900],"msr-event-type":[197941],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-612495","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-human-computer-interaction","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-conferences","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Microsoft at VIS 2019\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\",\"image\":{\"id\":609495,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NeurIPS_header_1920x720.jpg\",\"alt\":\"\"}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverconventioncentre.com\/facility\/floor-plans-and-specs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Convention Centre East Building<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeevis.org\/year\/2019\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IEEE VIS 2019<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is excited to be a Gold sponsor of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ieeevis.org\/year\/2019\/welcome\">IEEE Vis 2019<\/a>. Stop by our table to chat with our experts, see demos of our latest research and find out about career opportunities with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<h2>Committee Chairs<\/h2>\n<p>Posters Co-chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nath\/\">Nathalie Riche<\/a><br \/>\nBioVis Challenges Workshop: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cydney-nielsen-a0710014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cydney Nielsen<\/a><br \/>\nCommunity Co-chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a><br \/>\nWeb Co-chair: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alper-sarikaya-2779324b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alper Sarikaya<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft attendees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/samershi\/\">Saleema Amershi<\/a><br \/>\nRoss Anderson<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdrucker\/\">Steven Drucker<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/naevans\/\">Nathan Evans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mengchen-liu-ab7299a1\/\">Mengchen Liu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/danmar\/\">Dan Marshall<\/a><br \/>\nJohn Neuharth<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cydney-nielsen-a0710014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cydney Nielsen<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nath\/\">Nathalie Riche<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alper-sarikaya-2779324b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alper Sarikaya<\/a><br \/>\nErik Sommer<br \/>\nHyemi Song<br \/>\nChristopher Trevino<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jenn\/\">Jenn Wortman Vaughan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Sessions\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Sunday, October 20<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u20139:00 PM | Exhibition Hall A | Poster Session<\/h3>\n<p><strong>TabbyGraph: Interactive Graph Transformation<\/strong><br \/>\nFabricio Layedra, Tiffany Wun, Gonzalo Mendez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Sheelagh Carpendale<\/p>\n<h2>Monday, October 21<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201312:20 PM | Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evaluation of Interactive Visual Machine Learning Systems<\/strong><br \/>\nNadia Boukhelifa, Anastasia Bezerianos, Enrico Bertini, Christopher Collins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdrucker\/\">Steven Drucker<\/a>, Alex Endert, Jessica Hullman, Michael Sedlmair<\/p>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201312:20 PM | Tutorial<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Beyond Paper Types: How to Evaluate and Communicate VIS Research Contributions<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Petra Isenberg, John Stasko, Daniel Weiskopf, Ross Maciejewski,<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday, October 23<\/h2>\n<h3>9:00 AM\u201310:30 AM | Ballroom B | Drawing Nodes and Edges<\/h3>\n<p><strong>DeepDrawing: A Deep Learning Approach to Graph Drawing<\/strong><br \/>\nYong Wang, Zhihua Jin, Qianwen Wang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Tengfei Ma, Huamin Qu<\/p>\n<h3>10:50 AM\u201312:20 PM | Ballroom B | Animation and Sports<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Comparative Evaluation of Animation and Small Multiples for Trend Visualization on Mobile Phones<\/strong><br \/>\nMatthew Brehmer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Petra Isenberg, Eun Kyoung Choe<\/p>\n<h3>2:20 PM\u20133:50 PM | Ballroom A | (De)Construction<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Critical Reflections of Visualization Authoring Systems<\/strong><br \/>\nArvind Satyanarayan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bongshin\/\">Bongshin Lee<\/a>, Donghao Ren, Jeffrey Heer, John Stasko, John R Thompson, Matthew Brehmer, Zhicheng Liu<\/p>\n<h2>Thursday, October 24<\/h2>\n<h3>2:20 PM\u20133:50 PM | Ballroom C | Infographics &amp; Storytelling<\/h3>\n<p><strong>DataShot: Automatic Generation of Fact Sheet from Tabular Data<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, Zhida Sun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Ke Xu, Xiaojuan Ma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/dongmeiz\/\">Dongmei Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Text-to-Viz: Automatic Generation of Infographics from Natural Language Statements<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weiweicu\/\">Weiwei Cui<\/a>, Xiaoyu Zhang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, He Huang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/beichen\/\">Bei Chen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/leifa\/\">Lei Fang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haizhang\/\">Haidong Zhang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jlou\/\">Jian-Guang Lou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/dongmeiz\/\">Dongmei Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Towards Automated Infographic Design: Deep Learning-based Auto-Generation of Extensible Timeline<\/strong><br \/>\nZhutian Chen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wangyun\/\">Yun Wang<\/a>, Qianwen Wang, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" 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