Category: News

Nova is at VIS

We are excited to share that several members of our team are currently attending IEEE VIS in Vienna with contributions to the conference.

Xinhuan, George, and Alma will be presenting our latest research:

[Full paper] DataWink: Reusing and Adapting SVG-based Visualization Examples with Large Multimodal Models. Liwenhan Xie, Yanna Lin, Can Liu, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu

[Short paper] Dichoptic Opacity: Managing Occlusion in Stereoscopic Displays via Dichoptic Presentation. George Bell, Alma Cantu

Our group has other exciting works accepted this year:

[Full paper] TimeLighting: Guided Exploration of 2D Temporal Network Projections. Velitchko Andreev Filipov, Davide Ceneda, Daniel Archambault, Alessio Arleo

[Workshop Paper] Layers of Doubt: Typology of Temporal Uncertainty in Dynamic Diffusion Networks. Tom Baumgartl, Tatiana von Landesberger, Alessio Arleo, Silvia Miksch, Velitchko Andreev Filipov, Sandhya Rajendran, and Daniel Archambault
🏆 Uncertainty Visualization 2025 best short paper honourable mention

We look forward to sharing our work and connecting with the visualization community in Vienna. See you there!

Upcoming Stereoscopic Perception Study

We are excited to announce that George Bell and Dr Alma Cantu are conducting a 3D stereoscopic experiment over the next few weeks, from the 13th to the 30th October.

The research studies aim at validating a theory by testing it with participants.

The study aims to evaluate some benefits of the 3D stereoscopy for data visualisation.

We warmly invite anyone interested in taking part to get in contact or book a slot!

Participants will be looking at a 3D screen (no immersive headset) and identifying numbers in a noisy environment.

It will take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

To book a slot, please use this link: Book a slot
To learn more or ask any questions, please contact George Bell at g.bell1@newcastle.ac.uk

Your participation will make a valuable contribution to their research, and we would be very grateful for your time and support. 

If you took part of the first experiment that happened around August time, your interest is greatly appreciate but please do not book a slot again

Third Place at GD Contest 2025

George, Luke, Alma and Daniel, with partners from the University of Cologne, designed and created a visualisation for submission to The 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization Creative Topic challenge. Of twelve submissions, they achieved third place!

The challenge was to create a visualisation for the German science fiction show Dark, visualising its complex non-linear storyline containing frequent time-travel, multiple realities and a large cast of interacting characters. The final visualisation was projected onto the Norrköping Decision Arena‘s 360° degree screen .

Storyline for Dark projected onto a 360° display

For an interactable demo, click here.

Welcome, Hannah!

We are delighted to introduce Hannah Kim, who has recently joined the Faculty of Medical Sciences as a PhD researcher. Hannah is supervised by Dr Precious Onyeachu, Dr Alma Cantu, and Prof Camille Carroll. Her work focuses on critically evaluating and refining a Clinical Decision Support System, with particular attention to how it reflects clinical guidelines and expert judgement, and how it can better assist both patients and clinicians in making informed healthcare decisions.

We are excited to see Hannah’s research develop and to welcome her into our academic community. Please do feel free to connect, say hello, and explore opportunities to collaborate.

A warm welcome to Hannah!

One paper won CHI’25 Best Paper Award

One of Nova’s group member, Xinhuan’s co-authored paper “RouteFlow: Trajectory-aware animated transitions” received the Best Paper Award in CHI 2025 (50 of 5,014 submissions, top 1% )!

This paper proposes a new animation method that balances the clarity of global movement trends and local hotspots using a novel bus-route analogy for animated transitions. Paper link: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2502.08076.

Ongoing 3D Stereoscopic Perception Study

We are excited to announce that a study on 3D stereoscopic perception is currently underway, led by George Bell, under the supervision of Dr Alma Cantu. The study explores how individuals perceive information in stereoscopic environments, an important step in advancing our understanding of visual perception and immersive analytics.

  • Phase 1 is currently underway. It takes approximately 15 minutes and requires participants to come in person to the Urban Science Building.
  • Phase 2 will be slightly longer and will begin in the coming weeks.

If you are interested in participating in either or both phases, please contact George Bell directly at g.bell1@newcastle.ac.uk.

This study represents a promising step forward in immersive perception research, and we look forward to sharing insights as the work progresses.

Welcome, George!

We are excited to welcome George Bell to the School of Computing at Newcastle University! George is joining our Scalable Group and Nova Team as a PhD student, and his research will focus on perception for immersive visualisation.

We are looking forward to seeing the exciting contributions George will make and encourage everyone to say hello, reach out, and collaborate where possible.

Welcome aboard, George! đź‘‹

#VizTIG Symposium 2024

We are happy to share that the #VizTIG Symposium 2024 was a resounding success! The event ran smoothly, featuring insightful sessions, engaging discussions, and plenty of networking opportunities.

We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to this success—our dedicated organisers, enthusiastic attendees, and generous sponsors.

You can still access the #VizTIG Symposium 2024 page at the following link: #VizTIG Symposium 2024