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From Culture to Text to Interactive Visualization of Wine Reviews
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In F.T. Marchese and E. Banissi (Eds.), Knowledge Visualization Currents: from Text to Art to Culture, Chapter 5, Springer, 2012. (to appear)
Controlling In-Vehicle Systems with a Commercial EEG Headset: Performance and Cognitive Load
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In Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering (VLUDS '12), OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs), 2012. Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik.
Digital Interactive Public Pinboards for Disaster and Crisis Management – Concept and Prototype Design
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In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE '12) at the 2012 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WorldComp '12), Las Vegas, USA, 2012.
ViNCent – Visualization of Network Centralities
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In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP '12), pages 703-712, Rome, Italy, 2012. INSTICC.
Visualization of Mappings between the Gene Ontology and Cluster Trees
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In Proceedings of the SPIE 2012 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA '12), SPIE 8294, 8294-0N, Best Paper Award, Burlingame, CA, USA, 2012. IS&T/SPIE.
Visualizations and Animations in Learning Systems
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In N.M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, pages 3419-3421, 2012. Springer.
Measuring Subjectivity – Supporting Evaluations with the Emotiv EPOC Neuroheadset
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In Künstliche Intelligenz – KI Journal, Special Issue on Human-Computer Interaction, 2012. Springer.
Pose Estimation and Trajectory Derivation from Underwater Imagery
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MTS/IEEE Conference Oceans '12, Yeosu, South Korea, May 2012. IEEE Computer Society Press. Best Student Paper Award Finalist.
2011
Detecting Insight and Emotion in Visualization Applications with a Commercial EEG Headset
In Proceedings of the SIGRAD 2011 Conference on Evaluations of Graphics and Visualization - Efficiency, Usefulness, Accessibility, Usability, pages 53-60, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, 2011. Linköping University Electronic Press.
CluMa-GO: Bring Gene Ontologies and Hierarchical Clusterings Together
Extended Abstract, BioVis 11, Providence, RI, USA, 2011.
Fluid Interaction for Information Visualization
In Information Visualization, 10(4):327-340, 2011. SAGE Publications.
Collaborative Visualization: Definition, Challenges, and Research Agenda
In Information Visualization, 10(4):310-326, 2011. SAGE Publications.
Visual Comparison for Information Visualization
In Information Visualization, 10(4):289-309, 2011. SAGE Publications.
Information Visualization - State of the Field and New Research Directions
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In Information Visualization, 10(4):269-270, 2011. SAGE Publications.
An Interactive Web-based Visualization Tool in Action: User Testing and Usability Aspects
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In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT '11), pages 403-408, Pafos, Cyprus, 2011. IEEE Computer Society Press.
Visualization of Sensory Perception Descriptions
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In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV '11), pages 135-144, London, UK, 2011. IEEE Computer Society Press.
Guiding the Interactive Exploration of Metabolic Pathway Interconnections
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In Information Visualization, 2011. SAGE Publications.
Interactive Exploration and Analysis of Network Centralities
Interactive Poster, EuroVis 11, Bergen, Norway, 2011.
EEG-based Measurement of Subjective Parameters in Evaluations
(Post-print)
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In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII '11), poster paper, pages 279-283, volume 174 of CCIS, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011. Springer.
2010
Visual Network Analysis of Dynamic Metabolic Pathways
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In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC '10), pages 316-327, volume 6453 of LNCS, Las Vegas, Nevada,
USA, 2010. Springer.
D.I.P. – A Digital Interactive Pinboard with Support for Smart Device Interaction
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In Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Portable Lifestyle Devices (PLD '10), Marina Del Rey,
USA, 2010. IASTED, ACTA Press.
Comparative Visualization of User Flows in Voice Portals
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In Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD '10), poster paper, pages 404-405, volume 6502 of LNCS, Konstanz, Germany, 2010. Springer.
Interactive Navigation in Interconnected Biochemical Pathways
Interactive Poster, IEEE InfoVis 10, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2010.
3D Kiviat Diagrams for the Interactive Analysis of Software Metric Trends
Interactive Poster. In Proceedings of the 5th ACM Symposium on Software Visualization (SoftVis '10), pages 203-204, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2010. ACM Press.
Visualization of Workaday Data Clarified by Means of Wine Fingerprints
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In Proceedings of the INTERACT '09 Workshop on Human Aspects
of Visualization, pages 92-107, volume 6431 of LNCS, Uppsala, Sweden, 2010. Springer.
The Network Lens: Interactive Exploration of Multivariate Networks Using Visual Filtering
In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV '10), pages 35-42, London, UK, 2010. IEEE Computer Society Press.
R3 – A Configurable Input Device for Free-Space Interaction
(in Romanian)
(in Romanian)
In Romanian Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Special Issue: National Conference on HCI (RoCHI '10), Best Paper Award, vol. 3, pages 45-50, Matrix Rom, 2010. (in Romanian)
V.I.P. – Supporting Digital Earth Ideas through Visualization, Interaction and Presentation Screens
In Proceedings of the 7th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium (TIDES '10), pages 36-49, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010.
A Multi-AUV Missions Simulation Framework for the USARSim Robotics Simulator
In Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’10), pages 1188-1193, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2010. IEEE Computer Society Press.
Real-Time Scale Invariant 3D Range Point Cloud Registration
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In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR '10), pages 220-229, volume 6111 of LNCS, Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, 2010. Springer.
Simulating Underwater Acoustic Communications in a High Fidelity Robotics Simulator
In Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV '10), Lecce, Italy, 2010. Elsevier Science Ltd.
Modeling Underwater Acoustic Communications for Multi-Robot Missions in a Robotics Simulator
Interactive Poster. IEEE Conference Oceans '10, Sydney, Australia, 2010. IEEE Computer Society Press. Best Student Paper Award Finalist.
2009
A Novel Grid-based Visualization Approach for Metabolic Networks with Advanced Focus&Context View
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In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD '09), pages 268-279, volume 5849 of LNCS, Chicago, USA, 2009. Springer.
On Open Problems in Biological Network Visualization
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In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD '09), pages 256-267, volume 5849 of LNCS, Chicago, USA, 2009. Springer.
Knowledge Generation Through Human-Centered Information Visualization
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In Information Visualization, 8(3):180-196, 2009. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Challenges in Human-Centered Information Visualization: Introduction to the Special Issue
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In Information Visualization, 8(3):137-138, 2009. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Novel Visual Representations for Software Metrics Using 3D and Animation
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In J. Münch, P. Liggesmeyer, editors, Software Engineering 2009 - Workshopband, pages 147-154, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings Vol. P-150, 2009. GI-Edition. ISBN: 9783885792444.
Graphical Methods For Online Surface Fitting On 3D Range Sensor Point Clouds
Master's thesis, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, 2009.
2008
GNV System: A Tool for Visualizing Geo-tagged Data
Interactive Poster, IEEE InfoVis 08, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2008.
A Graph-drawing Perspective to Some Open Problems in Molecular Biology
Technical Report TR08-01-003, Lehrstuhl XI für Algorithm Engineering, Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany, June 2008.
Enhancing Learning Management Systems to Better Support Computer Science Education
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In ACM SIGCSE Bulletin – inroads, 40(4):142-166, December 2008. ACM Press.
Visualization of Content and Semantical Relations of Geonotes
In Proceedings of the 8th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP '08), pages 131-136, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2008. IASTED, ACTA Press.
Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media
In IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 14(5):1110-1125, Sept/Oct, 2008. IEEE Computer Society.
Information Visualization – Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives
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Volume 4950 of LNCS State-of-the-Art Survey, Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-70955-8.
Teaching Information Visualization
In Information Visualization – Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives,
volume 4950 of LNCS State-of-the-Art Survey, pages 65-91, Springer, 2008.
Algorithm Education Using Structured Hypermedia
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In Strategic Application of Distance Learning Technologies, volume 2 of the Advances in Distance Education Technologies Series, chapter 5, pages 58-83, IGI Global, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59904-480-4.
2007
Workshop Report: Information Visualization – Human-Centered Issues in Visual Representation, Interaction, and Evaluation
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In Information Visualization, 6(3):189-196, 2007. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Web-based Structured Hypermedia Algorithm Explanation System
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In International Journal of Web Information Systems, 3(3):179-197, 2007. Emerald Group Publishing.
Human-Centered Visualization Environments
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Volume 4417 of LNCS Tutorial, Springer, 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-71948-9.
Introduction to Human-Centered Visualization Environments
In Human-Centered Visualization Environments, volume 4417 of LNCS Tutorial, Springer, 2007.
2006
Merging Interactive Visualizations with Hypertextbooks and Course Management
In ACM SIGCSE Bulletin – inroads, 38(4):166-181, December 2006. ACM Press.
Novel Algorithm Explanation Techniques for Improving Algorithm Teaching
In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Software Visualization (SoftVis '06), pages 175-176, Brighton, UK, 2006. ACM Press.
Improving Strategy Parameters of Evolutionary Computations with Interactive Coordinated Views
In Proceedings of the 6th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP '06), pages 88-93, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2006. IASTED, ACTA Press.
Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets
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GI-Edition, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Seminars Vol. S-4, 2006. ISBN 978-3-88579-438-7.
2005
Explorative Analysis of Graph Pyramids Using Interactive Visualization Techniques
In Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP '05), pages 685-690, Benidorm, Spain, 2005. IASTED, ACTA Press.
Interactive Visualization of Graph Pyramids
In M. Jünger, S. Kobourov, and P. Mutzel, editors, Graph Drawing, number 05191 in Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings. Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, 2005.
EAVis: A Visualization Tool for Evolutionary Algorithms
In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC '05), pages 299-301, Dallas, TX, USA, 2005. IEEE.
Using Structured Hypermedia to Explain Algorithms
In Proceedings of the 3rd IADIS International Conference e-Society '05, pages 499-503, Qawra, Malta, 2005. IADIS.
2004
Generation as Method for Explorative Learning in Computer Science Education
In Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '04), pages 77-81, Leeds, UK, 2004. ACM.
Learning by Generation in Computer Science Education
Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCS&T), 4(2):84-90, 2004.
DGCVis: An Exploratory 3D Visualization of Graph Pyramids
In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Coordinated and Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization (CMV '04), pages
73-83, London, UK, 2004. IEEE Computing Society Press.
2003
Exploratives Lernen durch partiell generierte Lehr- und Lernsoftware
In Tagungsband zum Workshop Grundfragen multimedialer Lehre (GML '03), pages 153-163, Potsdam, Germany, 2003.
Interactive Visualization and Automatic Analysis of Metabolic Networks - A Project Idea
Technical Report, Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, Sept. 2003.
2002
Animating Algorithms Live and Post Mortem
In Software Visualization, volume 2269 of LNCS State-of-the-Art Survey, pages 46-57. Springer, 2002.
Generierung interaktiver Animationen von Berechnungsmodellen
Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung, 17(1):12-20, 2002. Springer.
Reification of Program Points for Visual Execution
In Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis (VisSoft '02), pages
100-109, Paris, France, June 2002. IEEE Computing Society Press.
Algorithm Animation - Chapter Introduction
In Software Visualization, volume 2269 of LNCS State-of-the-Art Survey, pages 1-15. Springer, 2002.
Generierung interaktiver Animationen für den Übersetzerbau
PhD thesis, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, July 2002. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, ISBN 3-8322-0899-2.
2001
Preserving the Mental Map using Foresighted Layout
In Proceedings of Joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization (VisSym '01), Eurographics, pages 175-184, Ascona, Switzerland, 2001. Springer.
Levels of Exploration
In Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '01), pages 60-64, Charlotte, NC, USA, 2001. ACM.
Visual Exploration of Generation Algorithms for Finite Automata on the Web
In Implementation and Application of Automata, volume 2088 of Lecture Notes on Computer Science, LNCS, pages 327-328. Springer, 2001.
2000
Increasing Explorativity by Generation
In Proceedings of the AACE World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA '00), Montreal, Canada, 2000. AACE.
Visualisierung und Animation der semantischen Analyse von Programmen
Informatica Didactica - Zeitschrift für fachdidaktische Grundlagen der Informatik, (1), 2000.
Foresighted Graphlayout
Technical Report A/02/2000, FR 6.2 - Informatik, Universität des Saarlandes, Dec. 2000.
Tagungsbericht über den GI-Workshop Softwarevisualisierung 2000
In Softwaretechnik-Trends, 20(4), GI, 2000.
Multimediagestütztes Lehren im Hochschulbereich – Möglichkeiten in der Lehrerausbildung
Abschlußbericht des MALL-Projekts, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 2000.
Generierung interaktiver Animationen von Berechnungsmodellen
In Tagungsband zum GI Workshop Software Visualisierung (SV '00), pages 65-78, TR A/01/2000, FR 6.2 - Informatik, Universität des Saarlandes, May 2000.
Tagungsband zum GI Workshop Software Visualisierung (SV '00)
Technical Report A/01/2000, FR 6.2 - Informatik, Universität des Saarlandes, May 2000.
Neue Formen des Lernens durch GANIMAL
In campus -- Die Universitätszeitschrift, Ausgabe 2, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 2000.
1999
Animation of the Generation and Computation of Finite Automata for Learning Software
In Automata Implementation, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Implementing Automata (WIA '99), volume 2214 of Lecture Notes on Computer Science, LNCS, pages 39-47, Potsdam, Germany, 1999. Springer.
Animation der semantischen Analyse
In Tagungsband zur 8. GI Fachtagung Informatik und Schule (INFOS '99), Informatik aktuell, pages 108-120. Springer, 1999.
1997
Animation der semantischen Analyse
Master's thesis, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1997.
1994
2dtfp - Ein 2DT-FP-Compiler für den Hypercube Intel i860
Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, 1994.