2020–now
Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science & Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Techonology
Hong Kong, China
Advised by Prof. Huamin Qu
Member of the VisLab
Yanna Lin
Ph.D. Candidate at HKUST
Education
2015–2019
B.S. in Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangdong, China
GPA: 4.4/5.0, highest distinction, rank 1/442
Member of Yixian Lion team
Notable Awards
2023
HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award
An award in recognition of the outstanding performance and research capacity of the students
2022
HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award
An award in recognition of the outstanding performance and research capacity of the students
2021
IEEE VIS Honorable Mention Award
For “VBridge: Connecting the Dots Between Features and Data to Explain Healthcare Model”
2021
ChinaVis Best Paper Nomination
For “Modeling layout design for multiple-view visualization via Bayesian inference”
2020–2024
Highly competitive scholarship for the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong’s universities
2016–2018 (3 consecutive years)
National scholarship and First-class scholarship
For top 2% students
2018
Third prize in the south race area
For the 17th National College Student robot contest
2018
Meritorious Winner
For 2018 American Mathematical Contest In Modeling
2018
Second-class Prize in Guangdong
For Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest In Modeling
2017
Second-class Prize in Guangdong
For the 14th Challenge Cup, the extracurricular academic and technological works competition for Guangdong college students
2017
Honorable Mention
For 2017 American Mathematical Contest In Modeling
Publications
Conference
C6
OutlineSpark: Igniting AI-powered Presentation Slides Creation from Computational Notebooks through Outlines
C5
VENUS: A Geometrical Representation for Quantum State Visualization
C4
InkSight: Leveraging Sketch Interaction for Documenting Chart Findings in Computational Notebooks
C3
VBridge: Connecting the Dots Between Features and Data to Explain Healthcare Models
Furui Cheng, Dongyu Liu, Fan Du, Yanna Lin, Alexandra Zytek, Haomin Li, Huamin Qu, Kalyan Veeramachaneni.
TVCG, 2021.
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
C2
Modeling layout design for multiple-view visualization via Bayesian inference
C1
Composition and Configuration Patterns in Multiple-View Visualizations
Poster
P1
Let Every Seat Be Perfect! A Case Study on Combining BIM and VR for Room Planning
Journal
J3
VIOLET: Visual Analytics for Explainable Quantum Neural Networks
J2
DMiner: Dashboard Design Mining and Recommendation
J1
Saliency-aware color harmony models for outdoor signboard
Teaching
2021 Spring
COMP 4631: Computer and Communication Security
HKUST
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Cunsheng Ding
2021 Fall
COMP 4631: Computer and Communication Security
HKUST
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Cunsheng Ding
2018 Fall
Principle of Computer Network
SYSU
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Haibo Tian
2017 Fall
Circuits and Electronics
SYSU
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Chaodong He