Hi, I’m Yanna Lin

I am now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), supervised by Prof. Huamin Qu in the VisLab. I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from HKUST, where I was awarded the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and received HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for 3 consecutive years. Prior to that, I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University, ranked 1/447. During my undergraduate studies, I was honored with the National Scholarship for three consecutive years, awarded to the top 0.5% of students.

My research interests include data visualisation and human-AI collaboration. I focus on designing intuitive interfaces and developing algorithms to enhance data communication and analysis, and facilitate data-driven decision-making.

I am on the job market now. Please contact me if you have any relevant positions or opportunities:)

Yanna Lin

Publications

2025

DataWink: Reusing and Adapting SVG-based Visualization Examples with Large Multimodal Models

Liwenhan Xie, Yanna Lin, Can Liu, Huamin Qu, Xinhuan Shu
IEEE VIS2025/TVCG 2025.
PDF Website Video
Yanna Lin, Leni Yang, Haotian Li, Huamin Qu, Dominik Moritz
CHI 2025.
PDF Video Slides Supplementary

Unmasking Deceptive Visuals: Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models on Misleading Chart Question Answering

Zixin Chen, Sicheng Song, Kashun Shum, Yanna Lin, Rui Sheng, Huamin Qu
EMNLP (Selected as Oral) 2025.
PDF Code

RhythmTA: A Visual-aided Interactive System for ESL Rhythm Training via Dubbing Practice

Chang Chen, Sicheng Song, Shuchang Xu, Zhicheng Li, Huamin Qu, Yanna Lin*
UIST 2025.
PDF Video Slides

2024

VIOLET: Visual Analytics for Explainable Quantum Neural Networks

Shaolun Ruan, Zhiding Liang, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Xiaolin Wen, Yanna Lin, Yong Wang
PacificVis'24/TVCG 2024.
PDF

GVVST: Image-Driven Style Extraction from Graph Visualizations for Visual Style Transfer

Sicheng Song, Yipeng Zhang, Yanna Lin, Huamin Qu, Changbo Wang, Chenhui Li
TVCG 2024.
PDF

OutlineSpark: Igniting AI-powered Presentation Slides Creation from Computational Notebooks through Outlines

Fengjie Wang, Yanna Lin, Haotian Li, Leni Yang, Huamin Qu, Min Zhu
CHI 2024.
PDF Video

Designing Spatial Visualization and Interactions of Immersive Sankey Diagram in Virtual Reality

Yang Lu, Junxian Li, Zhitong Cui, Jiapeng Hu, Yanna Lin, Shijian Luo
MM (Selected as Oral, 4%) 2024.
PDF Video

2023

DMiner: Dashboard Design Mining and Recommendation

Yanna Lin, Haotian Li, Aoyu Wu, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu
TVCG (Early Access) 2023.
PDF Slides Supplementary

InkSight: Leveraging Sketch Interaction for Documenting Chart Findings in Computational Notebooks

Yanna Lin, Haotian Li, Leni Yang, Aoyu Wu, Huamin Qu
IEEE VIS2023/TVCG 2023.
PDF Video Slides Supplementary

VENUS: A Geometrical Representation for Quantum State Visualization

Shaolun Ruan, Ribo Yuan, Qiang Guan, Yanna Lin, Ying Mao, Weiwen Jiang, Zhepeng Wang, Wei Xu, Yong Wang
EuroVis 2023.
PDF Website

2022

Saliency-aware color harmony models for outdoor signboard

Yanna Lin, Wei Zeng, Yu Ye, Huamin Qu
Computers & Graphics 2022.
PDF Video Supplementary

Let Every Seat Be Perfect! A Case Study on Combining BIM and VR for Room Planning

Wai Tong*, Haotian Li*, Huan Wei*, Liwenhan Xie*, Yanna Lin*, Huamin Qu
*:equal contribution
Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VR) 2022. (Poster)
PDF Video Slides

2021

Modeling layout design for multiple-view visualization via Bayesian inference

Lingdan Shao, Zhe Chu, Xi Chen, Yanna Lin, Wei Zeng
ChinaVis 2021.
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
PDF Website

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
DOI arXiv PDF Website Video

2020

Composition and Configuration Patterns in Multiple-View Visualizations

Xi Chen, Wei Zeng, Yanna Lin, Hayder Mahdi Al-maneea, Jonathan Roberts, Remco Chang
TVCG 2020.
DOI arXiv PDF Website

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Awards

  • HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award

    An award in recognition of the outstanding performance and research capacity of the students
  • HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award

    An award in recognition of the outstanding performance and research capacity of the students
  • IEEE VIS Honorable Mention Award

    For “VBridge: Connecting the Dots Between Features and Data to Explain Healthcare Model”
  • ChinaVis Best Paper Nomination

    For “Modeling layout design for multiple-view visualization via Bayesian inference”
  • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

    Highly competitive scholarship for the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong’s universities
  • National scholarship and First-class scholarship

    For top 2% students
  • Third prize in the south race area

    For the 17th National College Student robot contest
  • Meritorious Winner

    For 2018 American Mathematical Contest In Modeling
  • Second-class Prize in Guangdong

    For Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest In Modeling
  • Second-class Prize in Guangdong

    For the 14th Challenge Cup, the extracurricular academic and technological works competition for Guangdong college students
  • Honorable Mention

    For 2017 American Mathematical Contest In Modeling