Hi, I’m Yanna Lin

I am now a Postdoc at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, supervised by Prof. Huamin Qu in the VisLab. I obtained a Ph.D. degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. My PhD was awarded Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award. Before joining HKUST, I received a Bachelor’s Degree in the Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, ranked 1/447.

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:)

Publications

2024

VIOLET: Visual Analytics for Explainable Quantum Neural Networks

Shaolun Ruan, Zhiding Liang, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Xiaolin Wen, Yanna Lin, Yong Wang

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.

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.

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

Yang Lu, Junxian Li, Zhitong Cui, Jiapeng Hu, Yanna Lin, Shijian Luo

2023

DMiner: Dashboard Design Mining and Recommendation

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

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.

2022

Saliency-aware color harmony models for outdoor signboard

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

2021

Modeling layout design for multiple-view visualization via Bayesian inference

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

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

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.

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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