Shixia Liu (刘世霞)
I am a professor in the School of Software, Tsinghua University. I received a B.S. and M.S. from Harbin Institute of Technology, a Ph.D. from Tsinghua University. Before I joined Tsinghua, I worked as a lead researcher at Microsoft Research Asia and a research staff member and research manager at IBM China Research Lab. I was named an IEEE Fellow in 2021.
Email: shixia@tsinghua.edu.cn; liushixia@gmail.com
Research
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My research tightly integrates interactive visualization with machine learning or data mining techniques to help users consume huge amounts of information.
- Explainable artificial intelligence
Visual analytics techniques for machine learnig, Including 1) understand, diagnose, and refine a machine learning model; 2) improve data quality and feature quality. - Visual text analytics
Combine the advantages of text mining and interactive visualization to facilitate visual analytics of large-scale textual data. - Text mining
Develop statistical text mining methods to understand complex text data, including evolutionary text clustering, topic modeling, and sentiment analysis.
Students
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Current PhD
- Changjian Chen, 2017~
- Jun Yuan, 2019~
- Weikai Yang, 2019~
- Zhaowei Wang, 2020~
- Zhen Li (co-advised w/Hui Zhang), 2021~
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Completed PhD
- Mengchen Liu , 2013~2018, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Remond
- Xiting Wang, 2011~2016, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia
Honors and Awards
- 2021, IEEE Fellow
- 2020, IEEE Visualization Academy
- 2020, Best Mentor Award of Tsinghua University
- 2019, Excellent Class Teacher of Tsinghua university
- 2016, Best Associate Editor Award of IEEE TVCG
- 2012, Microsoft Ship-It Award
- 2011, Microsoft Ship-It Award
- 2010, IBM Research accomplishment
- 2006, IBM Master Inventor
Professional Activities
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Steering Committee
- IEEE VIS, 2020~
- VINCI, 2012~2013
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Associate Editor-in-Chief
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General Chair
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Papers Co-chair
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Associate Editor
- Artificial Intelligence, 2021~
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2015~2018
- IEEE Transactions on Big data, 2018~
- ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems , 2019~
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Editorial Board
- Information Visualization, 2015~
- Journal of Visualization, 2018~
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Program Co-chair
- Organizing Committee (Tutorials Chair): IEEE VIS 2015
- PacificVis 2015
- Organizing Committee (Meetup Chair): IEEE VIS 2014
- Workshop Co-Chair: IEEE VIS 2013 Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics
- Poster Co-chair: PacificVis 2013
- Workshop Co-chair: IEEE VisWeek 2012 Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics
- Program Co-chair: Visual Information Communication - International Symposium 2012
- Workshop Co-chair: IEEE VisWeek 2011 Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics for Decision Making
- Workshop Co-chair: Intelligent Visual Interfaces for Text Analysis, 2010
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Guest Editor
- Tsinghua Science and Technology: Special issue on visualization and computer graphics, 2012
- ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology: Special Issue on Intelligent Visual Interfaces for Text Analysis, 2012
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Program Committee
- CHI 2018
- InfoVis 2020, 2015, 2014
- VAST 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014
- KDD 2015, 2014, 2013
- PAKDD 2013
- PacificVis 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
- ACM IUI 2011, 2009
- VISAPP 2012, 2011
- VINCI 2011
- ACM Multimedia 2009
- SDM 2008
Talks
- Big Data Foundations and Applications, 2014, Tsinghua course, Information Visualization: Connecting the Abstract and Visual Worlds.
- PacificVis 2012, Tutorial, Interactive Visual Text Analytics and its Evaluation.
- VINCI 2011, Keynote, Interactive Visual Text Analytics for Decision Making.
Publications
2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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StreamExplorer: A Multi-Stage System for Visually Exploring Events in Social StreamsYingcai Wu, Zhutian Chen, Guodao Sun, Xiao Xie, Nan Cao, Shixia Liu, Weiwei Cui.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
24(10):
2758-2772,
2018.
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Scalable Training of Hierarchical Topic ModelsJianfei Chen, Jun Zhu, Jie Lu, Shixia Liu.
Very Large Data Bases (VLDB).
2018.
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Visual Analytics for Explainable Deep LearningJaegul Choo, Shixia Liu.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.
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Steering Data Quality with Visual Analytics: The Complexity ChallengeShixia Liu, Gennady Andrienko, Yingcai Wu, Nan Cao, Liu Jiang, Conglei Shi, Yu-Shuen Wang, Seokhee Hong.
Visual Informatics.
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Recent Research Advances on Interactive Machine LearningLiu Jiang, Shixia Liu, Changjian Chen.
Journal of Visualization.
1-17,
2018.
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2017
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Improving Learning-from-Crowds through Expert ValidationMengchen Liu, Liu Jiang, Junlin Liu, Xiting Wang, Jun Zhu and Shixia Liu.
IJCAI 2017.
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Towards Better Analysis of Machine Learning Models: A Visual Analytics PerspectiveShixia Liu, Xiting Wang, Mengchen Liu, Jun Zhu.
Visual Informatics.
1(1):
48-56,
2017.
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2016
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Online Visual Analytics of Text StreamsShixia Liu, Jialun Yin, Xiting Wang, Weiwei Cui, Kelei Cao, Jian Pei.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
22(11):
2451-2466,
2016.
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Adaptive Multi-Compositionality for Recursive Neural Network ModelsLi Dong, Furu Wei, Ke Xu, Shixia Liu, Ming Zhou.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (accepted).
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Topic- and Time-Oriented Visual Text AnalysisWenwen Dou, Shixia Liu.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.
36(4):
8-13.
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2015
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Evolutionary Bayesian Rose TreesShixia Liu, Xiting Wang, Yangqiu Song, Baining Guo.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.
27(6):
1533-1546.
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Automatic Taxonomy Construction from Keywords via Scalable Bayesian Rose TreesY. Song, S. Liu*, X. Liu, H. Wang.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.
27(5):
1861-1874,
2015.
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Clutter-Aware Label LayoutYu Meng, Hui Zhang, Mengchen Liu, Shixia Liu.
IEEE PacificVis, 207-214, 2015
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2014
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Follower-followee Network, Communication Networks and Vote Agreement of U.S. Members of CongressTai-Quan Peng, Mengchen Liu, Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu.
Communication Research.
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TopicPanorama: a Full Picture of Relevant TopicsShixia Liu, Xiting Wang, Jianfei Chen, Jun Zhu, Baining Guo.
Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2014
Develop a full picture of relevant topics discussed in multiple text sources. |
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A Survey on Information Visualization: Recent Advances and ChallengesShixia Liu, Weiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu, Mengchen Liu.
The Visual Computer,
30
(12):
1373–1393,
2014.
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2013
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Visual Analysis of Topic Competition on Social MediaPanpan Xu, Yingcai Wu, Enxun Wei, Tai-Quan Peng, Shixia Liu, Jonathan J. H. Zhu, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
19
(12):
2012-2021
(IEEE VAST 2013)
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StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of StoriesShixia Liu, Yingcai Wu, Enxun Wei, Mengchen Liu, Yang Liu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
19
(12):
2436-2445
(IEEE InfoVis 2013)
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Mining Evolutionary Multi-Branch Trees from Text StreamsXiting Wang, Shixia Liu, Yangqiu Song, Baining Guo.
KDD,
722-730,
2013.
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A Survey of Visual Analytics Techniques and Applications: State-of-the-Art Research and Future ChallengesGuodao Sun, Yingcai Wu Ronghua Liang, and Shixia Liu.
Journal of Computer Science and Technology,
28
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852-867,
2013.
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A Hierarchical Aspect-Sentiment Model for Online ReviewsSuin Kim, Jianwen Zhang, Zheng Chen, Alice Oh, Shixia Liu.
AAAI,
2013.
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Optimizing temporal topic segmentation for intelligent text visualizationShimei Pan, Michelle X. Zhou, Yangqiu Song, Weihong Qian, Fei Wang, Shixia Liu.
IUI,
339-350,
2013.
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ViSizer - A Visualization Resizing FrameworkYingcai Wu, Xiaotong Liu, Shixia Liu*, Kwan-Liu Ma.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
19
(2):
278-290,
2013.
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PIWI: Visually Exploring Graphs Based on Their Community StructureJing Yang, Yujie Liu, Xin Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan, Ye Zhao, Scott Barlowe, Shixia Liu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
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(6):
1034-1047,
2013.
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Lead-Lag Analysis via Sparse Co-Projection in Correlated Text StreamsF. Wu, Y. Song, S. Liu, Y. Huang, Z. Liu.
CIKM,
2069-2078,
2013.
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2012
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Automatic Taxonomy Construction from KeywordsXueqing Liu, Yangqiu Song, Shixia Liu, Haixun Wang.
KDD,
1433-1441,
2012.
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Breaking News on TwitterMengdie Hu, Shixia Liu, Furu Wei, Yingcai Wu, John Stasko, Kwan-Liu Ma.
CHI,
2751-2754,
2012.
Some of the public reports on this work:
MSNBC;
Washington Times;
ReadWriteWeb;
LA Times;
Poynter;
GT news.
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TIARA: Interactive, Topic-based Visual Text Summarization and AnalysisShixia Liu, Michelle X. Zhou, Shimei Pan, Yangqiu Song, Weihong Qian, Weijia Cai, Xiaoxiao Lian.
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology.
3
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25
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Real-time Visualization of Streaming Text with Force-Based Dynamic SystemJamal Alsakran, Yang Chen, Dongning Luo, Ye Zhao, Jing Yang, Wenwen Dou, Shixia Liu.
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications.
32
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34-45
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2011
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Semantic-Preserving Word Clouds by Seam CarvingYingcai Wu and Thomas Provan and Furu Wei and Shixia Liu and Kwan-Liu Ma.
Computer Graphics Forum.
30
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741--750
(EuroVis 2011)
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2010
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OpinionSeer: Interactive Visualization of Hotel Customer FeedbackYingcai Wu, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Norman Au, Weiwei Cui, Hong Zhou, and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
16
(6):
1109--1118
(IEEE InfoVis 2010)
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FacetAtlas: Multifacet Visualization for Rich Text CorporaNan Cao, Jimeng Sun, Yu-Ru Lin, David Gotz, Shixia Liu and Huamin Qu.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
16
(6):
1172-1181
(IEEE InfoVis 2010)
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TIARA: A Visual Exploratory Text Analytic SystemFuru Wei, Shixia Liu, Yangqiu Song, Shimie Pan, Michelle X. Zhou, Weihong Qian, Lei Shi, Li Tan, Qiang Zhang.
KDD,
153-162 ,
2010.
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Evolutionary Hierarchical Dirichlet Processes for Multiple Correlated Time-varying CorporaJianwen Zhang, Yangqiu Song, Changshui Zhang, Shixia Liu.
KDD,
1079-1088 ,
2010.
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ContexTour: Contextual Contour Analysis on Dynamic Multi-relational ClusteringYu-Ru Lin, Jimeng Sun, Nan Cao, Shixia Liu.
SDM,
418-429,
2010.
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Context preserving dynamic word cloud visualizationWeiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Furu Wei, Michelle X. Zhou, Huamin Qu.
PacificVis,
121-128,
2010.
Journal version: IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications,
30(6):
42 - 53,
2010.
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Understanding Text Corpora with Multiple FacetsLei Shi, Furu Wei, Shixia Liu, Li Tan, Xiaoxiao Lian and Michelle Zhou.
VAST,
99-106,
2010.
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iRANK: A Rank-Learn-Combine Framework for Unsupervised Ensemble RankingFuru Wei, Wenjie Li, Shixia Liu.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
61(6):
1232–1243
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2009
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HiMap: Adaptive visualization of large-scale online social networksLei Shi, Nan Cao, Shixia Liu, Weihong Qian, Li Tan, Guodong Wang, Jimeng Sun, Ching-Yung Lin.
PacificVis,
41-48,
2009
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MultiVis: Content-Based Social Network Exploration through Multi-way Visual AnalysisJimeng Sun, Spiros Papadimitriou, Ching-Yung Lin, Nan Cao, Shixia Liu, Weihong Qian.
SDM,
1063-1074,
2009
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2008-2000
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FanLens: A Visual Toolkit for Dynamically Exploring the Distribution of Hierarchical AttributesXinghua Lou, Shixia Liu, Tianshu Wang.
PacificVis,
151-158,
2008
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Interactive Visual Analysis of the NSF Funding InformationShixia Liu, Nan Cao, Hao Lv.
PacificVis,
183-190,
2008
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Mining Naturally Smooth Evolution of Clusters from Dynamic DataYi Wang, Shi-Xia Liu, Jianhua Feng, Lizhu Zhou.
SDM,
125-134,
2007.
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An Integrated System for Building Enterprise TaxonomiesLi Zhang, Tao Li, Shixia Liu, Yue Pan.
Information Retrieval.
10(4-5):
365-391,
2007
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Reconstruction of curved solids from engineering drawingsShi-Xia Liu, Shi-Min Hu, Yu-Jian Chen, Jia-Guang Sun.
Computer-Aided Design
33
(14):
1059-1072
2001
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A Matrix-Based Approach to Reconstruction of 3D Objects from Three Orthographic ViewsShi-Xia Liu, Shi-Min Hu, Jia-Guang Sun, Chiew-Lan Tai.
Pacific Graphics ,
254-261 ,
2000
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PhD Theses
- Xiting Wang, Topic Mining and Visual Topic Analysis of Rich Text Corpora, PhD thesis, 2017.
- Mengchen Liu, Visual Analytics of Machine Learning Models, PhD thesis, 2018.