Publications
2017
Text detection in screen images with a Convolutional Neural Network
The Journal of Open Source Software
Use deep learning to find text in screen images. Learned from millions of papers.
What Users Don't Expect about Exploratory Data Analysis on Approximate Query Processing Systems
Traditional exploratory visualization systems fail when the database is approximate.
Distinguished Long Talk
Lessons from Pangloss: User Encounters with Uncertainty
Tools need to better support analysts who work with approximate data.Trust, but Verify: Optimistic Visualizations of Approximate Queries for Exploring Big Data
Optimistic Visualization gives data analysts confidence to use approximation for EDA.Voyager 2: Augmenting Visual Analysis with Partial View Specifications
Voyager 2 blends manual and automated chart specification.The Myria Big Data Management and Analytics System and Cloud Service
Myria is a distributed DB for data science.Vega-Lite: A Grammar of Interactive Graphics
Vega-Lite is a declarative language for visualization and interaction.
Best Paper Award
2016
SQLShare: Results from a Multi-Year SQL-as-a-Service Experiment
Data analysts can use SQL to analyze data; if the system supports complex queries.
Most Reproducible Paper Award
Towards A General-Purpose Query Language for Visualization Recommendation
CompassQL is a query language for visualization recommendation.2015
Dynamic Client-Server Optimization for Scalable Interactive Visualization on the Web
Interactive visualizations in client-server systems can have reduced latency.Voyager: Exploratory Analysis via Faceted Browsing of Visualization Recommendations
Visualization recommendation promotes breadth and prevents early fixation.
Invited to SIGGRAPH 2016
Perfopticon: Visual Query Analysis for Distributed Databases
Visualization of dataflow and distributed execution in Myria. Influenced the design of the Distributed Dask web interface.
Visual performance debugging for queries in distributed database systems.2014
2013
Visualization of Varying Hierarchies by Stable Layout of Voronoi Treemaps
Publication of algorithms that I developed for my bachelor thesis.
Use Voronoi tesselation for stable treemaps.Algorithms for the Visualization of Software System Evolution
My bachelor thesis. Not published due to non disclosure agreement.