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Dongyu Liu Version: Sep 2026

Department of Computer Science

University of California-Davis

2123 Kemper Hall

Davis, CA 95616

Professional experience

education

2014—19
Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Thesis: Combining Automated Analysis with Interactive Vis for Spatio-temporal Data Analysis
Advisor: Huamin Qu
Committee: Pedro Sander, Yangqiu Song, Zhongming Lu, Claudio Silva
2010—14
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Thesis: The Design and Implementation of an Intelligent and Emotional Chatbot
Advisor: Jiajun Bu
Completed the Chu Kochen Honors Program

Honors & Awards

Research Funding

Publications

* indicates equal contribution.
Journal Papers
Referred Conference Proceedings
Preprints
Referred Workshop Papers, Extended Abstract, and Posters

Patents

2026
System and Method for Plan-Centric Supervision and Repair of Vision-Based Graphical User Interface Automation Agents
Jiajing Guo, Jorge Henrique Piazentin Ono, Madhumitha Venkatesan, Shicheng Wen, Dongyu Liu, Wenbin He, Liu Ren
U.S. Patent Application 19/742,934, filed on July 15, 2026.
2024
Interpretable Visualization System for Graph Neural Network
Dakuo Wang, Sijia Liu, Abel Valente, Chuang Gan, Bei Chen, Dongyu Liu, Yi Sun
U.S. Patent 12,182,698, issued on December 31, 2024.
2020
System and Method for Large Scale Multidimensional Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis
Panpan Xu, Liu Ren, Dongyu Liu
U.S. Patent 10846321, issued on November 24, 2020.

Invited Talks

Teaching

2025—
ECS273 - Visual Analytics UC Davis
[S25, S26] Instructor.
2024—
ECS163 - Information Visualization UC Davis
[W24, S25, S26] Instructor.
2024
ECS289G - Human-AI Teaming UC Davis
[S24] Instructor.
2023
ECS272 - Information Visualization UC Davis
[F23] Guest Instructor with Prof. Kwan-Liu Ma.
2021
Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) MIT
Completed 8 training workshops and 2 teaching demos as a trainee (Certificate).

Advising and Mentoring

Advisees
Mentees Prior to UC Davis

Service and Outreach

Conference Organization Committee
2027
IEEE PacificVis (Co-Chair, VisNotes (Short Papers) Track)
2026
IEEE PacificVis (Co-Chair, Posters Track)
2024
IEEE PacificVis (Co-Chair, Posters Track)
PC Member
2026
IEEE VIS (Short Papers), ChinaVis
2025
IEEE VIS, ChinaVis, VisMeetsAI Workshop at IEEE PacificVis
2024
IEEE VIS
2023
IEEE VIS, ChinaVis, IEEE DSAA
2022
IEEE VIS (Short Papers), ChinaVis, IEEE DSAA
2021
IEEE VIS (Short Papers)
2020
IEEE VIS (Short Papers)
Editorial Boards
2023—26
Associate Editor, Young Advisory Board, Journal of Visual Informatics
Paper Reviewing
Conf.
IEEE VIS, IEEE PacificVis, EuroVis, ChinaVis,
ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, ACM IUI, ACM UIST, IEEE DSAA, ACL Rolling Review
Journal
IEEE TVCG, IEEE CG&A, Comput. Graph. Forum, ACM TiiS, IJHCI,
TMLR, VLDB Journal, JVLC,
IEEE TBD, IEEE TKDE, IEEE TNSE, IEEE Access
Grant Review Panels
2025
Evaluation Committee, NSERC–CSE Research Communities.
2024
Panelist, NSF Proposal Review Panel.
2020
Program Committee, C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Research Award
The awards are created to address Mitigation of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics.
University Service
2024—26
Member, GGCS Admissions Committee, UC Davis.
2024
Panelist, AI in Interventional Biophotonics, Interventional Biophotonics Week Symposium and Summer School, UC Davis.
2024
Member, Recruitment Advisory Committee, UC Davis.
2022
Mentor, SES Graduate Application Assistance Program, MIT IDSS
Assisted students from underrepresented groups in preparing PhD applications.
2021
Peer Reviewer, Mock Faculty Job Talk, MIT LIDS

Media Coverage