Department of Computer Science
University of California-Davis
2123 Kemper Hall
Davis, CA 95616
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
Publications
* indicates equal contribution.
Journal Papers
Referred Conference Proceedings
Preprints
Referred Workshop Papers, Extended Abstract, and Posters
Patents
2022
Interpretable Visualization System for Graph Neural Network
Dakuo Wang, Sijia Liu, Abel Valente, Chuang Gan, Bei Chen,
Dongyu Liu, Yi Sun
U.S. Patent Publication US20220101120A1, published on March 31, 2022.
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.
Teaching
2025—
ECS273 - Visual Analytics
UC Davis
[S25] Instructor.
2024—
ECS163 - Information Interfaces
UC Davis
[W24, S25] 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
As a Trainee, I completed 8 training workshops and 2 teaching demos (Certificate).
Advising and Mentoring
Advisees
Mentees Prior to UC Davis
Service and Outreach
Conf.
IEEE VIS 2015—25,
IEEE PacificVis 2016—24,
EuroVis 2016—24,
ChinaVis 2018—23,
ACM CHI 2020—24,
ACM CSCW 2022—23,
ACM IUI 2019,
IEEE DSAA 2022—23
Journal
IEEE TVCG 2016—25,
IEEE CG&A 2021,
ACM TiiS 2019/23,
ACM IJHCI 2021,
TMLR 2022—24,
VLDB Journal 2021,
JVLC 2018,
IEEE TBD 2021,
IEEE TNSE 2021,
IEEE Access 2020
2023—
Associate Editor, Young Advisory Board, Journal of Visual Informatics
2023—25
Member, Program Committee, IEEE VIS
2025
Member, Program Committee, VisMeetsAI workshop at IEEE PacificVis 2025
2024
Posters Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, IEEE PacificVis
2022—23
Member, Program Committee, IEEE DSAA
2022—23
Member, Program Committee, ChinaVis
2020—22
Member, Program Committee, IEEE VIS (short paper)
2024
Reviewer, NSF Proposal Review Panel.
2024
Member, Recruitment Advisory Committee, UC Davis.
2024
Member, GGCS Admissions 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
2020
Program Committee, C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Research Award
The awards are created to address Mitigation of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics.
2018—19
Weekly Seminar Coordinator (>30 participants), HKUST VisLab
2018
Student Volunteer, IEEE VIS 2018