News

We’re excited to share a new publication, which explores how Visual Analytics (VA) can better incorporate user-generated artefacts—such as annotations, parameter settings, spatial arrangements, and other interactive constructs—as valuable carriers of insight. 

Traditional VA systems often neglect these artefacts, despite their critical role in capturing users’ contextual understanding and subjective judgments.

"Persistent interaction: A conceptualization of user-generated artefacts in Visual Analytics"

Our team had a strong presence at EuroVis 2025, contributing across multiple formats and receiving notable recognition. 

We are pleased to share that Michaela Tuscher has successfully completed her PhD proficiency evaluation. 

Her topic is "Relationship Analysis in Cultural Heritage Data" and this represents a key milestone on the path toward the doctoral defense. 

The evaluation was conducted by a committee consisting of:

Silvia Miksch (supervisor)

CVAST is excited to welcome a new member to the group: Natkamon Tovanich!
Natkamon is joining CVAST as a University Assistant. We’re looking forward to the fresh perspectives and energy he will bring to the team. The entire CVAST group wishes him a great start and an inspiring, collaborative journey ahead!

Dagstuhl Seminar 25152 Explores Visual Process Mining Synergies
April 6–11, 2025 — Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany

Bringing together experts in Process Mining (PM) and Visual Analytics (VA), the Dagstuhl Seminar “Multi-Faceted Visual Process Mining and Analytics” focused on bridging two complementary fields. Over the course of the week, participants tackled challenges in exploring and visualizing complex, multi-faceted process data—including time, space, uncertainty, and provenance.

Empowering Communities: Tailored Pandemic Data Visualization for Varied Tasks and Users

Authors: Tom Baumgartl, Mohammad Ghoniem, Tatiana von Landesberger, G. Elisabeta Marai, Silvia Miksch, and Sibylle Mohr
 

HoloGraphs: An Interactive Physicalization for Dynamic Graphs

Authors: Daniel Pahr, Henry Ehlers, Velitchko Filipov

Bringing Dynamic Networks into the Physical Realm at IVAPP 2025 in Porto, Portugal. We’re taking network visualization beyond the digital screen. HoloGraphs, our interactive physicalization for dynamic graphs, makes evolving networks tangible using transparent materials-it offers an intuitive way to explore temporal structures-no holodeck required.

Navigating a city during rush hour feels like solving a puzzle where the pieces keep moving. But fear not! A team of researchers—Annika Bonerath, Claus-Christian Carbon, Silvia Miksch, Maurizio Patrignani, and Alessandra Tappini—has cracked the code on time-dependent route planning in a recently published study in Perception in Network Visualization.