Velitchko Filipov

Function
Project Assistant
Address

Favoritenstraße 9-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Room
HE 01 20
Phone
+43 (1) 58801 - 188217
TU Wien Addressbook

Research

  • Spatial and Time-oriented data visualization
  • Network and Set-typed data visualization
  • Interaction techniques

Students

If you are interested in the topics shortly outlined above, please contact me and we will arrange a personal meeting to talk about how you can contribute and complete your seminar work or thesis.

Research profile

Short Bio

My research centers on advancing the field ofInformation Visualization and Visual Analytics, with a strong focus onDynamic Network Analysis. I specialize in creating innovative visual representations and interactive techniques that enable researchers to explore complex, time-varying networks intuitively. My work has significant applications in fields such asArt History, where understanding the evolution of artistic movements and influence is crucial, andInformation Diffusion, where it aids in visualizing the spread of ideas and knowledge. These approaches can also benefit other disciplines, such as computational social sciences, digital humanities, and communication studies, by providing tools to uncover patterns and insights within evolving relational data.

Research Keywords

  • Analytics
  • dynamic social network analysis
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Process Visualization
  • Uncertainty visualization
  • social network analysis
  • Information Visualization
  • Data Mining in the Social Sciences
  • Data visualization

Awards

  • Best Paper Honorable Mention
    2025 / IEEE VIS / Austria / Website
  • Best Full Paper
    2025 / EuroGraphics / Luxembourg / Website
  • Top Cited Article
    2025 / Wiley & Sons / United States of America / Website
  • Best Dissertation
    2024 / TUW / Austria / Website
  • Best Paper VIS4DH
    2019 / IEEE VIS / Canada / Website
  • Graph Drawing Contest
    2019 / International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization / Czech Republic / Website
  • Graph Drawing Contest
    2018 / International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization / Spain / Website
  • Best Masters Thesis
    2018 / TUW / Austria / Website

Open Student Topics

Title Scope Area
Dynamic Network Visualization PR, MA Information Visualization (IV), Visual Analytics (VA)

Publications

Velitchko Filipov, Teresa Kamencek, Victor Schetinger, Raphael Rosenberg, Silvia Miksch, "Chronicles of Artist Exhibitions: Exploring Temporal Patterns in Artists' Co-Exhibition Activity Using Visual Analytics", AustroVis 2023, 2023.
Saminu Salisu, Velitchko Filipov, Barry Pene, "Blockchain Forensics: A Modern Approach to Investigating Cybercrime in the Age of Decentralisation", 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ICCWS 2023, vol. 18, pp. 338-347, 2023.
Victor Schetinger, Velitchko Filipov, Ignacio Baltazar Pérez Messina, Ethan Smith, Rodrigo de Oliveira, "I Learn to Diffuse, or Data Alchemy 101: a Mnemonic Manifesto", , 2022. paper
Velitchko Filipov, Victor Schetinger, Kathrin Raminger, Nathalie Soursos, Susana Zapke, Silvia Miksch, "Gone full circle: A radial approach to visualize event-based networks in digital humanities", Visual Informatics, vol. 5, pp. 45-60, 2021.
: Different combinations of structural and temporal encodings of a network as depicted in our study Velitchko Filipov, Alessio Arleo, Silvia Miksch, "Exploratory User Study on Graph Temporal Encodings", , pp. 126-130, 2021.
Victor Schetinger, Ignacio Baltazar Pérez Messina, Renan Guarese, Velitchko Filipov, "Xenakis: Experimenting with Data, Cities, and Sounds", , 2021. paper
Victor Schetinger, Kathrin Raminger, Velitchko Filipov, Nathalie Soursos, Susana Zapke, Silvia Miksch, "Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Digital Humanities: Beyond the Data-Users-Tasks Design Triangle", , 2020.
Florian Windhager, Saminu Salisu, Roger Leite, Velitchko Filipov, Silvia Miksch, Günther Schreder, Eva Mayr, "Many Views Are Not Enough: Designing for Synoptic Insights in Cultural Collections", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 40, pp. 58-71, 2020. paper
Velitchko Filipov, Alessio Arleo, Davide Ceneda, Silvia Miksch, "The Fabric of Heroes: an Infographic about Marvel Cinematic Universe", International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, 2019.
Velitchko Filipov, Alessio Arleo, Paolo Federico, Silvia Miksch, "CV3: Visual Exploration, Assessment, and Comparison of CVs", Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 38, pp. 11, 2019.
Velitchko Filipov, Nathalie Soursos, Victor Schetinger, Susana Zapke, Silvia Miksch, "Exiled but not forgotten: Investigating commemoration of musicians in Vienna after 1945 through Visual Analytics", , 2019.
Eva Mayr, Saminu Salisu, Velitchko Filipov, Günther Schreder, Roger Leite, Silvia Miksch, Florian Windhager, "Visualizing Biographical Trajectories by Historical Artifacts: A Case Study based on the Photography Collection of Charles W. Cushman", , 2019.
Saminu Salisu, Eva Mayr, Velitchko Filipov, Florian Windhager, Roger Leite, Silvia Miksch, "Shapes of Time: Visualizing Set Changes Over Time", SetVA - Set Visual Analytics Workshop at IEEE VIS 2019, 2019.
Saminu Salisu, Eva Mayr, Velitchko Filipov, Roger Leite, Silvia Miksch, Florian Windhager, "Shapes of Time: Visualizing Set Changes Over Time in Cultural Heritage Collections", , pp. 45-47, 2019.
Florian Windhager, Velitchko Filipov, Saminu Salisu, Eva Mayr, "Visualizing Uncertainty in Cultural Heritage Collections", EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3), 2018.
Velitchko Filipov, Paolo Federico, Silvia Miksch, "CV3: Visual Exploration, Assessment, and Comparison of CVs", EuroVis 2018 - Posters, 2018.
Velitchko Filipov, Davide Ceneda, Michael Koller, Alessio Arleo, Silvia Miksch, "The Circle Of Thrones: Conveying the Story of Game of Thrones Using Radial Infographics", , 2018. High Quality Poster
Velitchko Filipov, "Visual exploration and comparison of multiple resume : focus on time and space", Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, pp. 75, 2017.