Velitchko Filipov

Function
Project Assistant
Address

Favoritenstraße 9-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Room
HE 01 20
Phone
+43 (1) 58801 - 188217
Wikidata
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
Exploration of Temporal Hierarchical Layouts for Large Datasets PR, MA Information Visualization (IV), Visual Analytics (VA)
Visual Analytics for Graph Representation Learning SE, BA, PR, MA Information Extraction (IE) and Transformation, Information Visualization (IV), Medical Informatics, Visual Analytics (VA)
Dynamic Network Visualization PR, MA Information Visualization (IV), Visual Analytics (VA)

Publications