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

Technical Interests

  • Web-Development
    • JavaScript, TypeScript, NativeScript
  • Frameworks
    • Angular, React, Vue

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

<p>My research centers on advancing the field of<strong>Information Visualization and Visual Analytics</strong>, with a strong focus on<strong>Dynamic Network Analysis</strong>. 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 as<strong>Art History</strong>, where understanding the evolution of artistic movements and influence is crucial, and<strong>Information Diffusion</strong>, 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.</p>

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

  • Top Cited Article
    2025 / Wiley & Sons / United States of America / Website
  • Best Dissertation Nominee
    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 Nominee
    2018 / TUW / Austria / Website

Open Student Topics

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

Publications

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.