Manuela Waldner

Function

Assistant professor (tenure track)

Research Work

I am an assistant professor researching visual interfaces for the interactive exploration and analysis of complex data. I am and have been involved in multiple research projects:

Large-scale interactive geographic data visualization in weBIGeo (TU Wien, NetIdee, 2024-2025)
Joint human-machine data exploration (TU Wien, FWF Stand-alone project, 2023-2026)
Visual context analysis in Visual Analytics and Computer Vision Meet Cultural Heritage (TU Wien with FH St.Pölten, FWF doc.funds.connect, 2023-2027, as core faculty member)
Visual information foraging in the Deskollage project (TU Wien, FWF Hertha Firnberg, 2015-2019)
Visual attention guidance in the Illustrative Visualization project (TU Wien, WWTF project by Ivan Viola)
Interfaces for co-located collaborative work in emerging display environments in the Deskotheque project (TU Graz, FFG BRIDGE, 2009-2011)

Interests

My research interests cover visualization and human-computer interaction with a special focus on:

Visual exploratory analysis of large and unstructured data
Guiding visual attention in complex visual displays
Interfaces and collaborative interaction techniques for emerging display environments (virtual reality, large-scale displays, multi-display environments, etc.)

For a publication list including also my previous publications, see DBLP.

Hobbies

skiing and ski touring
mountaineering and hiking
biking
spending time with my family

News

Best Paper Award at EuroVA 2024
posted on 3. Jun 2024
Doktoratsprogramm „Visual Heritage“ gestartet
posted on 14. Feb 2024

Topics for Projects and Theses

3D Geographic Visualization Projects
BA, PR, DA; 1-2 persons
Joint Human-Machine Data Exploration
BA, PR, DA; 1-2 persons

Research Projects

Visual Analytics and Computer Vision meet Cultural Heritage
Oct 2023 - Sep 2027
Joint Human-Machine Data Exploration
May 2023 - Apr 2026

Courses in the current semester

Ausgewählte Kapitel der Computergraphik
VU 186.167: TISS
Echtzeit-Visualisierung
VU 186.191: TISS | TUWEL | Hall Of Fame
Forschungsseminar für DissertantInnen (Methodenseminar)
SE 193.156: TISS
Privatissimum für Dissertant(inn)en (Methodenseminar)
PV 186.070: TISS
Project in Visual Computing 1
PR 193.023: Course page | TISS
Project in Visual Computing 2
PR 193.024: Course page | TISS
Seminar für Diplomand_innen für Visual Computing
SE 180.774: Course page | TISS
Seminar für DissertantInnen
SE 186.195: TISS
Visualisierung 2
VU 186.833: TISS | TUWEL | Hall Of Fame
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
SE 193.052: Course page | TISS | TUWEL
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren 1
PR 186.185: TISS

Publications

42 Publications found:

Image	Bib Reference	Publication Type
2024
	Daniel Pahr , Henry Ehlers , Hsiang-Yun Wu , Manuela Waldner , Renata Raidou Investigating the Effect of Operation Mode and Manifestation on Physicalizations of Dynamic Processes Computer Graphics Forum, 43(3):e15106, June 2024.	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Matthias Matt, Matthias Zeppelzauer, Manuela Waldner cVIL: Class-Centric Visual Interactive Labeling In Eurographics Proceedings. May 2024. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Anja Heim, Alexander Gall, Manuela Waldner , Eduard Gröller , Christoph Heinzl AccuStripes: Visual exploration and comparison of univariate data distributions using color and binning COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK, 119, April 2024. [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Hannah Bayat, Manuela Waldner , Renata Raidou A Workflow to Visually Assess Interobserver Variability in Medical Image Segmentation IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 44(1):86-94, January 2024.	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Paolo Boffi, Alexandre Kouyoumdjian, Manuela Waldner , Pier Luca Lanzi, Ivan Viola BaggingHook: Selecting Moving Targets by Pruning Distractors Away for Intention-Prediction Heuristics in Dense 3D Environments In 2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), pages 913-923. 2024.	Conference Paper
2023
	Johannes Eschner , Adam Celarek, Manuela Waldner Echtzeitvisualisierung von Lawinenrisiko basierend auf hochauflösenden Geodaten In Lawinensymposium 2023, pages 38-43. November 2023. [paper preprint] [online demo]	Conference Paper
	Gerald Kimmersdorfer, Dominik Wolf, Manuela Waldner WebGPU for Scalable Client-Side Aggregate Visualization Poster shown at 25th EG Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2023) (12. June 2023-16. June 2023) In EuroVis 2023 - Posters , pages 105-107. [extended abstract] [poster] [Climate Change Explorer]	Poster
	Johannes Eschner , Peter Mindek, Manuela Waldner Illustrative Motion Smoothing for Attention Guidance in Dynamic Visualizations Computer Graphics Forum, 42(3):361-372, June 2023. [paper] [video]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Judith Louis-Alexandre Dit Petit-Frere, Manuela Waldner Visual Exploration of Indirect Bias in Language Models In EuroVis 2023 - Short Papers. June 2023. [paper] [video] [online demo]	Conference Paper
2022
	Pavol Ulbrich, Manuela Waldner , Katarína Furmanová, Sergio M. Margues, David Bednář, Barbora Kozlikova, Jan Byska sMolBoxes: Dataflow Model for Molecular Dynamics Exploration IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics:1-10, October 2022. [arxiv]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Nicolas Grossmann, Eduard Gröller , Manuela Waldner Concept splatters: Exploration of latent spaces based on human interpretable concepts Computers and Graphics, 105:73-84, April 2022. [video] [paper] [online demo]	Journal Paper (without talk)
2021
	Ruwayda Alharbi, Ondrej Strnad, Laura R. Luidolt , Manuela Waldner , David Kouřil, Ciril Bohak, Tobias Klein, Eduard Gröller , Ivan Viola Nanotilus: Generator of Immersive Guided-Tours in Crowded 3D Environments IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics:1-16, December 2021. [Image] [Paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Johannes Sorger, Alessio Arleo, Peter Kán, Wolfgang Knecht, Manuela Waldner Egocentric Network Exploration for Immersive Analytics Computer Graphics Forum, 40:241-252, October 2021. [the paper] [video] [online egocentric network]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Nicolas Grossmann, Jürgen Bernard, Michael Sedlmair, Manuela Waldner Does the Layout Really Matter? A Study on Visual Model Accuracy Estimation In IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), pages 61-65. October 2021. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Stefan Sietzen, Mathias Lechner, Judy Borowski, Ramin Hasani, Manuela Waldner Interactive Analysis of CNN Robustness Computer Graphics Forum, 40:253-264, October 2021. [paper] [video] [online tool]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Hsiang-Yun Wu , Aleksandr Amirkhanov, Nicolas Grossmann, Tobias Klein, David Kouřil, Haichao Miao, Laura R. Luidolt , Peter Mindek, Renata Raidou , Ivan Viola , Manuela Waldner , Eduard Gröller Visualization working group at TU Wien: Visibile Facimus Quod Ceteri Non Possunt Visual Informatics, 5:76-84, March 2021. [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Manuela Waldner , Thomas Geymayer, Dieter Schmalstieg, Michael Sedlmair Linking unstructured evidence to structured observations Information Visualization, January 2021. [Paper] [preprint]	Journal Paper (without talk)
2020
	Guido Reina, Hank Childs, Kresimir Matkovic , Katja Bühler , Manuela Waldner , David Pugmire, Barbora Kozlikova, Timo Ropinski, Patric Ljung, Takayuki Itoh, Eduard Gröller , Michael Krone The moving target of visualization software for an increasingly complex world Computers & Graphics, 87:12-29, April 2020. [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Manuela Waldner , Daniel Steinböck, Eduard Gröller Interactive exploration of large time-dependent bipartite graphs Journal of Computer Languages, 57, April 2020. [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
2019
	Johannes Sorger, Manuela Waldner , Wolfgang Knecht, Alessio Arleo Immersive Analytics of Large Dynamic Networks via Overview and Detail Navigation In 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality, pages 144-151. December 2019. [video] [arxiv preprint]	Conference Paper
	Stefan Sietzen, Manuela Waldner Interactive Feature Visualization in the Browser In Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization for AI explainability (VISxAI). October 2019. [video] [Explainable URL]	Other Reviewed Publication
	Manuela Waldner , Alexandra Diehl , Denis Gracanin, Rainer Splechtna, Claudio Delrieux, Kresimir Matkovic A Comparison of Radial and Linear Charts for Visualizing Daily Patterns IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26:1033-1042, October 2019. [paper]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Sebastian Sippl, Michael Sedlmair, Manuela Waldner Collecting and Structuring Information in the Information Collage TR-193-02-2019-2, August 2019 [video] [arXiv report]	Technical Report
	Jan Byska, Thomas Trautner, Sergio Marques, Jiri Damborsky, Barbora Kozlikova, Manuela Waldner Analysis of Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations Using Interactive Focus+Context Visualization Computer Graphics Forum, 38(3):441-453, June 2019. [paper] [video]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Nicholas Waldin, Manuela Waldner , Mathieu Le Muzic, Eduard Gröller , David Goodsell, Ludovic Autin, Arthur Olson, Ivan Viola Cuttlefish: Color Mapping for Dynamic Multi‐Scale Visualizations Computer Graphics Forum, 38(6):150-164, March 2019. [Open Access Article in Wiley Online Library]	Journal Paper (without talk)
2018
	Daniel Steinböck, Eduard Gröller , Manuela Waldner Casual Visual Exploration of Large Bipartite Graphs Using Hierarchical Aggregation and Filtering In International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics. October 2018. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Michael Mazurek, Manuela Waldner Visualizing Expanded Query Results Computer Graphics Forum:87-98, June 2018. [paper] [video]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Manuela Waldner Visual Data Exploration and Analysis in Emerging Display Environments , 5. April 2018, Pisa, Italy	Invited Talk
	Patrik Polatsek, Manuela Waldner , Ivan Viola , Peter Kapec, Wanda Benesova Exploring visual attention and saliency modeling for task-based visual analysis Computers & Graphics, (2), February 2018. [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)
2017
	Manuela Waldner Guiding Attention in Complex Visualizations using Flicker, 17. November 2017, Czech Technical University	Invited Talk
	Thomas Geymayer, Manuela Waldner , Alexander Lex, Dieter Schmalstieg How Sensemaking Tools Influence Display Space Usage In EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. June 2017. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Manuela Waldner , Alexey Karimov, Eduard Gröller Exploring Visual Prominence of Multi-Channel Highlighting in Visualizations In Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2017. May 2017. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Nicholas Waldin, Manuela Waldner , Ivan Viola Flicker Observer Effect: Guiding Attention Through High Frequency Flicker in Images Computer Graphics Forum, 36(2):467-476, May 2017. [paper]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
2016
	Matthias Bernhard, Manuela Waldner , Pascal Plank, Veronika Solteszova, Ivan Viola The Accuracy of Gauge-Figure Tasks in Monoscopic and Stereo Displays IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 36(4):56-66, July 2016.	Journal Paper (without talk)
	Nicholas Waldin, Mathieu Le Muzic, Manuela Waldner , Eduard Gröller , David Goodsell, Ludovic Autin, Ivan Viola Chameleon Dynamic Color Mapping for Multi-Scale Structural Biology Models In Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine. 2016. [paper]	Conference Paper
2015
	Mathieu Le Muzic, Manuela Waldner , Julius Parulek, Ivan Viola Illustrative Timelapse: A Technique for Illustrative Visualization of Particle Simulations on the Mesoscale Level In Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 2015 IEEE Pacific, pages 247-254. April 2015. [paper] [screenshot]	Conference Paper
2014
	Manuela Waldner , Mathieu Le Muzic, Matthias Bernhard, Werner Purgathofer , Ivan Viola Attractive Flicker: Guiding Attention in Dynamic Narrative Visualizations IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12):2456-2465, December 2014. [paper] [Preview video] [Submission video]	Journal Paper with Conference Talk
	Manuela Waldner , Stefan Bruckner , Ivan Viola Graphical Histories of Information Foraging In Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational , pages 295-304. October 2014. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Mathieu Le Muzic, Julius Parulek, Manuela Waldner , Ivan Viola Illustrative Visualization of Biochemical Processes Featuring Multiple Temporal Scales Poster shown at Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology ( 4. September 2014- 5. September 2014)	Poster
2013
	Manuela Waldner , Johann Schrammel, Michael Klein, Katrin Kristjansdottir, Dominik Unger, Manfred Tscheligi FacetClouds: Exploring Tag Clouds for Multi-Dimensional Data In Proceedings of the 2013 Graphics Interface Conference, pages 17-24. May 2013. [paper]	Conference Paper
	Manuela Waldner , Dieter Schmalstieg Towards Ubiquitous Information Space Management In POWERWALL: International Workshop on Interactive, Ultra-High-Resolution Displays, part of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2013), pages 1-6. May 2013. [Position Paper]	Conference Paper
undated
	Hsiang-Yun Wu , Aleksandr Amirkhanov, Nicolas Grossmann, Tobias Klein, David Kouřil, Haichao Miao, Laura R. Luidolt , Peter Mindek, Renata Raidou , Ivan Viola , Manuela Waldner , Eduard Gröller Visualization working group at TU Wien: Visible Facimus Quod Ceteri Non Possunt Visual Informatics, 5:76-84, . [paper]	Journal Paper (without talk)