Computer Graphics Technology Directory

Yingjie Chen

Assistant Professor

Campus: West Lafayette
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Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Office: Knoy 331
Phone: 765.494.1454
Mailing Address:
Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University
Knoy Hall, N. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Biography:

Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. degree in the areas of human-computer interaction, information visualization, and visual analytics from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada.  He earned Bachelor degree of Engineering from the Tsinghua University (China), and a Master of Science degree in Information Technology from SFU.

Dr. Chen have been working in multi-disciplinary domains for two decades, starting from an engineer, a 3D illustrator and animator, then a web designer and Internet system developer, finally an academic researcher and educator. In early 90s He pioneered in China to bring 3D modeling, rendering and animation into architecture design. Dr. Chen started to develop Internet-based applications in Canada since 2000, ranging from website design, mobile phone SMS platforms, information management systems, Flash online games, E-commerce, to social network applications, collaborated with professionals in different domains and communicated with different kinds of clients.

His research covers interdisciplinary domains of Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Digital Media, and Human Computer Interaction. He seeks to design, model, and construct new forms of interaction in visualization and system design, by which the system can minimize its influence on design and analysis, and become a true free extension of human’s brain and hand.

Dr. Chen conducts basic and applied research with an emphasis on implementation. He believes that high quality prototype implementations of designed mechanisms are essential to future theoretical progress in the field and to its application outside of academia. Certainly evaluation is equally important as the implementation. His research mixes theory, analysis, design, implementation, and review. The methodology executes iterative loops of problem awareness, suggestion, development, and evaluation.

Research Interest

Information Visualization / Visual Analytics

Digital Media

Interactive System Design and Development

Parametric Modelling in CAD and Animation

Publications

Journals

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z., Woodbury, R.F. and J. Dill (2013). “Employing a Parametric Model for Analytic Provenance”, ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, special issue of Interactive Computational Visual Analytics (in press).

Chen, V.Y., Razip, A.M., Ko, S., Qian, C.Z., and Ebert, D.S. (2013), “SemanticPrism: a Multi-aspect View of Large High-dimensional Cyber Security Data”, in 2013 Information Visualization Journal (in press).

Qian, C.Z., R.F. Woodbury, and V.Y. Chen, (2010). “Design patterns to support collaborative parametric design”, International Journal of Design Sciences and Technology, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 57-75, ISSN: 1630-7267.

Qian, C.Z., Chen, V.Y., & R.F. Woodbury. (2008). “Developing a Simple Repository to Support Authoring Learning Objects”, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 154-173.

Contest Awards

Chen, V.Y., Razip, A.M., Ko, S., Qian, C.Z., and Ebert, D.S. (2012), “IEEE VAST 2012 Mini Challenge 1 Award: Outstanding Integrated Analysis and Visualization”, in 2012 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Seattle, WA, USA

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z., and Zhang, L. (2011), “IEEE VAST 2011 Mini Challenge 1 Award: Novel Extension of Visual Analytics to Mobile Devices”, in 2011 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Oct 23- 28, Providence, RI, USA.

Chen, V.Y., Dunsmuir, D., Alimadadi, S., Lee, E., Guenther, J., Dill, J., Qian, C., Shaw, C., Stone, ., and R. Woodbury, (2010) “VAST 2010 Mini Challenge 1 Award: Outstanding Interaction Model”, in 2010 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Oct 24-29, Salt ake City, Utah, USA.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

 Chen, V.Y., Razip, A.M., Ko, S., Qian, C.Z., and Ebert, D.S. (2012), “SemanticPrism: a Multi-aspect View of Large High-dimensional Data”, in 2012 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Seattle, WA, USA

Qian, C.Z. and V.Y. Chen. (2012), “When Simple Products are not Simple to Operate: Attaining Simplicity in Interaction Design”, in IDSA 2012 International Conference and Education Symposium, Aug 15, Boston, MA.

Visser, S., Qian, C.Z. and V.Y. Chen. (2012), “What You can Get from 48 Hours: Time-sensitive Collaborative Design Experience”, in IDSA 2012 International Conference and Education Symposium, Aug 15, Boston, MA.

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z., and Zhang, L. (2011), “MobileAnalymator: Animating Data Changes on Mobile Devices”, in 2011 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Oct 23-28, Providence, RI, USA.

Qian, C.Z., Visser, S. and V.Y. Chen. (2011), “Integrating user experience research into industrial design education: interaction design program in Purdue”, in Proceedings of NCIIA 15th conference, Mar 24-26, Washington D.C.

Chen, V.Y., Dunsmuir, D., Kadivar, N., Lee, E., Guenther, J., Jani, S.A., Dill, J., Shaw, C., Stone, M., Woodbury, R., and C.Z. Qian, (2010) “Interactive Demo: Using CZsaw to Analyze Entities in Collections”, in 2010 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Oct 24-29, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Chen, V.Y., Dunsmuir, D., Alimadadi, S., Lee, E., Guenther, J., Dill, J., Qian, C.,  Shaw, C., Stone, M., and R.Woodbury, (2010) “CZSaw: Model based Interactive Analysis of Interwoven, Imprecise Narratives.”, in 2010 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Sciences and Technology, Oct 24-29, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Kadivar, N., Chen, V.Y., Dunsmuir, D., Lee, E., Qian, C.Z., Dill, J., Shaw, C. & R.F. Woodbury. (2009). “Capturing and Supporting the Analysis Process”, in IEEE VAST conference, Oct. 11-16, Atlantic City, NJ.

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z. & R.F. Woodbury. (2007). “Local Navigation Can Reveal Implicit Relations”. In processing of CAADFutures July 11-13, Sydney, Australia. pp. 403-416.

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z. & R.F. Woodbury. (2007). “Visualizing Collaborative Filtering in Digital Collections”, in IEEE Information Visualization 2007, July 4-6, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 203-208.

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z. and R.F. Woodbury. (2007). “Developing a Simple Repository to Support Authoring Learning Objects”, Intelligent Interactive Learning Object Repositories (I2LOR) Conference, Nov 4-7 2007, Montreal, Canada.

Qian, C.Z., Chen, V.Y. & R.F. Woodbury. (2007). “Participant Observation Can Discover Design Patterns in Parametric Modeling”, in ACADIA 2007: Expanding Bodies, Oct. 1-7, Halifax, Canada. pp. 230-241.

Chen, V.Y., Qian, C.Z., and R.F. Woodbury. (2006). “NEAR: Visualizing Information Relations in Multimedia Repositories”, in Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering 2006, Montreal, Canada.

Qian, C.Z., Chen, V.Y. & R.F. Woodbury. (2006). “NEAR: Collaborative Filtering & Visualizing Information Relations in a Multimedia Repository”, in International Symposium on Smart Graphics 2006, pp.236-241.

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