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Hi, I’m Manling YANG 👋

I am a first-year CS Ph.D student, advised by Prof. Remco Chang in Visual Analytics Lab @ Tufts University (VALT). Prior to that, I received my Master degree in Computational Media and Arts from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and my Bachelor degree in Electronic Information Engineering from Chongqing University.

Research Interests

My research interests lie broadly in the intersections of Visualization (InfoVIS) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I am focusing on using theory-based models and methods to decompose, evaluate and reasoning visualization design, which aim to build the theoretical foundation and provide innovative viewpoint for visualization design.

There are lots of definition of "what is visualization", my favorite one comes from the book Using Vision to Think, which defines InfoVIS as "the use of computer-supported, interactive, visual representations of abstract data to amplify cognition."

Recent News

[11/2025 🙋🏻‍♀️] Will attend VIS'25 in Vienna, Dashboard Vision and Finflier will be presented. See you in Nov.

[09/2025 📍] I joined VALT Lab as a PhD student.

[01/2025 🎊] Our paper Dashboard Vision has been accepted by IEEE TVCG.

[01/2025 🎊] Our paper GenColor has been accepted by CHI'25.

[12/2024 🎊] Our paper FinFlier has been accepted by IEEE TVCG.

[05/2024 👀] Attending CHI'24 as an attendee in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

[01/2024 🎊] Our paper C2Ideas has been accepted by CHI'24.

[09/2023 🙋🏻‍♀️] Attending VINCI'23 as a student volunteer in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

[09/2023 📍] I joined CIVAL Lab as an MPhil.

[07/2023 👀] Attending ChinaVis'23 in Chongqing, China.

[06/2023 📍] My journey in visualization started, as a Research Assistant in CIVAL Lab.

[01/2022 👀] Attending ChineseCSCW'22 to present our paper in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Selected Publications

GenColor: Generative Color-Concept Association in Visual Design

GenColor: Generative Color-Concept Association in Visual Design

Yihan Hou, Xingchen Zeng, Yusong Wang, Manling YANG, Xiaojiao Chen, Wei Zeng

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI2025)

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Dashboard Vision: Using Eye-Tracking to Understand and Predict Dashboard Viewing Behaviors

Dashboard Vision: Using Eye-Tracking to Understand and Predict Dashboard Viewing Behaviors

Manling YANG, Yihan Hou, Ling Li, Remco Chang, Wei Zeng

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

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FinFlier: Automating Graphical Overlays for Financial Visualizations with Knowledge-Grounding Large Language Model

FinFlier: Automating Graphical Overlays for Financial Visualizations with Knowledge-Grounding Large Language Model

Jianing Hao, Manling YANG, Qing Shi, Yuzhe Jiang, Guang Zhang, Wei Zeng

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

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C2Ideas: Supporting Creative Interior Color Design Ideation with Large Language Model

C2Ideas: Supporting Creative Interior Color Design Ideation with Large Language Model

Yihan Hou, Manling YANG, Hao Cui, Lei Wang, Jie Xu, Wei Zeng

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI2024)

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