CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, King’s College London, UK, 2020–2024
  • Thesis: Visualization Design and Evaluation Studies Across Application Domains—Applying and Enhancing Design Study Methodologies through Reflection on Collaborator Involvement and Domain Characteristics
  • Supervisors: Dr. Alfie Abdul-Rahman (first supervisor), Dr. Rita Borgo (second supervisor)
• M.Sc. in Data Science, King’s College London, UK, 2019–2020
  • Graduated with Distinction
  • Thesis: Dynamic Dispatch—Prioritization and Allocation of Ambulances to Patients
  • Supervisor: Dr. Alfie Abdul-Rahman
• B.Sc. in Statistics (major) and Applied Psychology (second major),
  East China Normal University, China, 2015–2019
  • Thesis: Research on the Differences in Emoji Sentiment Perception Between Sender and Receiver
  • Supervisor: Dr. Yan Li

Publications

OwnershipTracker: A Visual Analytics Approach to Uncovering Historical Book Ownership Patterns

Xing, Y., Ji, M., Dondi, C., & Abdul-Rahman, A. (2025). OwnershipTracker: A Visual Analytics Approach to Uncovering Historical Book Ownership Patterns. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, PP, 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3634653. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3634653.

Collaborating across Domains and Roles: An Interview Study of Visualization Design Practices

Xing, Y., Ortoleva, M. T., Borgo, R., & Abdul-Rahman, A. (2025). Collaborating across Domains and Roles: an Interview Study of Visualization Design Practices. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, PP, 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3634711. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3634711.

Designing Interactions with Generative AI for Art and Creativity: A Systematic Review and Taxonomy

Hu, X., Xing, Y., Cai, X., Zhao, Y., Cook, M., Borgo, R., & Neate, T. (2025). Designing Interactions with Generative AI for Art and Creativity: A Systematic Review and Taxonomy. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS `25) ACM. doi: 10.1145/3715336.3735843.

scFlowVis: Streamlining scRNA-seq Analysis through Visual Design

Xing, Yiwen and Owomero, Stanley and Tsoka, Sophia and Borgo, Rita and Abdul-Rahman, Alfie. "scFlowVis: Streamlining scRNA-seq Analysis through Visual Design." In IEEE VIS 2024-Posters.

A Review and Analysis of Evaluation Practices in VIS Domain Applications

Y. Xing, G. D. Cantareira, R. Borgo and A. Abdul-Rahman, "A Review and Analysis of Evaluation Practices in VIS Domain Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 5580-5592, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3460181.

Reflections on the Evolution of the BookTracker Visualization Platform

Xing, Y., Dondi, C., Borgo, R., & Abdul-Rahman, A. (2024). Reflections on the Evolution of the BookTracker Visualization Platform. In EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (2024). doi: 10.2312/cgvc.20241234.

Visual Interpretation of Tagging: Advancing Understanding in Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems

Zhou, Y., Xing, Y., Borgo, R., & Abdul-Rahman, A. (2024). Visual Interpretation of Tagging: Advancing Understanding in Task-Oriented Dialogue Systems. In EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (2024). doi: 10.2312/cgvc20241236.

Visual Analytics for Fine‐grained Text Classification Models and Datasets

Battogtokh, M., Xing, Y., Davidescu, C., Abdul-Rahman, A., Luck, M. and Borgo, R. (2024), Visual Analytics for Fine-grained Text Classification Models and Datasets. Computer Graphics Forum, 43: e15098. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.15098.

Interactive Hierarchical Timeline for Collaborative Text Negotiation in Historical Records

Cantareira, G.D., Xing, Y., Cole, N., Borgo, R. and Abdul-Rahman, A. (2024), Interactive Hierarchical Timeline for Collaborative Text Negotiation in Historical Records. in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 4169-4181, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3376406.

Visualizing Historical Book Trade Data: An Iterative Design Study with Close Collaboration with Domain Experts

Y. Xing, C. Dondi, R. Borgo and A. Abdul-Rahman, "Visualizing Historical Book Trade Data: An Iterative Design Study with Close Collaboration with Domain Experts," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 540-550, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3326923.

Enhancing Understanding of Constitutional Law through Visual Design

Gabriel Dias Cantareira, Yiwen Xing, Nicholas Cole, Rita Borgo, and Alfie Abdul-Rahman. "Enhancing Understanding of Constitutional Law through Visual Design." In IEEE VIS 2023-Posters.

Visual Analytics based Search-Analyze-Forecast Framework for Epidemiological Time-series Data

Gonen, T., Xing, Y., Turkay, C., Abdul-Rahman, A., Jianu, R., Fang, H., Freeman, E., Vidal, F.P. and Chen, M., 2023, October. Visual analytics based search-analyze-forecast framework for epidemiological time-series data. In 2023 IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Pandemic and Emergency Responses (Vis4PandEmRes) (pp. 1-7). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/Vis4PandEmRes60343.2023.00006.

Bridging Disciplines with Visualization: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Computer Science and Beyond with Design Studies

Yiwen Xing, Rita Borgo, and Alfie Abdul-Rahman. "Bridging Disciplines with Visualization: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Computer Science and Beyond with Design Studies." In 10th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage™ 2023.

Unveiling the Dispersal of Historical Books from Religious Orders

Yiwen Xing, Dengi Yan, Cristina Dondi, Rita Borgo, and Alfie Abdul-Rahman. "Unveiling the Dispersal of Historical Books from Religious Orders." In EuroVis 2023-Posters. doi: 10.2312/EVP.20231073

Exploring Interpersonal Relationships in Historical Voting Records

Cantareira, G.D., Xing, Y., Cole, N., Borgo, R. and Abdul-Rahman, A. (2023), Exploring Interpersonal Relationships in Historical Voting Records, in Computer Graphics Forum, 42: 211-221. doi: 10.1111/cgf.14824.

A Design Study of Visualizing Historical Book Movement

Xing, Yiwen, Cristina Dondi, Rita Borgo, and Alfie Abdul-Rahman. "A Design Study of Visualizing Historical Book Movement." In EuroVis 2022-Short Papers, pp. 97-101. 2022. doi: 10.2312/evs.20221100.

Enhancing Understanding of Constitutional Law through Visual Design

Yiwen Xing, Nicholas Cole, Rita Borgo, and Alfie Abdul-Rahman. "Enhancing Understanding of Constitutional Law through Visual Design." In IEEE VIS 2021-Posters.

Talks

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA

Teaching

Teaching experience 2

Teaching experience 1

Service

• Paper Reviewing
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A), 2024
  • ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2025
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2025
• Conference Service (Student Volunteer)
  • IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), 2021, 2022, 2023
  • EuroVis Conference (EuroVis), 2022
• Community Service
  • Organizer, WiS@Informatics Seminar Series, King’s College London (2021–2024)
  • Organizer, Human-Centered Computing (HCC) PhD Reading Group, King’s College London (2022–2023)
  • Visualization Volunteer, Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic (RAMP) Project (2021)