HiMap

Adaptive Visualization of Large-Scale Online Social Networks

 

 

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Image: HiMap visualization of a group of IBM smallblue users.Edges are bundled together geometrically.

 

 

OBJECTIVE

1. Explore new paradigm to visually analyze the hierarchical structure and relationships of social networks

2. Design and implement a visual density based adaptive data loading technique and an optimized layout algorithm for clustered graph

3. Prototype and evaluate the above techniques

 

PUBLICATION

·        Lei Shi, Nan Cao and Shixia Liu,“HiMap: Adaptive Visualization of Large-Scale Online Social Networks”, IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, March 2009. [paper] [code]