Contact Information
Email:Ìýjianzhao@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x32987
Dr. Jian Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, where he directs the WatVis (À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Visualization) research group. His research lies in the intersection of information visualization, human-computer interaction, and data science. He is dedicated to developing interactive visualizations that optimize the analytical workflow of solving complex real-world data problems.
Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. He is the recipient of many best paper or honorable mention paper awards at top-tier venues (e.g., IEEE VIS, ACM CHI, and MobileHCI). More information can be found on his website: .
Selected Publications:
- Ehsan Jahangirzadeh Soure, Emily Kuang, Mingming Fan, Jian Zhao.  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of VIS'21), 2022.
- Jian Zhao, Mingming Fan, Mi Feng. ChartSeer: Interactive Steering Exploratory Visual Analysis with Machine Intelligence. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020.
- Jian Zhao, Nan Cao, Zhen Wen, Yale Song, Yu-Ru Lin, Christopher Collins.  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of VAST’14), 20(12), 2014 (Best Paper Honorable Mention).