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Home | Donghao Ren
黄河 唐克
I’m a research scientist at Apple. I work on information visualization and interactive systems for data science and machine learning.
I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, where I worked with Prof. Tobias Höllerer in the Four Eyes Lab. I received my bachelor degree from Peking University in 2013, where I worked in PKU Visualization and Visual Analytics Group as an undergraduate research assistant advised by Prof. Xiaoru Yuan.
My research interests are information visualization, machine learning, and virtual / augmented reality. Specifically, I have been working on visualization tools (e.g., Charticulator) and libraries (e.g., Stardust). I’m also interested in machine learning and have worked on interactive performance visualizations for diagnosing machine learning models.
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Publications
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Embedding Atlas: Low-Friction, Interactive Embedding Visualization
Donghao Ren, Fred Hohman, Halden Lin, Dominik Moritz
arXiv preprint (2025)
PDF (arXiv)
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- EncQA: Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Visual Encodings for Charts Kushin Mukherjee, Donghao Ren, Dominik Moritz, Yannick Assogba IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics PDF (arXiv) Code DOI
- Exploring Empty Spaces: Human-in-the-Loop Data Augmentation Catherine Yeh, Donghao Ren, Yannick Assogba, Dominik Moritz, Fred Hohman ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2025 Honorable Mention Award PDF (arXiv) Code DOI
- A Scalable Approach to Clustering Embedding Projections Donghao Ren, Fred Hohman, Dominik Moritz arXiv preprint (2025) PDF (arXiv)
- Evaluating Long Range Dependency Handling in Code Generation Models using Multi-Step Key Retrieval Yannick Assogba, Donghao Ren Transactions on Machine Learning Research (2025) PDF (arXiv) Code
- Compress and Compare: Interactively Evaluating Efficiency and Behavior Across ML Model Compression Experiments Angie Boggust, Venkatesh Sivaraman, Yannick Assogba, Donghao Ren, Dominik Moritz, Fred Hohman IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics PDF (arXiv) Code DOI
- Model Compression in Practice: Lessons Learned from Practitioners Creating On-device Machine Learning Experiences Fred Hohman, Mary Beth Kery, Donghao Ren, Dominik Moritz ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2024 PDF DOI
- Neo: Generalizing Confusion Matrix Visualization to Hierarchical and Multi-Output Labels Jochen Görtler, Fred Hohman, Dominik Moritz, Kanit Wongsuphasawat, Donghao Ren, Rahul Nair, Marc Kirchner, Kayur Patel ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2022 Best Paper Award PDF Code DOI
- mage: Fluid Moves Between Code and Graphical Work in Computational Notebooks Mary Beth Kery, Donghao Ren, Fred Hohman, Dominik Moritz, Kanit (Ham) Wongsuphasawat, Kayur Patel ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) PDF DOI
- The Future of Notebook Programming Is Fluid Mary Beth Kery, Donghao Ren, Kanit (Ham) Wongsuphasawat, Fred Hohman, Kayur Patel Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems PDF DOI
- Tempura: Query Analysis with Structural Templates Tongshuang (Sherry) Wu, Kanit (Ham) Wongsuphasawat, Donghao Ren, Kayur Patel, Chris DuBois ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2020 PDF Video DOI
- Canis: A High‐Level Language for Data‐Driven Chart Animations Tong Ge, Yue Zhao, Bongshin Lee, Donghao Ren, Baoquan Chen, Yunhai Wang Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis 2020), 39 (3), 607-617, 2020 PDF DOI
- Critical Reflections on Visualization Authoring Systems Arvind Satyanarayan, Bongshin Lee, Donghao Ren, Jeffrey Heer, John Stasko, John Thompson, Matthew Brehmer, Zhicheng Liu IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2019), 26 (1), 2020 PDF Website DOI
- Charticulator: Interactive Construction of Bespoke Chart Layouts Donghao Ren, Bongshin Lee, Matthew Brehmer IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2018), 25 (1), 2019 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award PDF Slides Video Website Datasets DOI
- Understanding Node-Link and Matrix Visualizations of Networks: A Large-Scale Online Experiment Donghao Ren, Laura R. Marusich, John O’Donovan, Jonathan Z. Bakdash, James A. Schaffer, Daniel N. Cassenti, Sue E. Kase, Heather E. Roy, Wan-Yi Sabrina Lin, Tobias Höllerer Network Science, 6 (2), 2019 PDF Website DOI
- Personalizing Content Presentation on Large 3D Head-Up Displays Renate Häuslschmid, Donghao Ren, Florian Alt, Andreas Butz, Tobias Höllerer PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 27 (1), 2019 PDF DOI
- Reflecting on the Evaluation of Visualization Authoring Systems Donghao Ren, Bongshin Lee, Matthew Brehmer, Nathalie Henry Riche Workshop Proceedings of BELIV 2018: Evaluation and Beyond - Methodological Approaches for Visualization PDF DOI
- XRCreator: Interactive Construction of Immersive Data-driven Stories Donghao Ren, Bongshin Lee, Tobias Höllerer Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2018) PDF DOI
- ChartAccent: Annotation for Data-Driven Storytelling Donghao Ren, Matthew Brehmer, Bongshin Lee, Tobias Höllerer, Eun Kyoung Choe Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization (PacificVis 2017), 230-239, 2017 PDF Website DOI
- Stardust: Accessible and Transparent GPU Support for Information Visualization Rendering Donghao Ren, Bongshin Lee, Tobias Höllerer Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis 2017), 36 (3), 179-188, 2017 PDF Video Website DOI
- Squares: Supporting Interactive Performance Analysis for Multiclass Classifiers Donghao Ren, Saleema Amershi, Bongshin Lee, Jina Suh, Jason D. Williams IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VAST 2016), 23 (1), 61-70, 2017 PDF Slides Video DOI
- Evaluating Wide-Field-of-View Augmented Reality with Mixed Reality Simulation Donghao Ren, Tibor Goldschwendt, Yun Suk Chang, Tobias Höllerer Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality (VR 2016), 93-102, 2016 PDF DOI
- iVisDesigner: Expressive Interactive Design of Information Visualizations Donghao Ren, Tobias Höllerer, Xiaoru Yuan IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2014), 20 (12), 2092-2101, 2014 PDF Slides Website DOI
- WeiboEvents: A Crowd Sourcing Weibo Visual Analytic System Donghao Ren, Xin Zhang, Zhenhuang Wang, Jing Li, Xiaoru Yuan Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2014) Notes, 330-334, 2014 PDF DOI
- Dimension Projection Matrix/Tree: Interactive Subspace Visual Exploration and Analysis of High Dimensional Data Xiaoru Yuan, Donghao Ren, Zuchao Wang, Cong Guo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2013), 19 (12), 2625-2633, 2013 PDF DOI
- Anamorphic fluid: Exploring Spatial Organization and Movements of Images in a Simulated Fluid Environment Jieliang Luo, Donghao Ren, George Legrady Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction, 2017 PDF DOI
- Visualization of Social Media Flows with Interactively Identified Key Players Xiaoru Yuan, Zhenhuang Wang, Zipeng Liu, Cong Guo, Hongwei Ai, Donghao Ren Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST 2014) Poster, 291-292, 2014 DOI </ul>
- EncQA: Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Visual Encodings for Charts Kushin Mukherjee, Donghao Ren, Dominik Moritz, Yannick Assogba IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics PDF (arXiv) Code DOI