How Do LLMs See Charts? A Comparative Study on High-Level Visualization Comprehension in Humans and LLMs

Hyotaek Jeon, Hyunwook Lee, Minjeong Shin, Tapendra Pandey, Joohee Kim, Shinwook Seon, Daeun Jeong, Sungahn Ko, Ghulam Jilani Quadri

In Proceedings of EuroVis 2026: Eurographics Conference on Visualization.

Seeing graphs like humans: Benchmarking computational measures and MLLMs for similarity assessment

Seokweon Jung, Jeongmin Rhee, Seoyoung Doh, Hyeon Jeon, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Jinwook Seo

Information Visualization, 2024.

Designing Annotations in Visualization: Considerations from Visualization Practitioners and Educators

MD Rahman, Devin Lange, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of EuroVis 2026: Eurographics Conference on Visualization.

Redundant is Not Redundant: Automating Efficient Categorical Palette Design Unifying Color & Shape Encodings with CatPAW

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of ACM CHI’ 2026: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Visual Stenography: Feature Recreation and Preservation in Sketches of Noisy Line Charts

Rifat Ara Proma, Michael Correll, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

(in press) To appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

Discrepancies in Mental Workload Estimation: Self-Reported versus EEG-Based Measures in Data Visualization Evaluation

Soobin Yim, Sangbong Yoo, Chanyoung Yoon, Chanyoung Jung, Chansoo Kim, Yun Jang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri

Preprint, 2025.

Evaluating Line Chart Strategies for Mitigating Density of Temporal Data: The Impact on Trend, Prediction, and Decision-Making

Rifat Ara Proma, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Visual Computing, 2025.

Distortion-aware Brushing for Reliable Cluster Analysis in Multidimensional Projections

Hyeon Jeon, Michaël Aupetit, Soohyun Lee, Kwon Ko, Youngtaek Kim, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Jinwook Seo

(in press) To appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

Understanding Bias in Perceiving Dimensionality Reduction Projections

Seoyoung Doh, Hyeon Jeon, Sungbok Shin, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Nam Wook Kim, Jinwook Seo

In Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization for Communication (VisComm) at IEEE VIS, 2025.

Characterizing Visualization Perception with Psychological Phenomena: Uncovering the Role of Subitizing in Data Visualization

Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Mengyuan Zhu, Chin Tseng, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2025; to appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

A Survey on Annotations in Information Visualization: Empirical Insights, Applications, and Challenges

Md Dilshadur Rahman, Bhavana Doppalapudi, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

(in press) To appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

Shape It Up: An Empirically Grounded Approach for Designing Shape Palettes

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2024; published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

A Qualitative Analysis of Common Practices in Annotations: A Taxonomy and Design Space

Dilshad ur Rahman, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Bhavana Doppalapudi, Danielle Albers Szafir, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2024; published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025.

Striking the Right Balance: Systematic Assessment of Evaluation Method Distribution Across Contribution Types

Feng Lin, Arran Zeyu Wang, Dilshad ur Rahman, Danielle Albers Szafir, Ghulam Jilani Quadri

In Proceedings of BELIV Workshop at IEEE VIS 2024.

Our Stories, Our Data: Co-designing Visualizations with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Keke Wu, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Arran Zeyu Wang, David Kwame Osei-Tutu, Emma Peterson, Varsha Koushik, Danielle Albers Szafir

In the Proceedings of ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 2024.

Exploring Annotation Taxonomy in Grouped Bar Charts: A Qualitative Classroom Study

Dilshad ur Rahman, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir, Paul Rosen

Information Visualization, 2024.

Toward Constructing Frameworks for Task- and Design-Optimized Visualizations

Ghulam Jilani Quadri

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A), 2024.

Do You See What I See? A Qualitative Study Eliciting High-Level Visualization Comprehension

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Arran Zeyu Wang, Zhehao Wang, Jennifer Adorno, Paul Rosen, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2024: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024.

Revisiting Categorical Color Perception in Scatterplots: Sequential, Diverging, and Categorical Palettes

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of EG/VGTC European Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2024, Odense, Denmark.

CLAMS: Cluster Ambiguity Measure for Estimating Perceptual Variability in Visual Clustering

Hyeon Jeon*, Ghulam Jilani Quadri*, Hyunwook Lee, Paul Rosen, Danielle Albers Szafir, Jinwook Seo

IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (Proc. IEEE VIS 2023), 2024.

Exploring Annotation Strategies in Professional Visualizations:Insights from Prominent US News Portals

Md Dilshadur Rahman, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of VIS’23: IEEE Conference on Visualization. Workshop on Visualization on Communication (VisComm), 2023.

Measuring Categorical Perception in Color-Coded Scatterplots

Chin Tseng, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Zeyu Wang, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of ACM CHI’ 2023: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

Automatic Scatterplot Design Optimization for Clustering Identification.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Jeniffer Adorno, Brenton Wiernik, Paul Rosen

IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 2022.

A Qualitative Evaluation and Taxonomy ofStudent Annotations on Bar Charts

Dilshad ur Rahman, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of VIS’22: IEEE Conference on Visualization. Workshop on Visualization on Communication (VisComm), 2022.

A Survey of Perception-Based Visualization Studies by Task.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 2021.

Constructing Frameworks for Task-Optimized Visualizations.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri

Docotoral Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2021.

Modeling the Influence of Visual Density on Cluster Perception in Scatterplots Using Topology.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 2020. Part of the Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2020.

LineSmooth: An Analytical Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoothing Techniques on Line Charts.

Paul Rosen, Ghulam Jilani Quadri

Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 2020. Part of the Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2020.

You Can’t Publish Replication Studies (and How to Anyways).

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of VIS’19: IEEE Conference on Visualization. Workshop on Vis X Vision, 2019.

A Case-Study on Variations Observed in Accelerometers Across Devices.

Carlos Alvarado, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Jennifer Adorno, Paul Rosen

Modelling Visual Density in Scatterplot Using Megre Trees.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

Poster at Data Science Colloquium, College of Business Analytics and Information Science, University of South Florida 2018.

Make Your Bone Great Again: A Study on Osteoporosis Classification.

Rahul Paul, Saeed Alhamari, Sulav Malla, Ghulam Jilani Quadri

In arXiv. 2017.

Multi-Spectral Satellite Image Analysis for Feature Identification and Change Detection.

Sulav Malla, Anwesh Tuladhar, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), VAST Challenge, 2017.

Visual Analytic Design for Characterizing Air-Sampling Sensor Performance and Oeration.

Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Anwesh Tuladhar, Sulav Malla, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 2017.

Data Aggregation and Visualization Technique for Traffic Sensor Data.

Anwesh Tuladhar, Sulav Malla, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Paul Rosen

In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 2017.