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Min Chen, BSc, PhD, FBCS, FEG

Professor of Scientific Visualization

 

Email: MC-email-240
Telephone:    +44(0)1865 610633
OeRC Reception:    +44(0)1865 610600
Postal address:   Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford, 7 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QG, UK
Maps: Walking and Parking

College: Pembroke (Fellow)


Research Interests:

Visualization and Computer Graphics (1987-present);
Video Processing and Visualization (2003-present);
Interactive Techniques and Multimedia Communications (1996-present);
Computer-Aided Engineering (1984-1992).

New Posts

  • Research Associate (Now - 31 March 2013), Video Visualisation, Vacancy ID: 102718, Closing date: 4 May 2012.
  • Research Associate (31 May 2012 - 30 May 2013), Integrated Visualization of Multiple Data
    Streams, Vacancy ID: 102696, Closing date: 4 May 2012.

Please submit your application through the University web page for the specific post by looking for the button "Apply Now". Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any query or to let me know that you have submitted your application.

Research Publications:

A Full List of Publications by Year | by Type | by Subject

A Selection of Publications

M. Chen, A. Trefethen, R. Banares-Alcantara, M. Jirotka, B. Coecke, T. Ertl and A. Schmidt, From data analysis and visualization to causality discovery, IEEE Computer, 44(10):84-87, 2011. DOI

Keywords: causality discovery technology, visual analytics, levels of causality reasoning, workflow for causality discovery.
Questions: Can we develop a causality discovery technology, and what will be the role of visual analysis in such a technology?

M. Chen and H. Jaenicke, An Information-theoretic Framework for Visualization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 16(6):1206-1215, 2010. DOI, VisWeek slides (4.6M).

Keywords: theory of visualization, information theory, data processing inequality, quantitative evaluation.
Question: Can information theory explain phenomena or events in visualization?

M. Chen, D. Ebert, H. Hagen, R. S. Laramee, R. van Liere, K.-L. Ma, W. Ribarsky, G. Scheuermann and D. Silver, Data, Information and Knowledge in Visualization, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 29(1):12-19, 2009. DOI, Download PDF(0.2M)

Keywords: definitions, knowledge-assisted visualization, information-assisted visualization.
Questions: Is visualization a search problem? Will interaction scale with increasing data size? Should visualization evolve from interactive to knowledge-assisted visualization?

R. P. Botchen, S. Bachthaler, F. Schick, M. Chen, G. Mori, D. Weiskopf and T. Ertl, Action-based multi-field video visualization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 14(4):885-899, 2008. DOI

Keywords: video visualization, VideoPerpetuoGram (VPG).
Question: Can videos be visualized in a way similar to ECGs and seismographs?

O. Gilson, N. Silva, P.W. Grant and M. Chen, From web data to visualization via ontology mapping, Computer Graphics Forum, 27(3):959-966, 2008. Best Paper Award in EuroVis2008, Eindhoven. DOI, PDF(1M)

Keywords: ontology, automated visualization.
Question: Is automatic generation of visualizations from domain-specific data feasible?

D. Hubball, M. Chen and P. W. Grant, Image-based aging using evolutionary computing, Computer Graphics Forum, 27(2):607-616, 2008. DOI, PDF(0.5M)

Keywords: aging simulation, facial age progression, genetic programming, data-driven.
Question: Can we simulate facial aging in a person-specific manner?

M. Chen, R.P. Botchen, R.R. Hashim, D. Weiskopf, T. Ertl and I.M. Thornton, Visual signatures in video visualization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5):1093-1100, 2006. DOI

Keywords: video visualization, visual signature, user study.
Question: Can ordinary people learn to recognise visual signatures in video visualization?

C. Correa, D. Silver and M. Chen, Feature aligned volume manipulation for illustration and visualization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5):1069-1076, 2006. DOI

Keywords: illustrative visualization, interactive manipulation, volume deformation, GPU
Question: How to deform volumetric models according to features?

A. Abdul-Rahman and M. Chen, Spectral volume rendering based on the Kubelka-Munk theory, Computer Graphics Forum, 24(3), 2005, and presented in Eurographics 2005. DOI

Keywords: volume rendering integral, Kubelka-Munk theory, spectral rendering.
Question: Does Kubelka-Munk theory offer a better volume rendering integral?

G.W. Daniel and M. Chen, Video visualization, Proc. IEEE Visualization 2003, 409-416, Seattle, WA, October 2003. PDF(10M)

Keywords: video visualization, metrics for change detection and image comparison, horse-shoe visual design.
Question: Can we use a single image to visualize a video?

S. Treavett and M. Chen, Pen-and-Ink rendering in volume visualization, Proc. IEEE Visualization 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ertl, Hamann and Varshney (eds.), 203-209, IEEE Computer Society, October, 2000. PDF(450K)

Keywords: non-photorealistic rendering (NPR), illustrative visualization, volume visualization.
Question: How to create an illustrative volume visualization using NPR?

M. Chen and J. V. Tucker, Constructive volume geometry, Computer Graphics Forum, 19(4):281-293, 2000. DOI, PDF(450K). See also vg.swan.ac.uk

Keywords: theoretic framework of multi-field volume rendering, volume scene graph, constructive volume geometry (CVG).
Question: How to model and render multiple volumes (scalar fields) in a constructive manner?

Major Services:

Associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Associate editor of Elsevier Computers & Graphics
Papers co-chair of Eurographics 2010
Papers co-chair of IEEE Visualization 2007 and 2008
Co-director of Wales Research Institute of Visual Computing (2009-2011)
Co-director of Centre for Communication and Software Technologies, one of 18 CETICs (2002-2009)
Deputy head and acting head of Swansea Computer Science (2009/10, 2010/11)


Last updated in February 2012. Some details on my previous work can be found on my Swansea web pages.