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2025

Interactive Platform for the Visual Analysis of Suspicious Communication Patterns
Interactive Platform for the Visual Analysis of Suspicious Communication Patterns

IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST) Challenge

, 2025

PDF • Award for Innovate Display of Daily Communication Patterns
ClearWater: Interactive platform for bias investigation
ClearWater: Interactive platform for bias investigation

IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST) Challenge

, 2025

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Interactive Exploration and Explanation of Spatiotemporal Anomalies with Graph-LLM Integration
Interactive Exploration and Explanation of Spatiotemporal Anomalies with Graph-LLM Integration

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2025

PDF • Code • Best Paper Award in Visualization
MineTracker: Visual Analytics for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Mining Areas in the Brazilian Amazon
MineTracker: Visual Analytics for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Mining Areas in the Brazilian Amazon

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2025

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STRive: An association rule-based system for the exploration of spatiotemporal categorical data
STRive: An association rule-based system for the exploration of spatiotemporal categorical data
CounterCrime - Using counterfactual explanations to explore crime reduction scenarios
CounterCrime - Using counterfactual explanations to explore crime reduction scenarios

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2025

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LegalAnalytics: bridging visual explanations and workload streamline in Brazilian Supreme Court appeals
LegalAnalytics: bridging visual explanations and workload streamline in Brazilian Supreme Court appeals
Assessing Urban Environments with Vision-Language Models: A Comparative Analysis of AI-Generated Ratings and Human Volunteer Evaluations
Assessing Urban Environments with Vision-Language Models: A Comparative Analysis of AI-Generated Ratings and Human Volunteer Evaluations

IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

, 2025

PDF • Presentation
Empirical analysis of Binding Precedent efficiency in the Brazilian Supreme Court via Similar Case Retrieval
Empirical analysis of Binding Precedent efficiency in the Brazilian Supreme Court via Similar Case Retrieval
Explainable NLLP: Advancements in Explainable AI for Natural Legal Language Processing
Explainable NLLP: Advancements in Explainable AI for Natural Legal Language Processing
ZigzagNetVis: Suggesting Temporal Resolutions for Graph Visualization using Zigzag Persistence
ZigzagNetVis: Suggesting Temporal Resolutions for Graph Visualization using Zigzag Persistence

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2025

PDF • Video • Code • Demo
Assessing Timber Trade Networks and Supply Chains in Brazil
Assessing Timber Trade Networks and Supply Chains in Brazil

2024

What Makes a Place Feel Safe? Analyzing Street View Images to Identify Relevant Visual Elements
What Makes a Place Feel Safe? Analyzing Street View Images to Identify Relevant Visual Elements

International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT)

, 2024

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FishBiasLens: Integrating Large Language Models and Visual Analytics for Bias Detection
FishBiasLens: Integrating Large Language Models and Visual Analytics for Bias Detection

IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST) Challenge

, 2024

PDF • Video • Award for Strong Data Enrichment and Augmentation
Tracking Overfishing: Visual Analytics of Suspicious Behaviors in Commercial Fishing Vessels
Tracking Overfishing: Visual Analytics of Suspicious Behaviors in Commercial Fishing Vessels

IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology (VAST) Challenge

, 2024

PDF • Video
Exploring the Trade-off Between Model Performance and Explanation Plausibility of Text Classifiers Using Human Rationales
Exploring the Trade-off Between Model Performance and Explanation Plausibility of Text Classifiers Using Human Rationales

Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL

, 2024

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Granularity at Scale: Estimating Neighborhood Socioeconomic Indicators from High-Resolution Orthographic Imagery and Hybrid Learning
Granularity at Scale: Estimating Neighborhood Socioeconomic Indicators from High-Resolution Orthographic Imagery and Hybrid Learning

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

, 2024

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Mining Pareto-Optimal Counterfactual Antecedents with a Branch-And-Bound Model-Agnostic Algorithm
Mining Pareto-Optimal Counterfactual Antecedents with a Branch-And-Bound Model-Agnostic Algorithm

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

, 2024

PDF • Journal

2023

MoReVis: A Visual Summary for Spatiotemporal Moving Regions
MoReVis: A Visual Summary for Spatiotemporal Moving Regions

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2023

PDF • Code • Video
Distill n’ Explain: Explaining Graph Neural Networks Using Simple Surrogates
Distill n’ Explain: Explaining Graph Neural Networks Using Simple Surrogates

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics

, 2023

PDF • Poster • Code • Video
WSAM: Visual Explanations from Style Augmentation as Adversarial Attacker and their Influence in Image Classification
WSAM: Visual Explanations from Style Augmentation as Adversarial Attacker and their Influence in Image Classification

International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications

, 2023

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Enforcing Fairness using Ensemble of Diverse Pareto-Optimal Models
Enforcing Fairness using Ensemble of Diverse Pareto-Optimal Models

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

, 2023

PDF • Journal
LargeNetVis: Visual Exploration of Large Temporal Networks Based on Community Taxonomies
LargeNetVis: Visual Exploration of Large Temporal Networks Based on Community Taxonomies

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2023

PDF • Video • Appendix • Demo • Video Presentation
LegalVis: Exploring and Inferring Precedent Citations in Legal Documents
LegalVis: Exploring and Inferring Precedent Citations in Legal Documents

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2023

PDF • Video • Appendix • Video Presentation

2022

Analyzing the Equity of the Brazilian National High School Exam by Validating the Item Response Theory's Invariance
Analyzing the Equity of the Brazilian National High School Exam by Validating the Item Response Theory's Invariance

International Conference on Educational Data Mining

, 2022

PDF • Video • Poster
SDA-Vis: A Visualization System for Student Dropout Analysis Based on Counterfactual Exploration
SDA-Vis: A Visualization System for Student Dropout Analysis Based on Counterfactual Exploration
ClinicalPath: A Visualization Tool to Improve the Evaluation of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Decision-Making
ClinicalPath: A Visualization Tool to Improve the Evaluation of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Decision-Making

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2022

PDF • Video • Appendix
Combining Clutter Reduction Methods for Temporal Network Visualization
Combining Clutter Reduction Methods for Temporal Network Visualization

ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing

, 2022

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How Do Curricular Design Changes Impact Computer Science Programs?: A Case Study at San Pablo Catholic University in Peru
How Do Curricular Design Changes Impact Computer Science Programs?: A Case Study at San Pablo Catholic University in Peru
Exploring Scientific Literature by Textual and Image Content using DRIFT
Exploring Scientific Literature by Textual and Image Content using DRIFT
17K-Graffiti: Spatial and Crime Data Assessments in São Paulo City
17K-Graffiti: Spatial and Crime Data Assessments in São Paulo City

International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications

, 2022

PDF • Code • Data
JamVis: Exploration and Visualization of Traffic Jams
JamVis: Exploration and Visualization of Traffic Jams

The European Physical Journal Special Topics (EPJ ST)

, 2022

PDF • Video
ChartText Linking Text with Charts in Documents
ChartText Linking Text with Charts in Documents

2021

Quantifying Urban Safety Perception on Street View Images
Quantifying Urban Safety Perception on Street View Images

International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT)

, 2021

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Trajectory Anomaly Detection based on Similarity Analysis
Trajectory Anomaly Detection based on Similarity Analysis

Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática

, 2021

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DRIFT: A Visual Analytic Tool for Scientific Literature Exploration Based on Textual and Image Content
DRIFT: A Visual Analytic Tool for Scientific Literature Exploration Based on Textual and Image Content

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2021

PDF • Video 2 • Video 1 • Honorable Mention in Visualization
Urban Perception: Can we Understand Why a Street is Safe?
Urban Perception: Can we Understand Why a Street is Safe?

Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI)

, 2021

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CriPAV: Street-Level Crime Patterns Analysis and Visualization
CriPAV: Street-Level Crime Patterns Analysis and Visualization
A Comparative Study of WHO and WHEN Prediction Approaches for Early Identification of University Students at Dropout Risk
A Comparative Study of WHO and WHEN Prediction Approaches for Early Identification of University Students at Dropout Risk
An Online and Nonuniform Timeslicing Method for Network Visualisation
An Online and Nonuniform Timeslicing Method for Network Visualisation
CrimAnalyzer: Understanding Crime Patterns in São Paulo
CrimAnalyzer: Understanding Crime Patterns in São Paulo

2020

Mirante: A Visualization Tool for Analyzing Urban Crimes
Mirante: A Visualization Tool for Analyzing Urban Crimes

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2020

PDF • Video • Best Paper Award in Visualization
The Effect of Color Scales on Climate Scientists' Objective and Subjective Performance in Spatial Data Analysis Tasks
The Effect of Color Scales on Climate Scientists' Objective and Subjective Performance in Spatial Data Analysis Tasks

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2020

PDF • Suplement • Video

2018

Extracting and Retargeting Color Mappings from Bitmap Images of Visualizations
Extracting and Retargeting Color Mappings from Bitmap Images of Visualizations

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2018

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Extracting Visual Encodings from Map Chart Images with Color-encoded Scalar Values
Extracting Visual Encodings from Map Chart Images with Color-encoded Scalar Values

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2018

PDF • Video 1 • Video 2

2017

Reverse-Engineering Visualizations: Recovering Visual Encodings from Chart Images
Reverse-Engineering Visualizations: Recovering Visual Encodings from Chart Images

Computer Graphics Forum

, 2017

PDF • Code • Appendix

2016

iStar (i*): An Interactive Star Coordinates Approach for High-Dimensional Data Exploration
iStar (i*): An Interactive Star Coordinates Approach for High-Dimensional Data Exploration

Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

, 2016

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Reducing the Analytical Bottleneck for Domain Scientists: Lessons from a Climate Data Visualization Case Study
Reducing the Analytical Bottleneck for Domain Scientists: Lessons from a Climate Data Visualization Case Study

Computing in Science & Engineering

, 2016

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2015

Using Maximum Topology Matching to Explore Differences in Species Distribution Models
Using Maximum Topology Matching to Explore Differences in Species Distribution Models

IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference

, 2015

PDF • Presentation • Video
Bridging Theory with Practice: An Exploratory Study of Visualization Use and Design for Climate Model Comparison
Bridging Theory with Practice: An Exploratory Study of Visualization Use and Design for Climate Model Comparison

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2015

PDF • Website
Exploring Traffic Dynamics in Urban Environments Using Vector-Valued Functions
Exploring Traffic Dynamics in Urban Environments Using Vector-Valued Functions

2014

Riding from Urban Data to Insight Using New York City Taxis
Riding from Urban Data to Insight Using New York City Taxis
Visual Reconciliation of Alternative Similarity Spaces in Climate Modeling
Visual Reconciliation of Alternative Similarity Spaces in Climate Modeling
SimilarityExplorer: A Visual Inter-Comparison Tool for Multifaceted Climate Data
SimilarityExplorer: A Visual Inter-Comparison Tool for Multifaceted Climate Data

2013

Visual Exploration of Big Spatio-Temporal Urban Data: A Study of New York City Cab Trips
Visual Exploration of Big Spatio-Temporal Urban Data: A Study of New York City Cab Trips

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

, 2013

PDF • Website • Presentation • Video 1 • Video 2 • 10 Years VAST Test-of-Time Award
Ultrascale Visualization of Climate Data
Ultrascale Visualization of Climate Data
UV-CDAT: Analyzing climate datasets from a user’s perspective
UV-CDAT: Analyzing climate datasets from a user’s perspective

2012

Employing 2D projections for fast visual exploration of large fiber tracking data
Employing 2D projections for fast visual exploration of large fiber tracking data

2011

Piecewise Laplacian-based Projection for Interactive Large Data Exploration and Organization
Piecewise Laplacian-based Projection for Interactive Large Data Exploration and Organization
A Framework for Exploring Multidimensional Data with 3D Projections
A Framework for Exploring Multidimensional Data with 3D Projections