Songwen Hu

I’m a fourth-year CS Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, advised by Dr. Cindy Xiong Bearfield. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, I worked with Dr. Shuai Li at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

My research interest focuses on understanding reasoning process on data visualization by modeling behavior, physiological, and neuro signal, spanning from visualization animation and interaction, collaborative visualization systems, to visualization recommender systems. I explore how design choices impact perception in animated and interactive visualization, how AI assistants can enhance data collaboration with visualization systems, and how to recommend visualizations with minimal user interaction.

I also have experience with general recommender systems, deep learning, gesture recognition and reinforcement learning.