Hi, I’m Lin Gao (Lynne, 高琳), an incoming Ph.D. student at University of Waterloo, advised by Prof. Jian Zhao. I received my master’s degree from the School of Data Science at Fudan University, where I was a member of the FDUVIS Lab and worked under the supervision of Prof. Siming Chen.
My research interests lie in Data Visualization, Human-AI Interaction and Human-Data Communication. Specifically, I aim to advance intelligent education and data-driven storytelling through visualization and interaction techniques. I’m exploring research related to human-AI collaboration with large language models.
📢 News
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🚣 Attend ChinaVis 2025 and see you in Hangzhou.
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🎉 Our two papers, SceneLoom and ProactiveVA, have been accepted to IEEE VIS 2025. Grateful to all collaborators!
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🎓 Graduated from FDU and received my master's degree.
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🥳 Honored to be awarded the Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai and the First-Class Graduation Scholarship (100K CNY).
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🎉 Our work about LLM-generated scientific analogies for education is conditionally accepted by ACM CHI 2025.
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🥳 Awarded the Second Price in Doctoral Forum of SDS.
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🥳 Awarded the China National Scholarship.
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👩💻 Attend IEEE VIS 2024 online and present our work Tailor-Mind.
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🎉 Our work SimSpark is accepted by ACM CSCW 2025.
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🛳️ Attend ChinaVis 2024 and present our work Tailor-Mind.
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🎉 Our work Tailor-Mind is accepted by IEEE VIS 2024.
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😆 Arrive in Hong Kong and start my 3-months visit to HKUST VisLab.
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🎉 Our work FinDecipher is accepted by ChinaVis 2024.
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👩💻 Present our work TransforLearn on the China-R Conference.
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🦘 Attend VIS 2023 in Melbourne and present our work TransforLearn.
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📚 Start my graduate study at the School of Data Science (SDS), FDU.
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🎉 Our work TransforLearn is accepted by IEEE VIS 2023.
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🎓 Graduate from CQU with a bachelor's degree.
Projects
We present SceneLoom, a VLM-powered system that enables context-aware coordination between data visualizations and real-world imagery to support expressive communication.
We propose a framework for integrating fine-tuned LLMs into domain-specific visualization systems. Tailor-Mind applies this framework in education to facilitate self-regulated learning.
TransforLearn is an interactive visual tutorial tool that helps beginners learn the Transformer model through architecture-driven and task-driven explorations.
We evaluate LLM-generated analogies in biology and physics with two-phrase studies, and presents a system to help teachers generate and refine analogies.
Publications
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VIS IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS'25), 2025. ProactiveVA: Proactive Visual Analytics with LLM-Based UI Agent
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VIS IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS'25), 2025. Unlocking Scientific Concepts: How Effective Are LLM-Generated Analogies for Student Understanding and Classroom Practice?
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CHI The ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'25), 2025. Fine‑Tuned Large Language Model for Visualization System: A Study on Self‑Regulated Learning in Education
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VIS IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS'24), 2024. TransforLearn: Interactive Visual Tutorial for the Transformer Model.
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VIS IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS'23), 2023.