In 2025, IEEE VIS once again brings together visualization researchers and practitioners from universities, government, and industry to discuss their newest findings on the design and use of visualization tools. This year, the premier conference on visualization and visual analytics is held in Vienna, Austria.
With an acceptance rate of generally below 25%, IEEE VIS is highly selective. We are thus very proud to see the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS) and the Visualization Research Center (VISUS) represented with numerous contributions at both the general conference and the conference workshops.
VIS Full Papers
- Uncertainty-aware Spectral Visualization [TVCG]
Authors: Marina Evers, Daniel Weiskopf - What Makes a Visualization Image Complex?
Authors: Mengdi Chu, Zefeng Qiu, Meng Ling, Shuning Jiang, Robert Laramee, Michael Sedlmair, & Jian Chen - A Multimodal Framework for Understanding Collaborative Design Processes
Authors: Maurice Koch, Nelusa Pathmanathan, Daniel Weiskopf, Kuno Kurzhals - MAICO: A Visualization Design Study on AI-Assisted Music Composition [TVCG]
Authors: Simeon Rau, Frank Heyen, Benedikt Brachtel, Michael Sedlmair - Tell Me Without Telling Me: Two-Way Prediction of Visualization Literacy and Visual Attention
Authors: Minsuk Chang, Yao Wang, Huichen Wang, Yuanhong Zhou, Andreas Bulling, Cindy Xiong Bearfield
VIS Short Papers
- SiGrid: Gridifying Scatterplots with Sector-Based Regularization and Hagrid
Authors: Rene Cutura, Hennes Rave, Quynh Quang Ngo, Vladimir Molchanov, Lars Linsen, Daniel Weiskopf, Michael Sedlmair - AnnoLens: Exploration and Annotation through Lens-Based Guidance
Authors: Franziska Becker, Steffen Koch, Tanja Blascheck - Comparing Pre-attentive Visual Variables in a Target Identification Task for Glanceable Visualizations
Authors: Fairouz Grioui, Yasmin Amira Amzir, Nina Doerr, & Tanja Blascheck
Workshop Papers
- Uncertainty-Aware PCA for Arbitrarily Distributed Data Modeled by Gaussian Mixture Models (IEEE Workshop on Uncertainty Visualization: Unraveling Relationships of Uncertainty, AI, and Decision-Making)
Authors: Daniel Klötzl, Ozan Tastekin, David Hägele, Marina Evers, Daniel Weiskopf - Revisiting Hybrid Input Devices for Immersive Analytics (Human Factors in Immersive Analytics)
Authors: Sebastian Hubenschmid, Johannes Zagermann, Niklas Elmqvist, Tiare Feuchtner, Jens Grubert, Markus Tatzgern, Dieter Schmalstieg, Harald Reiterer
Further Contributions to IEEE VIS 2025
VIS and VISUS researchers are also actively involved in the IEEE VIS 2025 program in other formats. The second workshop on “Multimodal Experiences for Remote Communication Around Data Online (MERCADO)” is co-organized by Wolfgang Büschel, postdoctoral researcher at VISUS. Michael Sedlmair, Professor for Augmented and Virtual Reality at VISUS, participates as a panelist in the panel discussion “IEEE VIS Reviewing - On a Path to Self-Destruction?”. The panel “VisAble: Who do we exclude by current visualization practices and how do we change that?” is co-organized by Nina Dörr, Sita Vriend, Katrin Angerbauer, and Michael Sedlmair. David Hägele participates in the SciVis Contest 2025 with “Aludrill: Visual Analytics for Exploring Scrap-Based Aluminium Alloy Simulations with Drilldown”. Katrin Angerbauer organizes the meetup “VISability Meetup: Disabled and Accessibility Researchers at VIS”.
We wish all our researchers a successful time at IEEE VIS 2025!