Historical List of Tutorials at VIS

On this page you will find a list of tutorials that have been held at VIS in recent years.

2025

https://ieeevis.org/year/2025/info/program/tutorials

Visualization Analysis and Design
Building Progressive Visual Analytics Systems with ProgressiVis
Visualization for Explainable AI (XAI)
User-centered Evaluation in Visualization
MLLM4Vis: Multimodal Large Language Models for Information Visualization
Running Online User Studies with the reVISit Framework
Hands-On TTK Tutorial: Solving Practical Problems in Small Groups
Developing Immersive Visualizations and Interactions for the Web with Anu.js
Using Color Harmony and Gen AI Suggestion to Transform your Data Visualizations
Live Collaborative Immersive Analytics Development with DashSpace

2024

https://ieeevis.org/year/2024/info/tutorials

Visualization Analysis and Design
Developing Immersive and Collaborative Visualizations with Web Technologies
Generating Color Schemes for your Data Visualizations
Running Online User Studies with the reVISit Framework
LLM4Vis: Large Language Models for Information Visualization
Enabling Scientific Discovery: A Tutorial for Harnessing the Power of the National Science Data Fabric for Large-Scale Data Analysis
Preparing, Conducting, and Analyzing Participatory Design Sessions for Information Visualizations

2023

https://ieeevis.org/year/2023/info/tutorials

Visualization Analysis and Design
A Hands-on TTK Tutorial for Absolute Beginners
NLP4Vis: Natural Language Processing for Information Visualization
Demystifying Color in Your Data Visualizations
Mining Useful Information Via Complex Network Visualization
Transparent Practices for Quantitative Empirical Research
TAURUS: a Unified Framework for Creating Graph Layouts
Design Sprints for Visualization

2022

https://ieeevis.org/year/2022/info/tutorials

Color Scheming in Visualization
NLP4Vis: Natural Language Processing for Information Visualization
Visualization Analysis and Design
Sports Data Analysis and Visualization
Topological Analysis of Ensemble Scalar Data with TTK, A Sequel
Riemannian Geometry for Scientific Visualization
Visualization in Bayesian Workflow
Analyze and Visualize Large Scale Geospatial Data with H3 and HexTile
VTK-m – A ToolKit for Scientific Visualization on Many-Core Processors

2021

https://ieeevis.org/year/2021/info/tutorials

Color Matters in Visualization
Topological Analysis of Ensemble Scalar Data with TTK
Visualization Analysis and Design
Paper Review Model and Process: Becoming a (Better) Program Committee Member
User-Centred Evaluation in Visualization
Riemannian Geometry for Scientific Visualization
Observable: Quick and Effective Visualization Prototyping with Reactive Notebooks

2020

http://ieeevis.org/year/2020/info/tutorials

Visualization Analysis and Design
Color Basics for Creating Visualizations
ParaView Tutorial
How to Make Your Empirical Research Transparent
Theory and Application of Visualization Color Tools and Strategies
Scientific Visualization in Houdini: How to use Visual Effects Software for a Cinematic Presentation of Science
Topological Data Analysis Made Easy with the Topology ToolKit, What is New?
Artifact-Based Rendering: VR Visualization by Hand

2019

https://ieeevis.org/year/2019/info/tutorials

Topological Data Analysis Made Easy with the Topology ToolKit, A Sequel
Visualizing Multivariate Networks
VTK-m - A ToolKit for Scientific Visualization on Many-Core Processors
Better Presentations for Visualization Research
Visual Analysis and Design
Statistical Data Representation, Visualization, and Uncertainty Analysis
Beyond Paper Types: How to Evaluate and Communicate VIS Research Contributions
Visualization for Social Good
User-Centred Evaluation in Visualization

2018

https://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/tutorials

Introduction to IATK: An Immersive Visual Analytics toolkit
Tutorial on Comparative Visualization: Interactive Designs and Algorithms Depending on Data and Tasks
Everything except the chart 2018
Tutorial on Recent Feature Tracking Techniques
Topological Data Analysis Made Easy with the Topology ToolKit (TTK)
Urban Trajectory Data Visualization
Cost-benefit Analysis in Visualization: Theory and Practice
Storyboards for Science: Combining the Visual and Verbal to Create Engaging Communication

2017

http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/tutorials

Large-scale Web-based Visual Analytics Made Easy (half-day)
Visualization Analysis and Design (full-day)
Applying Color Theory to VIS (half-day)
Visual Analytics for High-Dimensional Data (half-day)
Interactive Visualization of Large Dynamic Particle Data (half-day)
Vis+ML: Symbiosis of Visualization and Machine Learning (half-day)
Sketching Visualization designs, and using the Five Design-Sheet (FdS) Methodology in Teaching (half-day)
Visual Analytics of Cohort Study Data – From Individuals to Populations (half-day)
Analyzing Qualitative Data (half-day)

2016

http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/overview-amp-topics/tutorials

Information Theory in Visualization
Recent Advancements of Feature-based Flow Visualization and Analysis
Visualization Analysis and Design
Human Vision, Cognition and Visualization
Sketching Designs for Data-Visualization using the Five Design-Sheet Methodology
Visual Analytics for High-Dimensional Data
Applying Color Theory to VIS
User-Centred Evaluation in Visualization
Tensor Decomposition Methods in Visual Computing
Considering Qualitative Evaluation

2015

http://ieeevis.org/year/2015/info/overview-amp-topics/tutorials

XData Tools
A Practical Introduction to Data Science in Python
Perception and Cognition for Visualization, Visual Data Analysis, and Imaging
Rejuvenated Medical Visualization – Large-scale, whole-body visualization, visualizing physiology, non-standard imaging and simulations, and cohort studies
Direct Volume Interaction for Visual Data Analysis
Interactive GPU-based Visualization of Large Dynamic Particle Data
The ParaView Tutorial
Applying Color Theory to VIS
Visualization Analysis and Design

2014

http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/overview-amp-topics/accepted-tutorials

Visualization Analysis and Design
Opening the Black Box of Interaction in Visualization
Visualization and Analysis with Python
“Where Do I Start?” Practical Methods for the Design Studies in Information Visualization and Visual Analysis
Applying Color Theory to Visualization
Best Practice of Visual Design. A Hands-on Tutorial for Data Explorers and Visual Makers
Glyph-based Visualization
Everything Except the Chart: Developing Complex Web-based Visualizations
Introduction to Tensor Field Visualization: Concepts, Processing and Visualization
Answering Questions We Did Not Know How to Ask

2013

http://ieeevis.org/year/2013/tutorial-session/all/all

Grooming the Hairball. How to Tidy up Network Visualizations?
State-of-the-Art Flow Field Analysis and Visualization
Visualization of Data as Visual Interpretation of Data. Hands-on Design Tutorial.
Visualization and Analytics in Python
User-Centered Evaluation in Visualization
Interactive Visual Analysis of Scientific Data
Mobile and cloud Web-based graphics and visualization
Visualization: A Modern Perspective
Video Visualization

2012

http://ieeevis.org/year/2012/tutorial-session/all/all

Natural Language Processing for Text Visualization
Perception and Cognition for Imaging, Visualization, Visual Data Analysis and Computer Graphics
Visualizing data in R and ggobi
Connecting the Dots – Showing Relationships in Data and Beyond
Introduction to Data Visualization on the Web with D3.js
Uncertainty and Parameter Space Analysis in Visualization
Good practice of visual communication design in scientific and data visualization
Color Theory Methods for Visualization
Interactive Visual Analysis of Scientiﬁc Data

2011

http://ieeevis.org/year/2011/tutorial-session/all/all

Applications of Information Theory to Scientific Visualization
Perception and Cognition for Visualization, Visual Data Analysis and Computer Graphics
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments.
Applying Color Theory to Visualization

2010

Machine Learning for Information Visualization
Applying Color Theory to Visualization
Visualizing Data in R
DIY Vis Applications
Large Vector-Field Visualization
The PhD in Visualization Starter Kit (PVSK)
Tensors in Visualization

2009

Scalar Topology in Visual Data Analysis
Provenance-Enabled Data Exploration and Visualization
Interactive Massive Model Rendering
Visualization and Analysis Using VisIt
Advanced ParaView Visualization
Multivariate Temporal Features in Scientific Data
Visualization of Time-Varying Vector Fields
Exploring Design Decisions for Effective Information Visualization

2008

Perception-Driven Techniques for Effective Visualization of Large Volume Data
Information Visualization with VTK
Color in Information Display: From Theory to Practice
Mashup Visualization with Google Earth and GIS
Part I: Experimental Design and Analysis for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments / Part II: Perceptual Issues for Visualization and Evaluation
Advanced Paraview Visualization
GPU-Based Volume Ray-Casting with Advanced Illumination
Interactive Lattice-Based Flow Simulation and Visualization
Functional Streaming
Advanced Visual Medicine: Techniques for Visual Exploration & Analysis

2007

Introduction to Level Set Methods, Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms
Color in Information Display
Experimental Design and Analysis for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments
Level Set Applications for Visualization
Perceptual Issues for Visualization and Evaluation
GeoVisualization with Google Earth and GIS
Illustrative Display and Interaction in Visualization
Introduction to Visual Medicine: Techniques, Applications and Software
Scope and Challenges of Visual Analytics
Advanced Visual Medicine: Techniques, Applications and Software
Bridging the Chasm between InfoVis Research and the World Out There
Statistical Graphics for High-D Data

2006

Visual Medicine: Techniques, Applications and Software
Remote/Collaborative TeraScale Visualization on the TeraGrid
Illustrative Visualization for Medicine and Science
Level Set Methods for Visualization
Experimental Design and Analysis for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments
Texture and Feature-Based Flow Visualization
Color in Information Display
Modern Parallel Coordinates: Relational Information –> Clear Patterns

2005

General Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware
Visual Medicine Part 1 – Medical Imaging Techniques
Visual Medicine Part 2 – Advanced Applications of Medical Imaging
Point Lattices in Computer Graphics and Visualization
Illustrative Visualization
Level Set and PDE Methods for Visualization
Visualization and Mining of Temporal Data
Color in Information Display

2004

Information Visualization and Discovery
Procedural Encoding of Scattered Data, Theory and Applications
GPGPU: General Purpose Computation on Graphics Processors
Advanced Virtual Medicine: Techniques and Applications for Medicine-Oriented Visualization
An Introduction to Visualization using VTK
Interactive Texture-Based Flow Visualization
Feature Oriented Methods in Flow Visualization

2003

Interactive Visualization of Volumetric Data on Consumer PC Hardware
Integrating Visualization with Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery for High Dimensional Data Exploration and Discovery
Multi-Resolution Modeling, Visualization and Compression of Volumetric Data
Out-of-Core Algorithms for Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics
Medical Visualization with ITK. How to Integrate the Insight Toolkit into Visualization Applications
Tutorial on Network Visualization
Advanced Virtual Medicine: Techniques and Applications for Virtual Endoscopy and Soft-Tissue-Simulation

2002

Information Visualization, Visual Data Mining, and Its Application to Drug Design
High-Quality Volume Graphics on Consumer PC Hardware
State of the Art in Data Representation for Visualization
Out-of-Core Algorithms for Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics
Integrating Visualization with Modeling and Simulation for Biomedical Applications
Visualizing the Human Body with ITK and VTK
Psychometrics 101: How to Design, Conduct, and Analyze Perceptual Studies of Computer Graphics Visualization Techniques

2001

Large scale data visualization and rendering
information visualization for beginners
Rendering and visualization in Parallel Environements
Multiresolution Techniques for Surfaces and Volumes
From Transfer functions to level sets: Advanced topics in Volume Image processing

2000

Multiresolution Techniques for Surfaces and Volumes
An Introduction to Information Visualization Techniques for Exploring
The Convergence of Scientific Visualization Methods with the World Wide
Visualization Toolkits: Applications and Techniques
An Interactive Introduction to OpenGL Programming
Image Processing for Volume Graphics and Analysis
Rendering and Visualization in Parallel Environments

1999

Introduction to Graphics Programming with Java3D
Interactive Visualization and Web-based Exploration in the Physical and Natural Sciences
Clifford Algebra, Quaternions and Their Use in Physics and Visualization
Visualization Toolkits: Applications and Techniques
Feature Extraction and Visualization of Time-Dependent Flow Fields

1998

Wavelet and Numerical Methods for Visualization
Visualization Toolkits: Applications and Techniques
Introduction to Programming with Java 3D
Perception for Visualization: From Design To Evaluation
Interactive Visualization and Web-based Exploration in the Physical and Natural Sciences
Level-Of-Detail in Surface and Volume Modeling
Clifford Algebra, Quaternions and their Applications in Visualization

1997

Introduction to VRML
Introduction to Visualization
Overview to Visualization with AVS/Express
Volume Visualization: Principles and Practice
Wavelet and Numerical Methods for Visualization
Perceptions for Visualization: From Design to Evaluation
Visualization Toolkits: Applications and Techniques
Interactive Visualization and Web Based Exploration

1996

Volume Visualization Algorithms and Applications
Introduction to Visualization
Interactive Web Programming
Visualization in the Physical Sciences
From Perceptual Psychophysics to Graphic Design
Advanced Methods in Visualization
Visualization Toolkits: Applications and Techniques