Christian Tominski

Teaching

Students
- The "Student How To" guide
- Proposals for projects and theses
Courses
- Visualisierung abstrakter Daten
- Visualisierung von Strömungs- und Volumendaten
- Aspekte der Computergraphik
- Informatik I: Einführung in die Programmierung (C)
- Informatik II: Programmierungstechnik (C++)

Research Interests

Information Visualization
- Visualization of movement data
- Visualization of spatio-temporal data
- Interactive graph visualization
- Visualization of multi-variate data
- Coordinated multiple views visualization
- Software engineering for visualization
- User-driven and task-driven visualization
- Visual representations on mobile devices
Human-Computer Interaction
- Interaction for visual comparison
- Navigation techniques
- Lens techniques
- Visualization on interactive displays
- Visual exploration on large high-resolution displays
Data and Analytics
- Supporting interactive exploration with analytic methods
- Efficient algorithms and data structures for visualization
- Asynchronous computation

Professional Activities

Committee member
- IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis)
- International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD)
- EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA)
Reviewer
- Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Information Visualization, Computer Graphics and Applications, Computer Graphics Forum, International Journal on Geographical Information Science, Software: Practice and Experience
- InfoVis, EuroVis, PacificVis, VAST, EuroVA, IV
- IVE, VAKD, GeoVA(t), GeoViz
Mentor
- Google Summer of Code
- 33+ student projects and theses
Organizer
- Special Track: Interactive Visualization in Novel and Heterogeneous Display Environments at the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC)

Publications

2011

Tominski, C.; Schumann, H.; Spindler, M. & Dachselt, R.: Towards Utilizing Novel Interactive Displays for Information Visualization. Workshop on Data Exploration for Interactive Surfaces at the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Kobe, Japan, 2011.
Tominski, C. & Löffler, F.: Novel Interaction Techniques for Visual Comparison. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Providence, USA, 2011.
Lehmann, A.; Schumann, H.; Staadt, O. & Tominski, C.: Physical Navigation to Support Graph Exploration on a Large High-Resolution Display. In: Bebis, G., Boyle, R., Parvin, B., Koracin, D., Wang, S., Kyungnam, K., Benes, B., Moreland, K., Borst, C., DiVerdi, S., Yi-Jen, C. & Ming, J. (ed.) Advances in Visual Computing. Springer, 2011. (ISBN: 978-3-642-24027-0)
Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Analytical, Visual, and Interactive Concepts for Geo-Visual Analytics. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2011.
Tominski, C.; Donges, J. F. & Nocke, T.: Information Visualization in Climate Research. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2011.
Nguyen, D. Q.; Tominski, C.; Schumann, H. & Ta, T. A.: Visualizing Tags with Spatiotemporal References. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2011.
Aigner, W.; Miksch, S.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Visualization of Time-Oriented Data. Springer, 2011. (ISBN: 978-0-85729-078-6)
Tominski, C.: Event-Based Concepts for User-Driven Visualization. Information Visualization, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2011.

2010

Andrienko, G.; Andrienko, N.; Demšar, U.; Dransch, D.; Dykes, J.; Fabrikant, S. I.; Jern, M.; Kraak, M.-J.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Space and Time. In: Keim, D., Kohlhammer, J., Ellis, G. & Mansmann, F. (ed.) Mastering the Information Age - Solving Problems with Visual Analytics. Eurographics Association, 2010. (ISBN: 978-3-905673-77-7)
Spindler, M.; Tominski, C.; Schumann, H. & Dachselt, R.: Tangible Views for Information Visualization. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Saarbrücken, Germany, ACM, 2010.
Spindler, M.; Tominski, C.; Hauschild, M.; Schumann, H. & Dachselt, R.: Novel Fields of Application for Tangible Displays above the Tabletop. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Saarbrücken, Germany, ACM, 2010.
Spindler, M.; Tominski, C.; Schumann, H. & Dachselt, R.: Poster: Towards Making InfoVis Views Tangible. Poster at IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Salt Lake City, USA, 2010.
Andrienko, G.; Andrienko, N.; Demšar, U.; Dransch, D.; Dykes, J.; Fabrikant, S. I.; Jern, M.; Kraak, M.-J.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Space, Time and Visual Analytics. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 24, No. 10, 2010.
Hadlak, S.; Tominski, C.; Schulz, H.-J. & Schumann, H.: Visualization of Attributed Hierarchical Structures in a Spatio-Temporal Context. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 24, No. 10, 2010.
Hadlak, S.; Tominski, C.; Schulz, H.-J. & Schumann, H.: Visualization of Hierarchies in Space and Time. Workshop GeoVA(t) - Geospatial Visual Analytics: Focus on Time at the AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Guimarães, Portugal, 2010.

2009

Tominski, C.; Abello, J. & Schumann, H.: CGV - An Interactive Graph Visualization System. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 33, No. 6, 2009.
Piringer, H.; Tominski, C.; Muigg, P. & Berger, W.: A Multi-Threading Architecture to Support Interactive Visual Exploration. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 15, No. 6, 2009.
Thiede, C.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Service-Oriented Information Visualization for Smart Environments. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), Barcelona, Spain, IEEE Computer Society, 2009.
Tominski, C.; Abello, J. & Schumann, H.: Two Novel Techniques for Interactive Navigation of Graph Layouts. Poster at Eurographics/IEEE Symposium on Visualization (EuroVis), Berlin, Germany, 2009.

2008

Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Enhanced Interactive Spiral Display. Proceedings of the Annual SIGRAD Conference, Special Theme: Interactivity, Stockholm, Sweden, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2008.
Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Visualization of Gene Combinations. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2008.
Tominski, C.; Fuchs, G. & Schumann, H.: Task-Driven Color Coding. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2008.
Tominski, C.; Schulze-Wollgast, P. & Schumann, H.: Visual Methods for Analyzing Human Health Data. In: Wickramasinghe, N. & Geisler, E. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems. Information Science Reference, 2008. (ISBN: 978-1-59904-889-5)
John, M.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Visual and Analytical Extensions for the Table Lens. Proceedings of Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), San Jose, USA, SPIE/IS&T, 2008.
Aigner, W.; Miksch, S.; Müller, W.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Visual Methods for Analyzing Time-Oriented Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008.

2007 and before...

2007

Aigner, W.; Bertone, A.; Miksch, S.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Visual Analytics of Time and Time-Oriented Data. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Washington, USA, IEEE Press, 2007.
Tominski, C.; Holzhüter, C.; Unger, A. & Schumann, H.: Interactive Poster: Visualization of Gene Combinations. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
Abello, J.; Schulz, H.-J.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Interactive Poster: CGV - Coordinated Graph Visualization. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
Abello, J.; Schulz, H.-J.; Gaudin, B. & Tominski, C.: Interactive Poster: Name That Cluster - Text vs. Graphics. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Sacramento, USA, 2007.
Aigner, W.; Miksch, S.; Müller, W.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Visualizing Time-Oriented Data - A Systematic View. Computers & Graphics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2007.
Bieber, G.; Tominski, C. & Urban, B.: TiDi Browser: A Novel Photo Browsing Technique for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of Multimedia on Mobile Devices, San Jose, USA, SPIE/IS&T, 2007.

2006

Tominski, C.: Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis. PhD Thesis, University of Rostock, Germany, 2006.
John, M.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Interactive Poster: Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring for Multiple Variables. Poster at IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis), Baltimore, USA, 2006.
Tominski, C.; Abello, J.; van Ham, F. & Schumann, H.: Fisheye Tree Views and Lenses for Graph Visualization. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2006.
Rosenbaum, R.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Graphical Content On Mobile Devices. In: Khosrow-Pour, M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce. Idea Group Reference, 2006. (ISBN: 1-59140-799-0)

2005

Tominski, C.; Abello, J. & Schumann, H.: Interactive Poster: 3D Axes-Based Visualizations for Time Series Data. Poster at IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Minneapolis, USA, 2005.
Tominski, C.; Schulze-Wollgast, P. & Schumann, H.: 3D Information Visualization for Time Dependent Data on Maps. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
Schulze-Wollgast, P.; Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: Enhancing Visual Exploration by Appropriate Color Coding. Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), Plzeň, Czech Republic, 2005.

2004

Tominski, C. & Schumann, H.: An Event-Based Approach to Visualization. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), London, UK, IEEE Computer Society, 2004.
Rosenbaum, R.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Presenting Large Graphical Contents on Mobile Devices - Performance Issues. Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA), New Orleans, USA, Idea Group, Inc., 2004.
Tominski, C.; Abello, J. & Schumann, H.: Axes-Based Visualizations with Radial Layouts. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Nicosia, Cyprus, ACM, 2004.

2003

Tominski, C.; Abello, J. & Schumann, H.: Interactive Poster: Axes-Based Visualizations for Time Series Data. Poster at IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Seattle, USA, 2003.
Bieber, G. & Tominski, C.: Visualization Techniques for Personal Tasks on Mobile Computers. Proceedings of the HCI International Conference, Hersonissos, Crete, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003.
Rosenbaum, R. & Tominski, C.: Pixels vs. Vectors: Presentation of Large Images on Mobile Devices. International Workshop on Mobile Computing (IMC), Rostock, Germany, 2003.
Schulze-Wollgast, P.; Schumann, H. & Tominski, C.: Visual Analysis of Human Health Data. Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA), Philadelphia, USA, Idea Group, Inc., 2003.
Tominski, C.; Schulze-Wollgast, P. & Schumann, H.: Visualisierung zeitlicher Verläufe auf geografischen Karten. In: Visualisierung und Erschließung von Geodaten. Kirschbaum Verlag, 2003. (ISBN: 3-7812-1577-6)