2026 Kwan-Liu Ma: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	81	1041	1008	553	532	594	21221

Overview

Kwan-Liu Ma is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans multiple areas within computer science, with significant contributions in several subfields including computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, computer graphics and computer-aided design, statistical and nonlinear physics, and computer networks and communications.

The main topics of their research work include:

Data Visualization and Analytics
Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Advanced Vision and Imaging
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Scientific Computing and Data Management

Kwan-Liu Ma has a substantial number of publications with frequent appearances in key scientific venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics Forum
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
Visual Informatics

Notable recent papers include:

"A terminology for in situ visualization and analysis systems" (2020), published in The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
"A Visual Analytics Framework for Reviewing Multivariate Time-Series Data with Dimensionality Reduction" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Interactive Dimensionality Reduction for Comparative Analysis" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"SliceTeller: A Data Slice-Driven Approach for Machine Learning Model Validation" (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"ChartStory: Automated Partitioning, Layout, and Captioning of Charts into Comic-Style Narratives" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Takanori Fujiwara
Qi Wu
Yiran Li
Xiwei Xuan
Yun-Hsin Kuo

Best Publications

Terascale direct numerical simulations of turbulent combustion using S3D

J. H. Chen;A. Choudhary;B. De Supinski;M. Devries

721
Citations
Parallel volume rendering using binary-swap compositing

Kwan-Liu Ma;J.S. Painter;C.D. Hansen;M.F. Krogh

500
Citations
Data, Information, and Knowledge in Visualization

Min Chen;D. Ebert;H. Hagen;R.S. Laramee

458
Citations
Collaborative visualization: definition, challenges, and research agenda

Petra Isenberg;Niklas Elmqvist;Jean Scholtz;Daniel Cernea

370
Citations
In Situ Visualization for Large-Scale Combustion Simulations

Hongfeng Yu;Chaoli Wang;Ray W Grout;Jacqueline H Chen

294
Citations
Visual Analysis of Large Heterogeneous Social Networks by Semantic and Structural Abstraction

Z. Shen;K.-L. Ma;T. Eliassi-Rad

288
Citations
A fast volume rendering algorithm for time-varying fields using a time-space partitioning (TSP) tree

Han-Wei Shen;Ling-Jen Chiang;Kwan-Liu Ma

287
Citations
PortVis: a tool for port-based detection of security events

Jonathan McPherson;Kwan-Liu Ma;Paul Krystosk;Tony Bartoletti

286
Citations
Size-based Transfer Functions: A New Volume Exploration Technique

C. Correa;Kwan-Liu Ma

254
Citations
From mesh generation to scientific visualization: an end-to-end approach to parallel supercomputing

Tiankai Tu;Hongfeng Yu;Leonardo Ramirez-Guzman;Jacobo Bielak

243
Citations
Breaking news on twitter

Mengdie Hu;Shixia Liu;Furu Wei;Yingcai Wu

237
Citations
Design Considerations for Optimizing Storyline Visualizations

Y. Tanahashi;Kwan-Liu Ma

231
Citations
Big-Data Visualization

Daniel Keim;Huamin Qu;Kwan-Liu Ma

226
Citations
A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration

T.J. Jankun-Kelly;Kwan-Liu Ma;M. Gertz

223
Citations
Importance-Driven Time-Varying Data Visualization

Chaoli Wang;Hongfeng Yu;Kwan-Liu Ma

222
Citations
An intelligent system approach to higher-dimensional classification of volume data

F.-Y. Tzeng;E.B. Lum;K.-L. Ma

210
Citations
Scientific Storytelling Using Visualization

Kwan-Liu Ma;I. Liao;J. Frazier;H. Hauser

209
Citations
In Situ Visualization at Extreme Scale: Challenges and Opportunities

Kwan-Liu Ma

209
Citations
A Study of Layout, Rendering, and Interaction Methods for Immersive Graph Visualization

Oh-Hyun Kwon;Chris Muelder;Kyungwon Lee;Kwan-Liu Ma

208
Citations
A novel interface for higher-dimensional classification of volume data

Fan-Yin Tzeng;E.B. Lum;Kwan-Liu Ma

204
Citations
Terascale direct numerical simulations of turbulent combustion using S3D.

Ramanan Sankaran;J. Mellor-Crummy;M. DeVries;Chun Sang Yoo

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Ross Argonne National Laboratory

Jacqueline H. Chen Sandia National Laboratories

Chaoli Wang University of Notre Dame

Bernd Hamann University of California, Davis

Han-Wei Shen The Ohio State University

Peer-Timo Bremer Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Yingcai Wu Zhejiang University

Nelson Max University of California, Davis

John Shalf Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Abhinav Bhatele University of Maryland, College Park

External Links

Wikipedia of Kwan-Liu Ma Personal website of Kwan-Liu Ma Google Scholar page

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