Yuhan Guo 郭宇涵

Ph.D. Student, B.S.

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Education

Ph.D. Student, Peking University

2023 - present

In Intelligence Science and Technology.

B.S. (Honors), Peking University

2019 - 2023

In Intelligence Science and Technology.

Experience

Visiting Researcher, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Jun 2026 - present

School of Computer Science

Visiting Student, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025

Research Unit of Computer Graphics

Research Assistant, Peking University, Beijing, China

Oct 2024 - present

Faculty of Humanities

Visiting Student, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Aug 2024 - Oct 2024

FDU-VIS Lab

University Associate, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Sep 2023 - present

School of Computer Science

Research Intern, Peking University, Beijing, China

Apr 2021 - Sep 2023

PKU Visualization and Visual Analytics Group

Research Statement

My research interests broadly centre on designing interactive and computational systems to support humans in complex cognitive activities and information tasks, such as sensemaking, analytical reasoning, and decision-making. With a background in visual analytics, my research often combines human and machine intelligence. Recently, I'm interested in human-centred AI and I develop interactive visual interfaces to support human-AI/agent collaboration. A recurring theme throughout my research is provenance, i.e., the history of human/system activities, which I believe is a key to understanding human/system behaviours and augmenting human-AI collaboration.

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. 2025
    [J01]
    Yu Zhang, Xinyue Chen, Weili Zheng, Yuhan Guo, Guozheng Li, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan. " VisTaxa: Developing a Taxonomy of Historical Visualizations ", Honorable Mention , IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics , 2025 .
  2. 2024
    [J02]
    Yuhan Guo, Hanning Shao, Can Liu, Kai Xu, Xiaoru Yuan. " PrompTHis: Visualizing the Process and Influence of Prompt Editing during Text-to-Image Creation ", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics , vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 4547-4559, Sept. 2024 .
  3. 2024
    [J03]
    Yuhan Guo, Yuchu Luo, Keer Lu, Linfang Li, Haizheng Yang, Xiaoru Yuan. " LiberRoad: Probing into the Journey of Chinese Classics through Visual Analytics ", VIS 2023 , IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics , pp. 1-11, 2024 .
  4. 2023
    [J04]
    Can Liu, Yuhan Guo, Xiaoru Yuan. " AutoTitle: An Interactive Title Generator for Visualizations ", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics , vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 5276-5288, Aug. 2023 .
  5. 2022
    [J05]
    Yuchu Luo, Hao Wu, Yuhan Guo, Shaocong Tan, Can Liu, Ruike Jiang, Xiaoru Yuan. " Visualization in Digital Humanities ", Big Data Research (In Chinese) , 2022 .

Conference Papers

  1. 2026
    [C01]
    Shayan Monadjemi, Yuhan Guo, Kai Xu, Alex Endert, Anamaria Crisan. " A Scoping Review of Mixed Initiative Visual Analytics in the Automation Renaissance ", Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) , 2026 .
  2. 2023
    [C02]
    Yuhan Guo, Qin Han, Yuke Lou, Yiming Wang, Can Liu, Xiaoru Yuan. " Edit-History Vis: An Interactive Visual Exploration and Analysis on Wikipedia Edit History ", in 2023 IEEE 16th Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis) , pp. 157-166, Apr. 2023 .

Workshop Papers & Extended Abstracts

  1. 2026
    [W01]
    Zefei Xie, Yuhan Guo, Kai Xu. " AwesomeLit: Towards Hypothesis Generation with Agent-Supported Literature Research ", Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) Short Papers , 2026 .
  2. 2026
    [W02]
    Johannes Eschner, Yuhan Guo. " Fishing for Papers: A Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery Game ", EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities (VisGames) , 2026 .
  3. 2025
    [W03]
    Weiyao Meng, Yuhan Guo, Zefei Xie, Kai Xu. " What Happened to Automated Visualization? An Agentic Analysis ", 1st Workshop on GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS , 2025 .
  4. 2025
    [W04]
    Yu Zhang, Yuheng Zhao, Yuhan Guo, Guozheng Li, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan. " Position Paper: Validatory Visualization for Human-GenAI Co-Creation ", Proceedings of the IEEE VIS Workshop on GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS , 2025 .
  5. 2025
    [W05]
    Yutong Yang, Yuhan Guo, Xiaoju Dong, Xiaoru Yuan. " Leveraging Human Expertise for LLM-Assisted Dialogue Character Extraction and Attribution in Classic Chinese Novels ", Digital Humanities , 2025 .
  6. 2024
    [W06]
    Yuhan Guo, Yuchu Luo, Xinyue Chen, Hanning Shao, Xiaoru Yuan, Kai Xu. " Visual Analysis of Complex Temporal Networks Supported by Analytic Provenance ", IEEE VAST Challenge 2024 , 2024 .

Preprints

  1. 2025
    [P01]
    Yuhan Guo, Xingyou Liu, Xiaoru Yuan, Kai Xu. " PromptMap: Supporting Exploratory Text-to-Image Generation ", arXiv:2510.02814 , 2025 .
  2. 2024
    [P02]
    Can Liu, Jiacheng Yu, Yuhan Guo, Jiayi Zhuang, Yuchu Luo, Xiaoru Yuan. " Breathing New Life into Existing Visualizations: A Natural Language-Driven Manipulation Framework ", arXiv:2404.06039 , 2024 .

Awards

  1. 2025
    Yu Zhang, Xinyue Chen, Weili Zheng, Yuhan Guo, Guozheng Li, Siming Chen, Xiaoru Yuan. Honorable Mention , VisTaxa: Developing a Taxonomy of Historical Visualizations, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics .
  2. 2025
    China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship .
  3. 2024
    Yuhan Guo, Yuchu Luo, Xinyue Chen, Hanning Shao, Xiaoru Yuan, Kai Xu. Honorable Mention , IEEE VAST Challenge .
  4. 2022
    John Hopcroft Scholarship , School of Information Science and Technology, Peking University .

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, Peking University, Beijing, China

Sep 2023 - Jan 2024

Course: Visualization and Visual Analytics

Teaching Assistant, Peking University, Beijing, China

Feb 2023 - Jun 2023

Course: VizChina

Academic Services

Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Visual Informatics, Computer & Graphics.

Conference Reviewer: CHI 2024-2026, UIST 2024-2025, PacificVis 2024-2025, EuroVis 2024-2025, ChinaVis 2025-2026, CSCW 2025, VIS 2026.