About Me
Hi, I am Weikai (Vica) Yang (杨维铠), a 5th-year Ph.D. student in Software Engineering, Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Shixia Liu. Prior to that, I was an undergraduate student at Tsinghua University, where I majored in Software Engineering(2015-2019) and minored in Statistics(2017-2019).
My research interests lie in integrating Machine Learning into Visual Analytics, which can facilitate the understanding of large-scale data and make it easier for practitioners to use machine learning techniques.
Publications
Selected Awards
- 2022 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award of Tsinghua University
- 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate of Tsinghua University (2%)
- 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate of Beijing (5%)
- 2017 Qualcomm Scholarship
- 2017 National Scholarship (1%)
Timeline
- 2023.06
- Our paper “Cluster-Aware Grid Layout” was accepted by IEEE VIS 2023.
- Our paper “A Unified Interactive Model Evaluation for Classification, Object Detection, and Instance Segmentation in Computer Vision” was accepted by IEEE VIS 2023.
- Our paper “Visual Analytics Research for Improving Training Data Quality” was accepted by CCF CAD/CG 2023.
- 2022.06
- Our paper “Diagnosing Ensemble Few-Shot Classifiers” was accepted by IEEE TVCG.
- Our paper “A Unified Understanding of Deep NLP Models for Text Classification” was accepted by IEEE TVCG.
- Our paper “The More, The Better? Active Silencing of Non-Positive Transfer for Efficient Multi-Domain Few-Shot Classification” was accepted by ACM MM.
- 2021.10
- Passed the Ph.D. qualifying exam.
- 2021.09
- Enrolled into School of Software, Tsinghua University as a Ph.D. student.
- Advised by Prof. Shixia Liu.
- 2020.09
- Our paper “Concept Drift with Visual Analytics” was accepted by IEEE VAST 2020.
- 2020.08
- Our paper “A Survey of Visual Analytics Techniques for Machine Learning” was accepted by Springer CVM.
- 2020.05
- Our paper “Interactive Steering of Hierarchical Clustering” was accepted by IEEE TVCG.
- 2019.08
- Enrolled into School of Software, Tsinghua University as a master student.
- Advised by Prof. Shixia Liu.
- 2019.07
- Graduated from Tsinghua University as a Bachelor in Engineering.
- Bachelor thesis: Constrained Hierarchical Clustering and Interactive Steering Techniques.
- 2018.02
- Joined CG&CAD Lab, School of Software, Tsinghua University.
- Started research about visual analytics.
- Advised by Prof. Shixia Liu.
- 2016.06
- Transferred to School of Software, Tsinghua University.
- 2015.09
- Enrolled into Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University as a bachelor student.
- 2012.09 - 2015.07
- Highschool student at Affiliated High School of South China Normal University.
Services
- Conference Reviewer
- IEEE VIS (2021-2023)
- PacificVis (2022-2024)
- ChinaVis (2020-2023)
- AAAI (2023-2024)
- Journal Reviewer
- IEEE TVCG (2022-)
- Visual Informatics (2022-)
- Student Volunteer: IEEE VIS (2020, 2022, 2023)
- Teaching Assistantships
- Discrete Mathematics I: Mathematical Logic and Set Theory (Fall, 2019-2024)
- Discrete Mathematics II: Graph Theory and Abstract Algebra (Spring, 2019-2024)
Miscellaneous
- I participated in the development of Human’: Ethical Reflection on Future Cyberworld Identity, a work of art that disucsses the cyberworld and our identity.
- I enjoyed sprint (12.11s/100m, 25.39s/200m). However, it is not enough to get a medal in Ma Yuehan’s Cup, which is one of my regrets.
- I have been a volunteer for Drop-in Tutoring for STEM Courses in Tsinghua University since 2015. I also made a lot of friends through this programs.
