The information visualization group is part of the University of British Columbia's Computer Science Department in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Recent News (see all news)


Tamara Keynote @ Graph Drawing

Posted: 8/2026
Tamara Munzner will be giving the keynote presentation at the International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization in St. Catharines, Canada.


New Paper: HealthTale: A Patient-Centric Health Story Visualization Tool
Posted: 7/2026
Upcoming Conference: UBC InfoVis in Europe
Posted: 6/2026
Undergrad Updates - Indira Sowy and Anna Luo
Posted: 5/2026
New Paper: Visualization Tasks for Unlabeled Graphs
Posted: 3/2026

Current Members (see all members, including alumni)


Tamara Munzner

Steve Kasica

Mara Solen

Matt Oddo

Ryan Smith

Anna Luo

Recent Publications (see all publications)


HealthTale: A Patient-Centric Health Story Visualization Tool
Ryan Smith, Kyle D. Chin, Tamara Munzner

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Proc. IEEE VIS 2026

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Visualization Tasks for Unlabeled Graphs
Matt I. B. Oddo, Ryan Smith, Stephen Kobourov, Tamara Munzner

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

IEEE Xplore, Pre-print PDF, Supplemental materials


Position Paper: Potential Areas of Bias in Visualization-as-Input Systems
Ryan Smith

Input Visualization Workshop at IEEE VIS 2025

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Visualization Literacy or Skillset? Beyond the Analogy to Textual Literacy
Mara Solen, Saugat Pandey, Firas Moosvi, Alvitta Ottley, Tamara Munzner

VisComm Workshop at IEEE VIS 2025

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