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Dan Freeman
dblp:427/9868
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Computer graphics and multimedia
1 paper |
Visualization and visual analytics · 100% | |
| Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper |
Bioinformatics and computational biology · 100% |
Topics — the 2 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Visualization and visual analytics › dimensionality reduction
dimensionality reduction visualization |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | SEAL: Spatially-resolved Embedding Analysis with Linked Imaging Data · IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. 2026 |
Bioinformatics and computational biology › bioimage informatics
tissue image analysis |
0.3 | 1 | 2026 | SEAL: Spatially-resolved Embedding Analysis with Linked Imaging Data · IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. 2026 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
surrogate model · 2.0set visualization · 2.0dimensionality reduction · 2.0
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SEAL: Spatially-resolved Embedding Analysis with Linked Imaging DataabstractDimensionality reduction techniques help analysts make sense of complex, high-dimensional spatial datasets, such as multiplexed tissue imaging, satellite imagery, and astronomical observations, by projecting data attributes into a two-dimensional space. However, these techniques typically abstract away crucial spatial, positional, and morphological contexts, complicating interpretation and limiting insights. To address these limitations, we present SEAL, an interactive visual analytics system designed to bridge the gap between abstract 2D embeddings and their rich spatial imaging context. SEAL introduces a novel hybrid-embedding visualization that preserves image and morphological information while integrating critical high-dimensional feature data. By adapting set visualization methods, SEAL allows analysts to identify, visualize, and compare selections-defined manually or algorithmically-in both the embedding and original spatial views, facilitating a deeper understanding of the spatial arrangement and morphological characteristics of entities of interest. To elucidate differences between selected sets of items, SEAL employs a scalable surrogate model to calculate feature importance scores, identifying the most influential features governing the position of objects within embeddings. These importance scores are visually summarized across selections, with mathematical set operations enabling detailed comparative analyses. We demonstrate SEAL's effectiveness and versatility through three case studies: colorectal cancer tissue analysis with a pharmacologist, melanoma investigation with a cell biologist, and exploration of sky survey data with an astronomer. These studies underscore the importance of integrating image context into embedding spaces when interpreting complex imaging datasets. Implemented as a standalone tool while also integrating seamlessly with computational notebooks, SEAL provides an interactive platform for spatially informed exploration of high-dimensional datasets, significantly enhancing interpretability and insight generation. Simon Warchol, Grace Guo 0001, Johannes Knittel, Dan Freeman, Usha Shalla, Jeremy Muhlich, Peter K. Sorger, Hanspeter Pfister |
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. | 4 |