Isaac Cho, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Utah State University

Old Main 402G, isaac [dot] cho (at) usu [dot] edu

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

icho1 (at) uncc [dot] edu

About me

I am an assistant professor in the Computer Science department at Utah State University . I am also an adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I am an affiliated member of the Ribarsky Center for Visual Analytics (the Charlotte Visualization Center) and a director of VizUS (Visualization lab at Utah State) My main research interests are Interactive Visual Analytics, User Interfaces, Human Computer Interactions, and Virtual Environments . I received a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Systems from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2013.

News

  • I am invited to serve on Program committee of IEEE AIVR 2022
  • I am invited to serve on Poster Chair of IEEE VR 2022.
  • I am invited to serve on program committee of IEEE Visualization (short paper) 2022.
  • I am invited to serve on Program committee of ISVC 2022.

    • Current Students

    Raihan Nayeem, Ph.D. student (2018) Research Topic: Visualization Recommendation (UNC Charlotte)

    Dongyun Han, Ph.D. student (2020). Research Topic: Human Cognition in VR, Immersive Analytics, Visualization

    PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

    Please take a look at Prospective Students

    Publications

    2020

    Blast Risk Assessment of Wood Residential Buildings: West Fertilizer Plant Explosion Case

    Huang, Z., Wang, X., Cai, L., Tao, Y., Tolone, W., Shambakey, M., Bhattacharjee, S. and Cho, I.

    Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

    Du Bois Wrapped Bar Chart: Visualizing Categorical Data with Disproportionate Values

    Karduni, A., Wesslen, R., Cho, I. , and Dou, W.

    ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020

    2019

    Multi-View, Generative, Transfer Learning for Distributed Time Series Classification

    Bhattacharjee, S., Tolone, W., Mahabal, A., Elshambakey, M., Cho, I. , Nayeem, A., Yuan, J. and Djorgovski, G.

    2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)

    Open Computing Infrastructure for Sharing Data Analytics to Support Building Energy Simulations

    Karaguzel, O.T., Elshambakey, M., Zhu, Y., Hong, T., Tolone, W.J., Das Bhattacharjee, S., Cho, I., Dou, W., Wang, H., Lu, S. and Khalefa, M.,

    Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

    View-Adaptive Weighted Deep Transfer Learning for Distributed Time-Series Classification

    Bhattacharjee, S., Tolone, W., Mahabal, A., Elshambakey, M., Cho. I. , and Djorgovski, G.

    IEEE 43rd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC) 2019

    Investigating Effects of Visual Anchors on Decision‐Making about Misinformation

    Wesslen, R., Santhanam, S., Karduni, A., Cho, I. , Shaikh, S., and Dou, W.

    Computer Graphics Forum special issue, EuroVis 2019

    Vulnerable to Misinformation? Verifi!

    Karduni, A., Cho, I. , Wesslen, R., Santhanam, S., Volkova, S., Arendt, D., Shaikh S., and Dou, W.

    ACM Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2019

    2018

    Context-Aware Deep Sequence Learning with Multi-View Factor Pooling for Time Series Classification

    Bhattacharjee, S., Tolone, W., Mahabal, A., Elshambakey, M., Cho. I. , and Djorgovski, S.

    IEEE BigData 2018.

           

    Evaluation of Cursor Offset on 3D Selection in VR

    J. Li, I. Cho , and Z. Wartell

    ACM Spatial User Interactions (SUI) 2018

           

    [Workshop] Using Hidden Markov Models to Determine Cognitive States of Visual Analytic Users

    M Aboufoul , R Wesslen, I Cho W Dou, S Shaikh

    2018 IEEE Vis Workshop: Machine Learning from User Interaction for Visualization and Analytics

    Can You Verifi This? Studying Uncertainty and Decision-Making About Misinformation in Visual Analytics

    A. Karduni, R. Wesslen, S. Santhanam, I. Cho , S. Volkova, D. Arendt, S. Shaikh and W. Dou

    International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2018).

       

    Improving Power Distribution System Situational Awareness Using Visual Analytics

    T. Lawanson, R. Karandeh, V. Cecchi, Z. Wartell, and I. Cho,

    IEEE SouthEastCon 2018

           

    [Poster] Advancing the Use of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Data through Visual Analytics

    T. Lawanson, R. Karandeh, V. Cecchi, Z. Wartell, and I. Cho,

    DistribuTECH 2018

    2017

    CrystalBall: A Visual Analytic System for Future Event Discovery and Analysis from Social Media Data,

    I. Cho, R. Wesslen, S. Volkova, W. Ribarsky, and W. Dou

    IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2017

       

    The Anchoring Effect in Decision-Making with Visual Analytics,

    I. Cho, R. Wesslen, A. Karduni, S. Santhanam, S. Shaikh and W. Dou

    IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2017

       

    [POSTER] Towards a distributed infrastructure for data-driven discoveries & analysis

    M. Elshambakey, M. Khalefa, W. Tolone, S. D. Bhattacharjee, H. Lee, L. Cinquini, S. Schlueter, I. Cho , W. Dou, and D. Crichton

    IEEE Big Data 2017

           

    VIFI: Virtual Information Fabric Infrastructure for Data-Driven Discoveries From Distributed Earth Science Data,

    A. Talukder, M. Elshambakey, S. Wadkar, H. Lee, L. Cinquini, S. Schlueter, I. Cho , W. Dou, and D. Crichton

    IEEE Cloud & Big Data Computing, 2017

           

    Urban Space Explorer: A Visual Analytics System for Understanding Urban Social Media Activities,

    A. Karduni, I. Cho, G. Wessel, W. Ribarsky, E. Sauda, and W. Dou

    IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CGA), 2017, To appear

           

    Urban Activity Explorer: Visual Analytics and Planning Support Systems,

    A. Karduni, I. Cho, G. Wessel, W. Ribarsky, E. Sauda, and W. Dou

    Book Chapter: Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures, Publisher: Springer International Publishing

           

    Multi-Scale 7DOF View Adjustment

    I. Cho , J. Li, Z. Wartell

    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2017

           

    Space-Time Kernel Density Estimation for Real-Time Interactive Visual Analytics

    T. Eaglin, I. Cho , W. Ribarsky

    Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

           

    2016

    A Survey on Visual Analysis Approaches for Financial Data

    S. Ko, I. Cho , S. Afzal, C. Yau, J. Chae, A. Malik, K. Beck, Y. Jang, W. Ribarsky, D. S. Ebert

    Computer Graphics Forum

           

    2015

    VAiRoma: A Visual Analytics System for Making Sense of Places, Times, and Events in Roman History

    Cho, I. ,Dou, W., Wang, X., Sauda, E. and Ribarsky, W.

    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2015

                   

    DemographicVis: Analyzing Demographic Information based on User Generated Content

    Dou, W., Cho, I., ElTayeby, O., Choo, J. and Ribarsky, W.

    IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2015

               

    Comparison of Device-Based, One and Two-Handed 7DOF Manipulation Techniques

    Feng, J. Cho, I., and Wartell, Z.

    ACM Spatial User Interface (SUI), Los Angeles, CA, August, 2015

           

    Evaluation of a Bimanual Simultaneous 7DOF Interaction Technique in Virtual Environments

    Cho, I. and Wartell, Z.

    3D User Interfaces (3DUI) , IEEE Symposium, March, 2015, Arles, France

               

    Evaluation of 3D Virtual Cursor Offset Techniques for Navigation Tasks in a Multi-DisplayVirtual Environment

    Li, J., Cho, I. and Wartell, Z.

    ACM Spatial User Interface (SUI), Los Angeles, CA, August, 2015

               

    2014

    Evaluating Dynamic-Adjustment of Stereo View Parameters in a Multi-Scale Virtual Environment

    Cho, I., Li, J. and Wartell, Z.

    3D User Interfaces (3DUI) , IEEE Symposium, March, 2014, Minneapolis, MN

               

    HyFinBall: a Bimanual Hybrid User Interface for Cross-Dimensional Visualization

    Cho, I., Wang, X. and Wartell, Z.

    Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), IS&T / SPIE Electronic Imaging Feb 2014, San Francisco, CA

               

    Stereo and Motion Effect on Depth Judgment for Volumetric Dataset

    Cho, I., Wartell, Z., Dou, W., Wang, X. and Ribarsky, W.

    Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SDnA), IS&T / SPIE Electronic Imaging, Feb 2014, San Francisco, CA

           

    2013

    Bimanual Stereoscopic Interaction for 3D Visualization

    Cho, I.

    Ph.D. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, August 2013

       

    [Workshop]Volumetric Selection with the HyBall User Interface

    Cho, I., and Wartell, Z.

    1st Workshop on Immersive Volumetric Interaction (WIVI 2013) at IEEE VR Workshop, Orlando, FL

    2012

    Towards Utilizing Heterogeneous Analytics Interfaces in Coastal Infrastructure Management

    Wang, X., Butkiewicz, T., Cho, I., and Wartell, Z.

    Charlotte Visualization Center: Technical Report, CVC-UNCC-12-15, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. March 2012

    Evaluating Depth Perception of Volumetric Data in Semi-Immersive VR

    Cho, I., Dou, W., Wang, X., Wartell, Z., and Ribarsky, W.

    In Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI '12)

           

    [Poster]Evaluating Depth Perception of Volumetric Data in Semi-Immersive VR

    Cho, I., Dou, W., Wang X., Wartell, Z., and Ribarsky, W.

    Virtual Reality Workshops (VR), 2012 IEEE , vol., no., pp.95-96, 4-8 March 2012.

           

    Earlier

    Real-time Image Scanning System for detecting tunnel cracks using linescan cameras

    Chang Geun Song, Dong Hyun Jeong, Young Rin Kim, Isaac Cho, Eun ju Kim, Kang Moon Lee, Kwang Won Jin

    journal of Korea multimedia Society, Vol. 10, No. 6 (2007)

    Research

    Visit the VisCenter Youtube page for videos.

    Interactive Visual Analytics

    Multi-dimentional User Interfaces

    Multi-Scale Virtual Environment Interaction Techniques

    Human Perception and Cognition in decision-making in VA/VR