• Integrative Visual Abstraction of Molecular Data
  2017 – 2021 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
• BioNetIllustration: User centric illustrations of biological networks
  2017 – 2019 / European Commission
• Animated Cell Tab development
  2016 – 2020 / Allen Institute
• Visual Computing: Illustrative Visualization
  2013 – 2020 / Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWFT)
• Illustrative Visualization of Processes
  2013 – 2017 / European Commission

2020

• ScaleTrotter: Illustrative Visual Travels Across Negative Scales / S. Halladjian, H. Miao, D. Kouril, E. Gröller, I. Viola, T. Isenberg / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26 (2020), 1; 1 - 11
• Adenita: interactive 3D modelling and visualization of DNA nanostructures / E. de Llano, H. Miao, Y. Ahmadi, A. Wilson, M. Beeby, I. Viola, I. Barisic / Nucleic Acids Research, 48 (2020), 15; 8269 - 8275
• Homomorphic-Encrypted Volume Rendering / S. Mazza, D. Patel, I. Viola / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 27 (2020), 27; 1 - 10
• Multi-level Area Balancing of Clustered Graphs / H. Wu, M. Nöllenburg, I. Viola / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12 (2020), 12; 1 - 12

2019

• Multiscale Molecular Visualization / H. Miao, T. Klein, D. Kouril, P. Mindek, E. Gröller, B. Kozlikova, T. Isenberg, I. Viola et al. / Journal of Molecular Biology (invited), 6 (2019), 31; 1049 - 1070
• Metabopolis: scalable network layout for biological pathway diagrams in urban map style / H. Wu, M. Nöllenburg, F. Filipa L. Sousa, I. Viola / BMC Bioinformatics, 20 (2019), 187; 1 - 20
• From Cells to Atoms - Biological Information Visualization (in Chinese) / H. Wu, H. Miao, I. Viola / Report No. TR-193-02-2019-1, 2019

2018

• Semantic Screen-Space Occlusion for Multiscale Molecular Visualization / T. Koch, D. Kouril, T. Klein, P. Mindek, I. Viola / Talk: Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Granada (invited); 2018-09-20 - 2018-09-21; in: "Proceedings of Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine", Eurographics, (2018), ISSN: 2070-5786
• A Preview to Adenita: Visualization and Modeling of DNA Nanostructures / H. Miao, T. Isenberg, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Poster: 3rd Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop, Rom (invited); 2018-06-06 - 2018-06-08; in: "book of abstracts", (2018)
• A Visual Comparison of Hand-Drawn and Machine-Generated Human Metabolic Pathways / H. Wu, I. Viola, M. Nöllenburg / Poster: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2018), Brno (invited); 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-08; in: "Proceedings of EuroVis 2018", Eurographics / VGTC, (2018)
• DimSUM: Dimension and Scale Unifying Maps for Visual Abstraction of DNA Origami Structures / H. Miao, T. Isenberg, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics / IEEE VGTC Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2018), Brünn (invited); 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-08; in: "Proceedings of EuroVis 2018", Computer Graphics Forum, 37/3 (2018), 403 - 413
• The Travel of a Metabolite / H. Wu, M. Nöllenburg, I. Viola / Talk: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), Kobe, Japan (invited); 2018-04-10 - 2018-04-13; in: "Proceedings of PacificVis 2018 Data Story Telling Contest", (2018)
• Fast cutaway visualization of sub-terrain tubular networks / A. Konev, I. Viola, H. Schulze, D. Cornel, J. Waser et al. / Computers & Graphics (invited), 75 (2018), 5; 25 - 35
• A Survey of Surface-Based Illustrative Rendering for Visualization / I. Viola, B. Preim, T. Isenberg et al. / Computer Graphics Forum (invited), 37 (2018), 6; 205 - 234
• Exploring visual attention and saliency modeling for task-based visual analysis / P. Polatsek, M. Waldner, I. Viola et al. / Computers & Graphics (invited), 72 (2018), 26 - 38

2017

• Information Theory In Visualization / M. Sbert, I. Viola, M. Feixas et al. / Talk: ACM Siggraph Asia, Bangkok (invited); 2017-11-27 - 2017-11-30
• Multiscale Visualization and Scale-adaptive Modification of DNA Nanostructures / H. Miao, J. Sorger, T. Isenberg, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Phoenix, USA (invited); 2017-10-01 - 2017-10-06; in: "Proceedings", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24/1 (2018), 1014 - 1024
• Visualization Multi-Pipeline for Communicating Biology / P. Mindek, D. Kouril, J. Sorger, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Phönix (invited); 2017-10-01 - 2017-10-06; in: "IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24 (1) (2018), ISSN: 1077-2626; 883 - 892
• Instant Construction and Visualization of Crowded Biological Environments / T. Klein, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova et al. / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Phönix (invited); 2017-10-01 - 2017-10-06; in: "proceedings IEEE Visualization", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24/1 (2018), ISSN: 1077-2626; 862 - 872
• Watergate: Visual Exploration of Water Trajectories in Protein Dynamics / V. Vad, J. Byska, A. Jurcik, I. Viola, E. Gröller, H. Hauser, B. Kozlikova et al. / Talk: Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (VCBM), Bremen (invited); 2017-09-07 - 2017-09-08; in: "Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 2017", Eurographics, (2017), ISBN: 978-3-03868-036-9; 33 - 42
• AnimoAminoMiner: Exploration of Protein Tunnels and their Properties in Molecular Dynamics / J. Byska, M. Le Muzic, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova / Poster: Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) at ISMB 2017, Prag (invited); 2017-07-24; in: "Proceedings of the Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) at ISMB 2017", (2017), 1 - 10
• Maya2cellVIEW: Integrated Tool for Creating Large and Complex Molecular Scenes / D. Kouril, M. Le Muzic, B. Kozlikova, I. Viola / Poster: SCCG, Mikulov (invited); 2017-05-15 - 2017-05-17; in: "Proceedings of SCCG 2017", (2017), 1
• Dynamic word clouds / I. Viola, M. Seyfert / Talk: SCCG, Mikulov (invited); 2017-05-15 - 2017-05-17; in: "Proceedings of the 33rd Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2017)", ACM, (2017), ISBN: 978-1-4503-5107-2
• Visualization of molecular machinery using agent-based animation / D. Gehrer, I. Viola / Talk: SCCG, Mikulov (invited); 2017-05-15 - 2017-05-17; in: "Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2017", ACM, (2017), ISBN: 978-1-4503-5107-2
• Metamorphers: Storytelling Templates For Illustrative Animated Transitions in Molecular Visualization / J. Sorger, P. Mindek, P. Rautek, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: SCCG, Mikulov (invited); 2017-05-15 - 2017-05-17; in: "Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2017", ACM, (2017), ISBN: 978-1-4503-5107-2; 27 - 36
• Flicker Observer Effect: Guiding Attention Through High Frequency Flicker in Images / N. Waldin, M. Waldner, I. Viola / Talk: Eurographics, Lyon (invited); 2017-04-24 - 2017-04-28; in: "Proceedings of Eurographics", Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 36, Issue 2 (2017), ISSN: 0167-7055; 467 - 476
• The Birth of a Virtual Cell / P. Mindek, J. Sorger, D. Kouril, T. Klein, I. Viola et al. / Talk: IEEE Pacific Visualization, Seoul (invited); 2017-04-18 - 2017-04-21; in: "Pacific Vis 2017 Storytelling Contest", (2017)
• Pondering the Concept of Abstraction in (Illustrative) Visualization / I. Viola, T. Isenberg / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (invited), PP (2017), 99

2016

• A Fractional Cartesian Composition Model for Semi-Spatial ComparativeVisualization Design / I. Kolesár, S. Bruckner, I. Viola, H. Hauser / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Baltimore (invited); 2016-10-23 - 2016-10-28; in: "proceedings IEEE Visualization", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 1/23 (2017), ISSN: 1077-2626; 851 - 860
• Generalized box-plot for root growth ensembles / V. Vad, W. Busch, I. Viola et al. / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Baltimore; 2016-10-23 - 2016-10-28; in: "proceedings IEEE Visualization", BMC Bioinformatics, (2017), 1 - 17
• Chameleon Dynamic Color Mapping for Multi-Scale Structural Biology Models / N. Waldin, M. Le Muzic, M. Waldner, E. Gröller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Bergen; 2016-09-07 - 2016-09-09; in: "Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine", Eurographics Digital Library, (2016), ISBN: 978-3-03868-010-9; 11 - 20
• Illustrative Transitions in Molecular Visualization via Forward and Inverse Abstraction Transform / J. Sorger, P. Mindek, T. Klein, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Bergen, Norwegen; 2016-09-07 - 2016-09-09; in: "Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)", (2016), ISBN: 978-3-03868-010-9; 21 - 30
• Visibility Equalizer: Cutaway Visualization of Mesoscopic Biological Models / P. Mindek, M. Le Muzic, J. Sorger, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), Groningen; 2016-06-06 - 2016-06-10; in: "Proceedings of EuroVis", Computer Graphics Forum, 35/3 (2016), 161 - 170
• Visual Analysis of Biomolecular Cavities: State of the Art / M. Krone, B. Kozlikova, J. Parulek, H.-Ch. Hege, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), Groningen; 2016-06-06 - 2016-06-10; in: "Proceedings of EuroVis", Computer Graphics Forum, 35/3 (2016), ISSN: 2192-7782; 527 - 551
• Composite Flow Maps / D. Cornel, A. Konev, A. Brambilla, I. Viola, J. Waser et al. / Talk: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis), Groningen; 2016-06-06 - 2016-06-10; in: "Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine", Computer Graphics Forum, 35/3 (2016), ISSN: 1467-8659; 461 - 470
• CellPathway: A Simulation Tool for Illustrative Visualization of Biochemical Networks / M. Reisacher, M. Le Muzic, I. Viola / Talk: WSCG: International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Pilsen; 2016-05-30 - 2016-06-03; in: "WSCG proceedings", WSCG proceedings (2016), ISBN: 80-903100-7-9; 99 - 106
• Individualization of 2D color maps for people with color vision deficiencies / N. Waldin, M. Bernhard, P. Rautek, I. Viola / Talk: SCCG, Slomenice; 2016-04-27 - 2016-04-29; in: "Proceedings of the 32nd Spring Conference on Computer Graphics", (2016), ISBN: 978-1-4503-4436-4; 49 - 50
• Personalized 2D color maps / N. Waldin, M. Bernhard, I. Viola / Computers & Graphics, 59 (2016), 59; 143 - 150
• Output-Sensitive Filtering of Streaming Volume Data / V. Soltészová, A. Birkeland, I. Viola, S. Bruckner et al. / Computer Graphics Forum, 35 (2016), 1 - 14
• The Accuracy of Gauge-Figure Tasks in Monoscopic and Stereo Displays / M. Bernhard, M. Waldner, V. Soltészová, I. Viola et al. / IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 36 (2016), 4; 56 - 66
• Effective Visual Representations / Habilitation Thesis by I. Viola / TU Wien / Fak. für Informatik, 2016

2015

• AnimoAminoMiner: Exploration of Protein Tunnels and their Properties in Molecular Dynamics / J. Byska, M. Le Muzic, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova / Talk: IEEE Vis 2015, Chicago (invited); 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-30
• cellVIEW: a Tool for Illustrative and Multi-Scale Rendering of Large Biomolecular Datasets / M. Le Muzic, J. Parulek, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (VCBM), Chester, United Kingdom; 2015-09-14 - 2015-09-15; in: "VCBM 15: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine", (2015), ISBN: 978-3-905674-82-8; 61 - 70
• Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art / B. Kozlikova, M. Krone, I. Viola, J. Parulek, H.-Ch. Hege et al. / Talk: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) (2015), Cagliari, Italy (invited); 2015-05-25 - 2015-05-29; in: "Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) - STARs 2015", EuroVis STAR 2015, (2015), 061 - 081
• MoleCollar and Tunnel Heat Map Visualizations for Conveying Spatio-Temporo-Chemical Properties Across and Along Protein Voids / J. Byska, A. Jurcik, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova / Talk: Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2015), Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (invited); 2015-05-25 - 2015-05-29
• Automatized Summarization of Multiplayer Games / P. Mindek, L. Čmolík, E. Gröller, I. Viola, S. Bruckner / Talk: Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Smolenice, Slovakia (invited); 2015-04-22 - 2015-04-24; in: "Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2015", (2015), ISBN: 978-80-223-3844-8; 93 - 100
• Illustrative Timelapse: A Technique for Illustrative Visualization of Particle Simulations on the Mesoscale Level / M. Le Muzic, M. Waldner, J. Parulek, I. Viola / Talk: IEEE Pacific Visualization, Hangzhou, China; 2015-04-14 - 2015-04-17; in: "IEEE Pacific Visualization 2015", Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 2015, (2015), 247 - 254
• AnimoAminoMiner: Exploration of Protein Tunnels and their Properties in Molecular Dynamics / J. Byska, M. Le Muzic, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 22 (2015), 22; 747 - 756
• MoleCollar and Tunnel Heat Map Visualizations for Conveying Spatio-Temporo-Chemical Properties Across and Along Protein Voids / J. Byska, A. Jurcik, E. Gröller, I. Viola, B. Kozlikova / Computer Graphics Forum (invited), 34 (2015), 3; 1 - 10

2014

• Attractive Flicker: Guiding Attention in Dynamic Narrative Visualizations / M. Waldner, M. Le Muzic, M. Bernhard, W. Purgathofer, I. Viola / Talk: Ieee Vis 2014, Paris, France (invited); 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14
• Perceptually Uniform Motion Space / A. Birkeland, C. Turkay, I. Viola / Talk: Ieee Vis 2014, Paris, France (invited); 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14
• Graphical Histories of Information Foraging / M. Waldner, S. Bruckner, I. Viola / Talk: Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction (NordiCHI), Helsinki, Finland (invited); 2014-10-26 - 2014-10-30; in: "NordiCHI´14 - Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction", Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, (2014), ISBN: 978-1-4503-2542-4; 295 - 304
• Visibility-Driven Processing of Streaming Volume Data / V. Soltészová, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Vienna (invited); 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05; in: "4th EG Workshop on Visual Computing and Biology Medicine", Proceedings of EG VCBM14, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-905674-62-0; 127 - 136
• Deriving Anatomical Context from 4D Ultrasound / M. Müller, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Vienna (invited); 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05; in: "4th Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine", Proceedings of EG VCBM14, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-905674-62-0; 173 - 180
• Illustrative Visualization of Biochemical Processes Featuring Multiple Temporal Scales / M. Le Muzic, J. Parulek, M. Waldner, I. Viola / Poster: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), Wien (invited); 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05
• Illustrating Polymerization using Three-level Model Fusion / I. Kolesár, I. Viola, S. Bruckner et al. / Talk: IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization, Boston (invited); 2014-07-11 - 2014-07-12; in: "4th Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (ISMB 2014)", IEEE Digital Library, (2014), 1 - 22
• Illustrative Visualization of Molecular Reactions using Omniscient Intelligence and Passive Agents / M. Le Muzic, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Euro Vis 2014, Swansea, Wales, UK (invited); 2014-06-09 - 2014-06-13
• The Ultrasound Visualization Pipeline / A. Birkeland, I. Viola et al. / in: "Scientific Visualization", Springer-Verlag, London, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4471-6496-8, 283 - 303
• Perceptually Uniform Motion Space / A. Birkeland, C. Turkay, I. Viola / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20 (2014), 11; 1542 - 1554
• Interactively illustrating polymerization using three-level model fusion / I. Viola, J. Parulek et al. / BMC Bioinformatics (invited), 15 (2014), 345; 1 - 16
• Illustrative Visualization of Molecular Reactions using Omniscient Intelligence and Passive Agents / M. Le Muzic, I. Viola et al. / Computer Graphics Forum (invited), 33 (2014), 3; 141 - 150
• Continuous Levels-of-Detail and Visual Abstraction for Seamless Molecular Visualization / I. Viola et al. / Computer Graphics Forum, 33 (2014), 6; 276 - 287

2013

• Importance Driven Visualization of Molecular Surfaces / J. Parulek, T. Ropinski, I. Viola / Poster: IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization, Atlanta, GA; 2013-10-13 - 2013-10-14
• Rapid Sketch-based 3D Modeling of Geology / E. Lidal, D. Patel, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Euro Vis 2013 - The Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), Leipzig, Germany (invited); 2013-06-17 - 2013-06-18; in: "Euro Vis 2013", (2013), 1 - 5
• Modeling Terrains and Subsurface Geology / M. Natali, D. Patel, I. Viola et al. / Talk: Eurographics 2013, Girona, Spain (invited); 2013-05-06 - 2013-05-10; in: "Eurographics State of the Art Reports", (2013), 155 - 173
• High-Quality 3D Visualization of In-Situ Ultrasonography / I. Viola, A. Birkeland et al. / Talk: EG 2013 - Dirk Bartz Prize, Girona, Spain (invited); 2013-05-06 - 2013-05-10; in: "EG 2013 - Dirk Bartz Prize", EG 2013 - Dirk Bartz Prize, (2013), 1 - 4
• Doppler-based 3D Blood Flow Imaging and Visualization / A. Birkeland, I. Viola et al. / Talk: SCCG 2013 - 29th Proceedings Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Smolenice, Slovakia (invited); 2013-05-01 - 2013-05-03; in: "SCCG 2013", 29th Proceedings Spring Conference on Computer Graphics/ACM Publishing House, 29 (2013), ISBN: 978-80-223-3377-1; 128 - 135
• Seamless Visual Abstraction of Molecular Surfaces / J. Parulek, T. Ropinski, I. Viola / Talk: SCCG 2013 - 29th Proceedings Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Smolenice, Slovakia (invited); 2013-05-01 - 2013-05-03; in: "SCCG 2013 - 29th Proceedings Spring conference on Computer Graphics", 29th Proceedings Spring Conference on Computer Graphics/ACM Publishing House, 29 (2013), ISBN: 978-80-223-3377-1; 120 - 127
• Declarative Visualization / I. Viola / Talk: SCCG 2013 - 29th Proceedings Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Smolenice, Slovakia (invited); 2013-05-01 - 2013-05-03
• Computer-aided image geometry analysis and subset selection for optimizing texture quality in photorealistic models / A. Sima, X. Bonaventura, M. Feixas, M. Sbert, J. Howell, I. Viola, S. Buckley / Computers & Geosciences, 52 (2013), 281 - 291
• Geological storytelling / E. Lidal, M. Natali, D. Patel, H. Hauser, I. Viola / Computers & Graphics, 37 (2013), 5; 445 - 459
• Rule-based method for automatic scaffold assembly from 3D building models / T. Løvset, D. Ulvang, C. Bekkvik, I. Viola et al. / Computers & Graphics, 37 (2013), 4; 256 - 268
• Visual cavity analysis in molecular simulations / J. Parulek, I. Viola et al. / BMC Bioinformatics, 14 (2013), Suppl 19:S4; 1 - 15

2010

• A Multidirectional Occlusion Shading Model for Direct Volume Rendering / V. Soltészová, D. Patel, St. Bruckner, I. Viola / Talk: EuroVis 2010, Bordeaux, France; 2010-06-09 - 2010-06-11
• Seismic Volume Visualization for Horizon Extraction / D. Patel, St. Bruckner, I. Viola, E. Gröller / Talk: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan; 2010-03-02 - 2010-03-05; in: "Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010", (2010), 73 - 80
• A Multidirectional Occlusion Shading Model for Direct Volume Rendering / V. Soltészová, D. Patel, St. Bruckner, I. Viola / Computer Graphics Forum, 29 (2010), 3; 883 - 891

2007

• On the Role of Topology in Focus+Context Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller / in: "Topology-based Methods in Visualization", H. Hauser, H. Hagen, H. Theisel (ed.); Springer, 2007, ISBN: 978-3540708223, 171 - 181

2006

• IEEE Visualization Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization for Science and Medicine / I. Viola, M. Costa Sousa, D. Ebert, B. Andrews, B. Gooch, St. Bruckner, B. Preim, D. Stredney, N. Svakhine, Ch. Tietjen / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Baltimore, USA; 2006-10-29 - 2006-11-03
• Caricaturistic Visualization / P. Rautek, I. Viola, E. Gröller / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Baltimore, USA; 2006-10-29 - 2006-11-03
• Importance-Driven Focus of Attention / I. Viola, M. Feixas, M. Sbert, E. Gröller / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Baltimore, USA; 2006-10-29 - 2006-11-03
• Eurographics Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization for Science and Medicine / I. Viola, M. Costa Sousa, D. Ebert, B. Preim, B. Gooch, B. Andrews, Ch. Tietjen / Talk: Eurographics, Wien; 2006-09-04 - 2006-09-08; in: "Eurographics 2006, Tutorials, Volume 2", (2006), 1061 - 1183
• SIGGRAPH Course: Illustrative Visualization for Medicine and Science / M. Costa Sousa, D. Ebert, B. Gooch, I. Viola, St. Bruckner, B. Andrews, D. Stredney, N. Svakhine / Talk: ACM Siggraph, Boston, USA (invited); 2006-07-30 - 2006-08-03
• Focus of Attention for Volumetric Data Inspection / I. Viola, M. Feixas, M. Sbert, E. Gröller / Talk: Dagstuhl Seminar on Computational Aesthetics in Computer Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging, Dagstuhl, Deutschland (invited); 2006-05-28 - 2006-06-02
• Caricaturistic Visualization / P. Rautek, I. Viola, E. Gröller / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12 (2006), 05
• Importance-Driven Focus of Attention / I. Viola, M. Feixas, M. Sbert, E. Gröller / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12 (2006), 5; 933 - 940

2005

• Importance-Driven Expressive Visualization / I. Viola / Talk: Dissertation Thesis Report, University of Siegen, Germany (invited); 2005-11-11
• Importance-Driven Expressive Visualization / I. Viola / Talk: Dissertation Thesis Report, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia (invited); 2005-10-10
• Importance-Driven Expressive Visualization / I. Viola / Talk: Dissertation Thesis Report, University of Magdeburg, Germany (invited); 2005-10-06
• N-dimensional Data-Dependent Reconstruction Using Topological Changes / Z. Toth, I. Viola, A. Ferko, E. Gröller / Talk: Workshop Topology-Based Methods in Visualization, Budmerice, Slovakia; 2005-09-29 - 2005-09-30; in: "Topology-based Methods in Visualization", H. Hauser, H. Hagen, H. Theisel (ed.); (2007), ISBN: 978-3-540-70822-3; 183 - 198
• Tutorial 4: IEEE Visualization Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller, K. Bühler, M. Hadwiger, B. Preim, D. Ebert, M. Costa Sousa, D. Stredney / Talk: Eurographics, Dublin, Irland; 2005-08-29 - 2005-09-02
• Tutorial 3: Eurographics Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller, K. Bühler, M. Hadwiger, B. Preim, D. Ebert / Talk: Eurographics, Dublin, Irland; 2005-08-29 - 2005-09-02
• VolumeShop: Interactive Direct Volume Illustration / St. Bruckner, I. Viola, E. Gröller / Talk: Siggraph, International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, USA; 2005-07-31 - 2005-08-04; in: "ACM Siggraph 2005 DVD Proceedings (Technical Sketch)", 32 (2005)
• High-Quality Volume Rendering with Resampling in the Frequency Domain / M. Artner, T. Möller, I. Viola, E. Gröller / Talk: Eurographics /IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2005-06-01 - 2005-06-03; in: "Proceedings of Euro Vis; Data Visualization 2005", K. Brodlie, D. Duke, K. Joy (ed.); (2005), ISBN: 3-905673-19-3; 85 - 92
• Smart Visibility in Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller / Talk: EG Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging, Girona, Spanien; 2005-05-18 - 2005-05-20; in: "Computational Aesthetics 2005", L. Neumann, M. Sbert, B. Gooch, W. Purgathofer (ed.); (2005), ISBN: 3905673274; 209 - 216
• Tutorial 4: IEEE Visualization Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller, K. Bühler, M. Hadwiger, B. Preim, D. Ebert, M. Costa Sousa, D. Stredney / Eurographics Association, 2005, 192 pages
• Tutorial 3: Eurographics Tutorial on Illustrative Visualization / I. Viola, E. Gröller, K. Bühler, M. Hadwiger, B. Preim, D. Ebert / Eurographics Association, 2005
• Importance-Driven Feature Enhancement in Volume Visualization / I. Viola, A. Kanitsar, E. Gröller / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 11 (2005), 4; 408 - 418
• Importance-Driven Expressive Visualization / Doctoral Thesis by I. Viola / Supervisor, Reviewer: E. Gröller; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2005

2004

• Importance-Driven Volume Rendering / I. Viola, A. Kanitsar, E. Gröller / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Austin, Texas; 2004-10-10 - 2004-10-15; in: "Proceedings of Visualization 2004", H Rushmeier, G. Turk, J van Wijk (ed.); IEEE, (2004), ISBN: 0-7803-8788-0; 139 - 145
• GPU-based Frequency Domain Volume Rendering / I. Viola, A. Kanitsar, E. Gröller / Talk: Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2004, Budmerice, Slovakia; 2004-04-22 - 2004-04-24; in: "Proceedings of Spring Conference on Computer Graphics", (2004), ISBN: 80-223-1918-x; 49 - 58
• Hardware-Accelerated Frequency Domain Volume Rendering / I. Viola, A. Kanitsar, E. Gröller / Computer Graphics and Geometry, 6 (2004), 2; 60 - 79

2003

• Hardware-Based Nonlinear Filtering and Segmentation using High-Level Shading Languages / I. Viola / Talk: IEEE Visualization, Erlangen; 2003-06-03
• Hardware-Based Nonlinear Filtering and Segmentation using High-Level Shading Languages. / I. Viola, A. Kanitsar, E. Gröller / in: "Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2003", G. Turk, J. van Wijk, K. Moorhead (ed.); IEEE, 2003, ISBN: 0780381203

2002

• Feature-Preserving Volume Filtering / L. Neumann, B. Csebfalvi, I. Viola, M. Mlejnek, E. Gröller / in: "Data Visualization 2002", ACM, 2002, 105 - 114
• Fast and Flexible high-Quality Texture filtering With Tiled High-Resolution Filters / M. Hadwiger, I. Viola, T. Theußl, H. Hauser / in: "Vision, Modeling and Visualization 2002", Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Aka GmbH, Berlin, 2002, 155 - 162

• Geometric Abstraction for Effective Visualization and Modeling / Doctoral Thesis by H. Miao / Supervisor, Reviewer: I. Viola, T. Isenberg, H. Hauser, I. Hotz; Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, 2019; oral examination: 2019-08-19
• Image-Space Metaballs Using Deep Learning / Master Thesis by R. Horvath / Supervisor: I. Viola; Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, 2019; final examination: 2019-07-24
• Interactive Reformation of Fetal Ultrasound Data to a T-Position / Master Thesis by E. Mörth / Supervisor: I. Viola; Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, 2019; final examination: 2019-03-05
• Integration Strategies in the Visualization of Multifaceted Spatial Data / Doctoral Thesis by J. Sorger / Supervisor, Reviewer: I. Viola, E. Gröller, T. Möller, B. Kozlikova; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2017; oral examination: 2017-11-22
• Using and Adapting to Limits of Human Perception in Visualization / Doctoral Thesis by N. Waldin / Supervisor, Reviewer: I. Viola, P. Isenberg, K. Myszkowski; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2017; oral examination: 2017-11-06
• Visualization of molecular machinery using agent-based animation / Master Thesis by D. Gehrer / Supervisor: I. Viola; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2017; final examination: 2017-04-21
• From Atoms to Cells: Interactive and Illustrative Visualization of Digitally Reproduced Lifeforms / Doctoral Thesis by M. Le Muzic / Supervisor, Reviewer: C Hansen, I. Viola; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2016; oral examination: 2016-11-23
• Projector-Based Textures for 3D-Printed Models - Tangible Molecular Visualization / Master Thesis by S. Brenner / Supervisor: M. Waldner, J. Schmidt, I. Viola; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2015
• Multi-Aspect Visualization: Going from Linked Views to Integrated Views / Doctoral Thesis by J.-P. Balabanian / Supervisor, Reviewer: E. Gröller, I. Viola; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2010; oral examination: 2010-01-07
• High-Quality Volume Rendering with Resampling in the Frequency Domain / Master Thesis by M. Artner / Supervisor: T. Möller, I. Viola; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2005