TU Wien Informatics

Velitchko Filipov

Projektass.(FWF) Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Research Areas

  • Analytics, dynamic social network analysis, Human-Computer Interaction, Process Visualization, Uncertainty visualization, social network analysis, Information Visualization, Data Mining in the Social Sciences, Data visualization
Velitchko Filipov

About

My research centers on advancing the field of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics, with a strong focus on Dynamic Network Analysis. I specialize in creating innovative visual representations and interactive techniques that enable researchers to explore complex, time-varying networks intuitively. My work has significant applications in fields such as Art History, where understanding the evolution of artistic movements and influence is crucial, and Information Diffusion, where it aids in visualizing the spread of ideas and knowledge. These approaches can also benefit other disciplines, such as computational social sciences, digital humanities, and communication studies, by providing tools to uncover patterns and insights within evolving relational data.

Role

2026

  • Visual Analytics / Tovanich, N., Buchmüller, R. A., Filipov, V., Öztank, M. F., Pérez-Messina, I., Rajendran, S., Aigner, W., & Miksch, S. (2026, January 12). Visual Analytics [Presentation]. Wintergraph 2026, Kaprun, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/225040

2025

  • TimeLighting : Guided Exploration of 2D Temporal Network Projections / Filipov, V., Ceneda, D., Archambault, D., & Arleo, A. (2025, November 5). TimeLighting : Guided Exploration of 2D Temporal Network Projections [Conference Presentation]. IEEE VIS 2025, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.34726/11629
    Download: Conference Slides (2.89 MB)
    Project: SANE (2024–2027)
  • Don't Stop Me Now: Visualizing Disruptions in Railroad Networks / Rajendran, S., Arleo, A., von Landesberger, T., Miksch, S., Sondag, M., Tuscher, M., & Filipov, V. (2025). Don’t Stop Me Now: Visualizing Disruptions in Railroad Networks. In IEEEVisShort 2025. IEEE VIS 2025, Vienna, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/223157
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • A Kaleidoscopic View of Artist Co-Exhibition Networks / Tuscher, M., Rauchenberger, L., Kamencek, T., Rosenberg, R., Miksch, S., & Filipov, V. (2025, November 5). A Kaleidoscopic View of Artist Co-Exhibition Networks [Poster Presentation]. IEEE VIS 2025, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.34726/11631
    Downloads: Poster (59.6 MB) / 2 page abstract of the poster submission (7.16 MB)
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027) / VaCoViCu2 (2023–2027)
  • Layers of Doubt: Typology of Temporal Uncertainty in Dynamic Diffusion Networks / Baumgartl, T., Filipov, V., Rajendran, S., Miksch, S., Archambault, D., Arleo, A., & von Landesberger, T. (2025). Layers of Doubt: Typology of Temporal Uncertainty in Dynamic Diffusion Networks. In Layers of Doubt: Typology of Temporal Uncertainty in Dynamic Diffusion Networks. [IEEEVIS 2025 Workshop] Uncertainty Visualization: Unraveling Relationships of Uncertainty, AI, and Decision-Making, Vienna, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/224588
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027) / VaCoViCu2 (2023–2027)
  • VisConflicts: Visualizing Conflicts of Interest in Conference Reviewing / Tovanich, N., Thanuthanad, T., Rajendran, S., Filipov, V., Miksch, S., & Isenberg, P. (2025, November). VisConflicts: Visualizing Conflicts of Interest in Conference Reviewing [Poster Presentation]. IEEE VIS 2025, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.34726/11520
    Downloads: PDF (871 KB) / Poster (9.49 MB)
  • Wiggle! Wiggle! Wiggle! Visualizing uncertainty in node attributes in straight-line node-link diagrams using animated wiggliness / Ehlers, H., Pahr, D., Di Bartolomeo, S., Filipov, V., Wu, H.-Y., & Raidou, R. G. (2025). Wiggle! Wiggle! Wiggle! Visualizing uncertainty in node attributes in straight-line node-link diagrams using animated wiggliness. COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK, 131, Article 104290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2025.104290
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • Networks in Motion / Filipov, V. (2025, July 10). Networks in Motion [Presentation]. LBI-NetMed Seminar on Network Analysis and Visualization 2025, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.34726/10139
    Download: Presentation slides (PDF) (1.75 MB)
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • VisGames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities / Stoiber, C., Boucher, M., de Jesus Oliveira, V. A., Schetinger, V., Filipov, V., Raidou, R. G., Amabili, L., Keck, M., & Aigner, W. (Eds.). (2025). VisGames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities. Eurographics Association. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/217350
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • Certainly Uncertain: Reintroducing Uncertainty in Visualizations / Rajendran, S., Arleo, A., Miksch, S., Tuscher, M., & Filipov, V. (2025). Certainly Uncertain: Reintroducing Uncertainty in Visualizations. In A. Diehl, K. Kucher, & N. Médoc (Eds.), EuroVis 2025 : 27th Eurographics Conference on Visualization 2025, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, June 2-6,2025 : Posters. The Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/evp.20251123
    Download: PDF (3.9 MB)
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • NODKANT: exploring constructive network physicalization / Pahr, D., Di Bartolomeo, S., Ehlers, H., Filipov, V. A., Stoiber, C., Aigner, W., Wu, H.-Y., & Raidou, R. G. (2025). NODKANT: exploring constructive network physicalization. Computer Graphics Forum, Article e70140. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70140
    Download: Paper (14.3 MB)
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027) / SMGV-Esprit (2024–2027)
  • Leveraging Popular Board Games to Teach Data Visualization / Amabili, L., Gröller, M. E., & Raidou, R. G. (2025). Leveraging Popular Board Games to Teach Data Visualization. In C. Stoiber, M. Boucher, V. A. de Jesus Oliveira, V. Schetinger, V. Filipov, R. G. Raidou, L. Amabili, & M. Keck (Eds.), Visgames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities. The Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/visgames.20251165
    Download: PDF (513 KB)
  • BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena / Ehlers, H., Pahr, D., Di Bartolomeo, S., Stoiber, C., & Filipov, V. (2025). BattleGraphs: Forge, Fortify, and Fight in the Network Arena. In C. Stoiber, M. Boucher, V. A. de Jesus Oliveira, V. Schetinger, V. Filipov, R. G. Raidou, L. Amabili, M. Keck, & W. Aigner (Eds.), Visgames 2025: EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities. The Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/visgames.20251161
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • Towards Integrating Visual Analytics in Multi-Perspective Conformance Checking: A Call to Action / van der Linden, S., Filipov, V., Pufahl, L., Miksch, S., & van den Elzen, S. (2025). Towards Integrating Visual Analytics in Multi-Perspective Conformance Checking: A Call to Action. In H.-J. Schulz & A. Vilanova (Eds.), EuroVA 2025 : EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/eurova.20251100
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027)
  • Nodes, Edges, and Artistic Wedges: A Survey on Network Visualization in Art History / Tuscher, M., Filipov, V., Kamencek, T., Rosenberg, R., & Miksch, S. (2025). Nodes, Edges, and Artistic Wedges: A Survey on Network Visualization in Art History. Computer Graphics Forum, 44(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70154
    Downloads: PDF (98.4 MB) / EuroVis 2025 Presentation slides (6.82 MB)
    Projects: ArtVis (2022–2027) / SANE (2024–2027) / VaCoViCu2 (2023–2027)
  • HoloGraphs: An Interactive Physicalization for Dynamic Graphs / Pahr, D., Ehlers, H., & Filipov, V. (2025). HoloGraphs: An Interactive Physicalization for Dynamic Graphs. In Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1 GRAPP, HUCAPP and IVAPP: IVAPP, (pp. 859–866). https://doi.org/10.5220/0013116000003912

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Exploratory User Study on Graph Temporal Encodings / Filipov, V., Arleo, A., & Miksch, S. (2021). Exploratory User Study on Graph Temporal Encodings. In 2021 IEEE 14th Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis). 14th Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2021), Tianjin, China. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/pacificvis52677.2021.00025
  • Gone full circle: A radial approach to visualize event-based networks in digital humanities / Filipov, V., Schetinger, V., Raminger, K., Soursos, N., Zapke, S., & Miksch, S. (2021). Gone full circle: A radial approach to visualize event-based networks in digital humanities. Visual Informatics, 5(1), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visinf.2021.01.001
    Project: IMMV (2017–2020)

2020

2019

2018

2017

 

  • Best Paper Honorable Mention
    2025 / Uncertainty Visualization Workshop / Austria / Website
  • Best Full Paper
    2025 / Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2025) / Luxembourg / Website
  • Top Cited Article
    2025 / Computer Graphics Forum / USA / Website
  • Best Dissertation
    2024 / Austria / Website
  • Best Paper VIS4DH
    2019 / VIS4DH / Canada / Website
  • Graph Drawing Contest
    2019 / International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization / Czech Republic / Website
  • Graph Drawing Contest
    2018 / International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization / Spain / Website
  • Best Masters Thesis
    2018 / Austria / Website

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