# Junran Yang

**Source**: https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~junran/
**Parent**: https://idl.uw.edu/papers

[Github](https://github.com/JunranY)
[Email](mailto:junran@cs.washington.edu)

Hi! I’m a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Washington, where I work with [Leilani Battle](https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~leibatt/bio.html) in the [Interactive Data Lab](http://idl.cs.washington.edu/) and the [UW Database Group](https://db.cs.washington.edu/).

I’m interested in the field of databases, visualization and HCI, with a focus on developing and optimizing interactive data systems for data exploration and analysis.

Previously, I worked at the [Adobe Research](https://research.adobe.com/) and [Sigma Computing Inc.](https://www.sigmacomputing.com/) as a reasearch intern. Prior to that, I graduated from Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s program in Computer Science at Univeristy of Maryland.

## Publications

**[Considering Visualization Example Galleries](https://idl.uw.edu/papers/gallery)**\
**Junran Yang**, Andrew McNutt, Leilani Battle\
*VL/HCC* in Liverpool, UK 2024\
[[PDF]](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.20571)

**[Optimizing Dataflow Systems for Scalable Interactive Visualization](https://idl.uw.edu/papers/vega-plus)**\
**Junran Yang**, Hyekang Kevin Joo, Sai Yerramreddy, Dominik Moritz, Leilani Battle\
*SIGMOD* in Santiago, Chile 2024\
[[PDF]](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3639276)

**[VegaProf: Profiling Vega Visualizations](https://idl.uw.edu/papers/vegaprof)**\
**Junran Yang**, Alex Bäuerle, Dominik Moritz, Çağatay Demiralp\
*UIST* in San Francisco, CA, USA 2023\
[[PDF]](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.13670.pdf)

🏅 **[Draco 2: An Extensible Platform to Model Visualization Design](https://idl.uw.edu/papers/draco2)**\
**Junran Yang**, Péter Ferenc Gyarmati, Zehua Zeng, Dominik Moritz\
*VIS* in Melbourne, Australia 2023\
[Best Paper Honorable Mention]\
[[PDF]](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14247.pdf)

**[Too Many Cooks: Exploring How Graphical Perception Studies Influence Visualization Recommendations in Draco](https://idl.uw.edu/papers/too-many-cooks)**\
Zehua Zeng, **Junran Yang**, Dominik Moritz, Jeffrey Heer, Leilani Battle\
*VIS* in Melbourne, Australia 2023\
[[PDF]](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14241.pdf)

**[Demonstration of VegaPlus: Optimizing Declarative Visualization Languages](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3514221.3520168)**\
**Junran Yang**, Hyekang Kevin Joo, Sai Yerramreddy, Siyao Li, Dominik Moritz, Leilani Battle\
*SIGMOD* in Philadelphia, PA, USA 2022\
[[PDF]](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3514221.3520168)