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Biography

Cagatay Turkay is a Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at University of Warwick. Before that he was a Senior Lecturer in Applied Data Science at the giCentre at the Department of Computer Science at City, University of London. His research could broadly be described as Visual Data Science and focuses on designing visualisations, interactions and computational methods to enable an effective combination of human and machine capabilities to facilitate data-intensive problem solving. He tries to understand how people make decisions together with algorithms, investigate the role of interactive visual computing in this process, and also design & build techniques and systems that build on this foundational understanding.

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Employment (5)

University of Warwick: Coventry, Warwickshire, GB

2022-08-01 to present | Professor (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies)
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University of Warwick: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2019-09-23 to 2022-07-30 | Associate Professor (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies )
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City University: London, London, GB

2017-09-01 to 2019-09-22 | Senior Lecturer in Applied Data Science (Department of Computer Science)
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City University London: London, GB

2013-10-31 to 2017-08-31 | Lecturer in Applied Data Science (Department of Computer Science)
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University of Bergen: Bergen, NO

2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | Research Fellow (Department of Informatics)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Bergen: Bergen, NO

2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | PhD (Department of Informatics)
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Sabanci University: Tuzla, TR

2007-09-01 to 2009-08-31 | Msc (Computer Science)
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Middle East Technical University: Ankara, TR

2001-09-01 to 2006-08-31 | Bsc. (Computer Engineering)
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Funding (6)

RAMP VIS: Making Visual Analytics an Integral Part of the Technological Infrastructure for Combating COVID-19

2021-02-01 to 2022-01-31 | Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: EP/V054236/1
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DECIDE - Delivering Enhanced Biodiversity Information with Adaptive Citizen Science and Intelligent Digital Engagements

2020-09-13 to 2022-09-12 | Grant
Natural Environment Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: NE/V003143/1
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Visual Analytics for Explaining and Analysing Contact Tracing Networks

2020-08-31 to 2022-02-28 | Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: EP/V033670/1
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nlvis: Natural Language Interaction for Visual Data Analysis

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DiSIEM: Diversity Enhancement for Security Information and Event Management Systems

2016-09 to 2019-08 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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700692

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Unravelling email data through interactive visual data analysis

2016-01 to 2018-12 | Contract
Redsift Limited (London, GB)
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Works (36)

LEVA: Using Large Language Models to Enhance Visual Analytics

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuheng Zhao; Yixing Zhang; Yu Zhang; Xinyi Zhao; Junjie Wang; Zekai Shao; Cagatay Turkay; Siming Chen
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LightVA: Lightweight Visual Analytics with LLM Agent-Based Task Planning and Execution

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuheng Zhao; Junjie Wang; Linbin Xiang; Xiaowen Zhang; Zifei Guo; Cagatay Turkay; Yu Zhang; Siming Chen
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From Stem to Stern: Contestability Along AI Value Chains

2024-11-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Agathe Balayn; Yulu Pi; David Gray Widder; Kars Alfrink; Mireia Yurrita; Sohini Upadhyay; Naveena Karusala; Henrietta Lyons; Cagatay Turkay; Christelle Tessono et al.
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Visual Explanation for Open-Domain Question Answering With BERT

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2024-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Zekai Shao; Shuran Sun; Yuheng Zhao; Siyuan Wang; Zhongyu Wei; Tao Gui; Cagatay Turkay; Siming Chen
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TransforLearn: Interactive Visual Tutorial for the Transformer Model

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lin Gao; Zekai Shao; Ziqin Luo; Haibo Hu; Cagatay Turkay; Siming Chen
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Visual Analytics for Phishing Scam Identification in Blockchain Transactions with Multiple Model Comparison

2023-09-22 | Conference paper
Contributors: Jiaqi Dong; Zishu Qin; Zhou Fang; Xuan Chen; Zengfeng Huang; Haoyun Guo; Richen Liu; Cagatay Turkay; Siming Chen
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From Asymptomatics to Zombies: Visualization-Based Education of Disease Modeling for Children

2023-04-19 | Conference paper
Contributors: Graham Mcneill; Max Sondag; Stewart Powell; Phoebe Asplin; Cagatay Turkay; Faron Moller; Daniel Archambault
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Dashboard Design Patterns

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Bach; Euan Freeman; Alfie Abdul-Rahman; Cagatay Turkay; Saiful Khan; Yulei Fan; Min Chen
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Development and Evaluation of Two Approaches of Visual Sensitivity Analysis to Support Epidemiological Modeling

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Erik Rydow; Rita Borgo; Hui Fang; Thomas Torsney-Weir; Ben Swallow; Thibaud Porphyre; Cagatay Turkay; Min Chen
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RAMPVIS: Answering the challenges of building visualisation capabilities for large-scale emergency responses

Epidemics
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Chen; A. Abdul-Rahman; D. Archambault; J. Dykes; P.D. Ritsos; A. Slingsby; T. Torsney-Weir; C. Turkay; B. Bach; R. Borgo et al.
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Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response

Computer Graphics Forum
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Sondag; C. Turkay; K. Xu; L. Matthews; S. Mohr; D. Archambault
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Rapid Development of a Data Visualization Service in an Emergency Response

IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
2022-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Saiful Khan; Phong Hai Nguyen; Alfie Abdul-Rahman; Euan Freeman; Cagatay Turkay; Min Chen
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Words of Estimative Correlation: Studying Verbalizations of Scatterplots

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2022-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Rafael Henkin; Cagatay Turkay
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LDA Ensembles for Interactive Exploration and Categorization of Behaviors

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2020-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Siming Chen; Natalia Andrienko; Gennady Andrienko; Linara Adilova; Jeremie Barlet; Jorg Kindermann; Phong H. Nguyen; Olivier Thonnard; Cagatay Turkay
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Supporting Story Synthesis: Bridging the Gap between Visual Analytics and Storytelling

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Siming Chen; Jie Li; Gennady Andrienko; Natalia Andrienko; Yun Wang; Phong H. Nguyen; Cagatay Turkay
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Understanding User Behaviour through Action Sequences: From the Usual to the Unusual

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2019-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Phong H. Nguyen; Cagatay Turkay; Gennady Andrienko; Natalia Andrienko; Olivier Thonnard; Jihane Zouaoui
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On the Challenges and Opportunities in Visualization for Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction: A Research Agenda

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
2017 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783319668079
Part of ISSN: 0302-9743
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Robert Laramee; Andreas Holzinger
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Supporting theoretically-grounded model building in the social sciences through interactive visualisation

Neurocomputing
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0925-2312
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Aidan Slingsby; Kaisa Lahtinen; Sarah Butt; Jason Dykes
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Designing Progressive and Interactive Analytics Processes for High-Dimensional Data Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Erdem Kaya; Selim Balcisoy; Helwig Hauser
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Map LineUps: Effects of spatial structure on graphical inference

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Roger Beecham; Jason Dykes; Wouter Meulemans; Aidan Slingsby; Cagatay Turkay; Jo Wood
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Small Multiples with Gaps

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Wouter Meulemans; Jason Dykes; Aidan Slingsby; Cagatay Turkay; Jo Wood
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Visualizing Multiple Variables Across Scale and Geography

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2016-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Sarah Goodwin; Jason Dykes; Aidan Slingsby; Cagatay Turkay
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Attribute Signatures: Dynamic Visual Summaries for Analyzing Multivariate Geographical Data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Aidan Slingsby; Helwig Hauser; Jo Wood; Jason Dykes
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On Computationally-Enhanced Visual Analysis of Heterogeneous Data and Its Application in Biomedical Informatics

Interactive Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Biomedical Informatics
2014 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783662439678
Part of ISSN: 0302-9743
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Fleur Jeanquartier; Andreas Holzinger; Helwig Hauser
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Supporting Decision-Making for Biometric System Deployment through Visual Analysis

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops
2014-11 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 9781479973774
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Stephen Mason; Ilir Gashi; Bojan Cukic
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Perceptually Uniform Motion Space

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2014-11-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Asmund Birkeland; Cagatay Turkay; Ivan Viola
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Interactive Visual Analysis of Heterogeneous Cohort-Study Data

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
2014-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0272-1716
Contributors: Paolo Angelelli; Steffen Oeltze; Judit Haasz; Cagatay Turkay; Erlend Hodneland; Arvid Lundervold; Astri J. Lundervold; Bernhard Preim; Helwig Hauser
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Characterizing Cancer Subtypes Using Dual Analysis in Caleydo StratomeX

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
2014-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0272-1716
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Alexander Lex; Marc Streit; Hanspeter Pfister; Helwig Hauser
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Hypothesis Generation by Interactive Visual Exploration of Heterogeneous Medical Data

Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Discovery in Complex, Unstructured, Big Data
2013 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783642391453
Part of ISSN: 0302-9743
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Arvid Lundervold; Astri Johansen Lundervold; Helwig Hauser
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Integrating cluster formation and cluster evaluation in interactive visual analysis

Proceedings of the 27th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics - SCCG '11
2013 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 9781450319782
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Julius Parulek; Nathalie Reuter; Helwig Hauser
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Visual cavity analysis in molecular simulations

BMC Bioinformatics
2013 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2105
Contributors: Julius Parulek; Cagatay Turkay; Nathalie Reuter; Ivan Viola
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A Perceptual-Statistics Shading Model

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2012 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Veronika Solteszova; Cagatay Turkay; Mark C. Price; Ivan Viola
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Dual analysis of DNA microarrays

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies - i-KNOW '12
2012 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 9781450312424
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Julius Parulek; Helwig Hauser
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Representative Factor Generation for the Interactive Visual Analysis of High-Dimensional Data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2012 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1077-2626
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Arvid Lundervold; Astri Johansen Lundervold; Helwig Hauser
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Implicit surfaces for interactive graph based cavity analysis of molecular simulations

2012 IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis)
2012-10 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 9781467347303
Contributors: Julius Parulek; Cagatay Turkay; Nathalie Reuter; Ivan Viola
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An information theoretic approach to camera control for crowded scenes

The Visual Computer
2009-03-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0178-2789
Contributors: Cagatay Turkay; Emre Koc; Selim Balcisoy
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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