Hi, I'm Shaolun Ruan
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate of Computer Science at Singapore Management
University, under the supervision of Professor Yong WANG and
Professor Jiannan LI.
Before that, I received my bachelor degree from University of
Electronic Science and Technology of China at School of Computer
Science and Engineering in 2019.
I became a research scholar at Monash University under the supervision of Tim Dwyer in 2025.
My research interests include Data Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction.
My work focuses on developing human-centered computing tools to address complex scientific problems, facilitating the process of explainability and data-driven decision-making.
I am currently looking for jobs in academia. Feel free to contact me if you have any openings!
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🔥 News
- 2025.09: 🔥 I won the Google PhD Fellowship with the direction of explainable quantum computing using visualization.
- 2025.07: 🏅 Our paper won the IEEE VIS'25 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award. Congrats team!
- 2025.07: Our two papers are accepted by IEEE VIS'25! See you in Vienna 🇦🇹.
- 2025.03: Our paper SynthLens was accepted by IEEE TVCG.
- 2025.01: I became a research scholar at Monash University in Melbourne 🌊🌊🌊 !
- 2024.12: 🎄🎅🏻🎄Wishing you and your family a joyous Christmas filled with peace, love, and happiness!!🎄🎅🏻🎄
- 2024.07: Awarded the SMU SCIS Dean's List Award.
- 2024.06: Awarded the SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship (2024).
- 2024.05: Passed the Ph.D. Thesis Proposal.
- 2023.12: Our paper was accepted by IEEE PacificVis TVCG track with 11.5% acceptance rate. See you in Tokyo!
- 2023.11: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TVCG. See you in Florida!
- 2023.07: Awarded the SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship (2023).
- 2023.03: Our paper was accepted by EuroVIS'23. See you in Leipzig, Germany!
- 2022.11: Passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam and became a Ph.D. candidate.
- 2022.07: Our paper VACSEN was accepted by IEEE VIS'22! See you in Oklahoma City.
- 2022.05: Our tutorial was accepted by IEEE QCE'22! See you in Broomfield, Colorado.
- 2022.02: Became a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Yong WANG.
- 2021.11: Our paper BatchLens was accepted by IEEE DATE'22 as the 1st author.
- 2021.07: My paper Intercept Graph was accepted by IEEE VIS'21.
- 2017.08: Completed Engligh Language Academy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- 2017.06: Became a Visiting Student at the Univeristy of Melbourne, Australia.
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📝 Featured Publications
Shaolun Ruan, Rui Sheng, Xiaolin Wen, Jiachen Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Yong Wang, Tim Dwyer, and Jiannan Li
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2025). IEEE VIS'25 Best Paper Honorable Mention
Manusha Karunathilaka*, Shaolun Ruan*, Lin-Ping Yuan, Jiannan Li, Zhiding Liang, Kavinda Athapaththu, Qiang Guan, and Yong Wang
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Late-Breaking Work) (CHI 2025).
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Shaolun Ruan, Yong Wang, Qiang Guan
Proceedings of IEEE VIS (VIS 2021).
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Shaolun Ruan, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Ying Mao, Yong Wang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2023).
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Shaolun Ruan, Zhiding Liang, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Xiaolin Wen, Yanna Lin, Yong Wang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2023).
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Shaolun Ruan, Ribo Yuan, Qiang Guan, Yanna Lin, Ying Mao, Weiwen Jiang, Zhepeng Wang, Wei Xu, Yong Wang
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2023).
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Shaolun Ruan, Yong Wang, Weiwen Jiang, Ying Mao, Qiang Guan
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2022).
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Shaolun Ruan, Rohan Ramakrishna, Chao Ren, Rudai Yan, Qiang Guan, Jiannan Li, Yong Wang
Qipeng Wang, Shaolun Ruan, Rui Sheng, Yong Wang, Min Zhu, and Huamin Qu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2025).
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Qipeng Wang, Rui Sheng, Shaolun Ruan, Xiaofu Jin, Chuhan Shi, and Min Zhu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2025).
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Shaolun Ruan, Zhikang Wang, Furui Cheng, Rui Sheng, Kai Qian, Jiangning Song, Jiannan Li, and Yong Wang
Shaolun Ruan, Yong Wang, Hailong Jiang, Weijia Xu and Qiang Guan
2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE 2022).
Xiaolin Wen, Tai Nguyen, Shaolun Ruan, Qiaomu Shen, Jun Sun, Feida Zhu, and Yong Wang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2024).
Li Ye, Lei Wang, Shaolun Ruan, Heyu Wang*, Yuwei Meng, Yigang Wang, Wei Chen and Zhiguang Zhou
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS 2025).
Hailong Jiang*, Shaolun Ruan*, Bo Fang, Yong Wang, and Qiang Guan
IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2023)
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2025 - Google PhD Fellowship
- 2025 - IEEE VIS 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention
- 2024 - SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
- 2024 - Dean's List Award
- 2023 - SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
- 2019 - UESTC SCSE Outstanding Student Award
📖 Educations
- From 2024.12, Visiting Research Scholar, Monash University, Australia.
- From 2022.01, Ph.D. Candidate, Singapore Management Univeristy, Singapore.
- 2019.07 - 2021.09, Research Assistant, Kent State University, U.S.
- 2015.09 - 2019.07, Bachelar's Degree, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China.
💬 Invited Talks
- 2025.06, Invited talk - "Visualization towards addressing the explanation and decision-making of scientific problems", University of Technology Sydney & Western Sydney University |
- 2024.05, Invited speaker - Research Talk and Panel Discussion in GAMES Webinar | [Link]
- 2024.04, Invited talk - "Visualization towards Supporting the Application of Quantum Computing", Central South University
- 2024.02, Invited lecture - "Stepping Into the Era of Interpretable Quantum Computing", QuCS Lecture Series, University of Notre Dame | [Link]
- 2024.01, Invited talk - "Visualization towards Supporting the Application of Quantum Computing", Sichuan University |
- 2024.01, Invited talk - "Towards Making Your VIS Paper Writing Better", University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) |
- 2023.12, Invited speaker - VAST Panel in VisLab HAI Seminar, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
- 2023.11, Invited talk - "Visualization towards Supporting the Application of Quantum Computing", The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
🧑🏻🏫 Teaching
- 2025 Semester 2, Tutor, Studio 6, FIT3179 - Data Visualisation, Monash University
- 2025 Semester 2, Tutor, Studio 12, FIT3179 - Data Visualisation, Monash University
- 2023-24 Spring, Teaching Assistant, IS428 - Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence, SMU
- 2024-25 Fall, Teaching Assistant, CS711 - Learning and Planning in Intelligent Systems, SMU
