Shaolun RUAN(阮劭伦)

Shaolun RUAN (阮劭伦)

SMU HAI Lab

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 will become 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.


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🔥 News

  • 2024.10: I will become a research scholar at Monash University. See you in Melbourne 🌊🌊🌊 !
  • 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: 🎄🎅🏻🎄Wishing you and your family a joyous Christmas filled with peace, love, and happiness!!🎄🎅🏻🎄
  • 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.

    • 📝 Featured Publications

    IEEE TVCG

    VIOLET: Visual Analytics for Explainable Quantum Neural Networks
    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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    QuantumEyes: Towards Better Interpretability of Quantum Circuits
    Shaolun Ruan, Qiang Guan, Paul Griffin, Ying Mao, Yong Wang
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2023).

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    EuroVis 2023
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    VENUS: A Geometrical Representation for Quantum State Visualization
    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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    VACSEN: A Visualization Approach for Noise Awareness in Quantum Computing
    Shaolun Ruan, Yong Wang, Weiwen Jiang, Ying Mao, Qiang Guan
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2022).

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    IEEE VIS 2021
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    Intercept Graph: An Interactive Radial Visualization for Comparison of State Changes
    Shaolun Ruan, Yong Wang, Qiang Guan
    Proceedings of IEEE VIS (VIS 2021).

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    🎖 Honors and Awards

    • 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, 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

    • 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

    • 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

    ⭐️🌈 Upcoming Work