Curriculum Vitae

Chin Tseng·PhD in Computer Science

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Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

2021 - 2026

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Advisor: Professor Danielle Szafir

M.S. in Computer Science

2018 - 2020

New York University

B.S. in Computer Science

2014 - 2018

National Tsing Hua University

Experience

PhD Research Intern

Summer 2025

Epsilon

Designed and implemented interactive visualization components with React and D3 for large-scale marketing analytics dashboards, translating real-world business data into actionable visual analysis tools.

Software Engineer Intern

June 2019 – Dec. 2019

Spruce

Developed automated web crawling and NLP-assisted title search systems that reduced manual processing time from days to minutes and significantly increased operational efficiency and revenue impact.

Software Engineer Intern

Mar. 2018 – Aug. 2018

GoFreight

Built a React Native warehouse management mobile application with barcode scanning and real-time inventory synchronization used by over a thousand logistics staff in production environments.

Software Engineer Intern

July 2015 – Aug. 2015

VMFive

Developed an Android application integrating playable mobile ad technology that enabled users to trial games instantly without installation.

Research Interests

HCIData VisualizationHuman PerceptionUser ResearchInformation Design

Selected Publications

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CatPAL: Task-Aware Learning for Categorical Palette Recommendation

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Yunqi Li, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2026; published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026

Redundant Is Not Redundant: Automating Efficient Categorical Palettes Design Unifying Color & Shape Encodings with CatPAW

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of ACM CHI’ 2026: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

Uncovering How Scatterplot Features Skew Visual Class Separation

Chin Tseng*, S. Sandra Bae*, Takanori Fujiwara*, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of ACM CHI’ 2025: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025

Shape It Up: An Empirically Grounded Approach for Designing Shape Palettes

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2024; published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2024

Revisiting Categorical Color Perception in Scatterplots: Sequential, Diverging, and Categorical Palettes

Chin Tseng, Arran Zeyu Wang, Ghulam Jilani Quadri, Danielle Albers Szafir

In Proceedings of EG/VGTC European Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2024, Odense, Denmark, 2024