Accelerating Graph Rendering in the Web

My research at UIC is on data visualization, with an emphasis on building web-based applications that can improve accessibility and enable end users to make scientific discoveries. In this project, I implemented new algorithms to allow for fast rendering of graph data in the web, which is important for data exploration and knowledge discovery for researchers in many domains. Compared to the state-of-the-art, my work greatly improves performance and enables much larger scale data than previously possible. In this moving image, I compare rendering large scale graphs with my application and the previous work, then showcase my method on a variety of input graph data. This application is deployed online, and can be accessed directly at: https://harp-lab.github.io/GraphWaGu/