Starting with September 2022, Kostiantyn is a senior lecturer with the iVis group at the Department of Science and Technology at Linköping University in Norrköping.
- Full academic CV: https://kostiantyn.com/docs/CV.pdf
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1907-7820
- Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V1cLzSsAAAAJ
- ISOVIS group webpage: https://cs.lnu.se/isovis/
- LiU website: https://liu.se/en/employee/kosku13
My ongoing research projects
My completed research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Huang, Z., Witschard, D., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2023). VA + Embeddings STAR : A State-of-the-Art Report on the Use of Embeddings in Visual Analytics. Computer graphics forum (Print). 42 (3). 539-571.
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Neves, T.T.D.A.T., Martins, R.M., Coimbra, D.B., Kucher, K., Kerren, A., et al. (2022). Fast and Reliable Incremental Dimensionality Reduction for Streaming Data. Computers & graphics. 102. 233-244.
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Yantseva, V., Kucher, K. (2022). Stance Classification of Social Media Texts for Under-Resourced Scenarios in Social Sciences. Data. 7 (11).
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Witschard, D., Jusufi, I., Martins, R.M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2022). Interactive Optimization of Embedding-based Text Similarity Calculations. Information Visualization. 21 (4). 335-353.
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Chatzimparmpas, A., Martins, R.M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2022). FeatureEnVi : Visual Analytics for Feature Engineering Using Stepwise Selection and Semi-Automatic Extraction Approaches. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 28 (4). 1773-1791.
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Chatzimparmpas, A., Martins, R.M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2021). StackGenVis : Alignment of Data, Algorithms, and Models for Stacking Ensemble Learning Using Performance Metrics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 27 (2). 1547-1557.
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Chatzimparmpas, A., Martins, R.M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2021). VisEvol : Visual Analytics to Support Hyperparameter Search through Evolutionary Optimization. Computer graphics forum (Print). 40 (3). 201-214.
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Simaki, V., Paradis, C., Skeppstedt, M., Sahlgren, M., Kucher, K., et al. (2020). Annotating speaker stance in discourse : the Brexit Blog Corpus. Corpus linguistics and linguistic theory. 16 (2). 215-248.
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Kucher, K., Martins, R.M., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2020). StanceVis Prime : Visual Analysis of Sentiment and Stance in Social Media Texts. Journal of Visualization. 23 (6). 1015-1034.
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Chatzimparmpas, A., Martins, R.M., Jusufi, I., Kucher, K., Rossi, F., et al. (2020). The State of the Art in Enhancing Trust in Machine Learning Models with the Use of Visualizations. Computer graphics forum (Print). 39 (3). 713-756.
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Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2018). The State of the Art in Sentiment Visualization. Computer graphics forum (Print). 37 (1). 71-96.
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Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Sahlgren, M., Kerren, A. (2017). Active Learning and Visual Analytics for Stance Classification with ALVA. ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems. 7 (3).
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Kerren, A., Kucher, K., Li, Y., Schreiber, F. (2017). BioVis Explorer : A visual guide for biological data visualization techniques. PLOS ONE. 12 (11).
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Kucher, K., Schamp-Bjerede, T., Kerren, A., Paradis, C., Sahlgren, M. (2016). Visual Analysis of Online Social Media to Open Up the Investigation of Stance Phenomena. Information Visualization. 15 (2). 93-116.
Status: Published
Conference paper (Refereed)
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2023). Supporting University Research and Administration via Interactive Visual Exploration of Bibliographic Data. Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP '23) : Volume 3: IVAPP. 248-255.
- Witschard, D., Jusufi, I., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2023). Visually Guided Network Reconstruction Using Multiple Embeddings. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis '23), visualization notes track, IEEE, 2023. 212-216.
- Kucher, K., Bouchama, S., Ebert, A., Kerren, A. (2022). Task-Based Evaluation of Sentiment Visualization Techniques. Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications-IVAPP : Volume 3: IVAPP, Online Streaming, February 6-8, 2022. 187-194.
- Huang, Z., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2022). Towards an Exploratory Visual Analytics System for Multivariate Subnetworks in Social Media Analysis. Poster Abstracts, IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS '22).
- Kucher, K., Sultanum, N., Daza, A., Simaki, V., Skeppstedt, M., et al. (2022). An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Evaluation and Experimental Design for Visual Text Analytics : Position Paper. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Workshop on Evaluation and Beyond — Methodological Approaches to Visualization (BELIV '22). 28-37.
- Yantseva, V., Kucher, K. (2021). Machine Learning for Social Sciences: Stance Classification of User Messages on a Migrant-Critical Discussion Forum. Proceedings of the 2021 Swedish Workshop on Data Science (SweDS). 1-8.
- Kucher, K., Martins, R.M., Kerren, A. (2021). Project in Visualization and Data Analysis : Experiences in Designing and Coordinating the Course. Proceedings of 42nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics (EG '21) — Education Papers. 39-44.
- Kucher, K., Fatemi, M., Laitinen, M. (2021). Towards Visual Sociolinguistic Network Analysis. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP '21) : Volume 3: IVAPP, Online Streaming, February 8-10, 2021. 248-255.
- Fatemi, M., Kucher, K., Laitinen, M., Fränti, P. (2021). Self-Similarity of Twitter Users. Proceedings of the 2021 Swedish Workshop on Data Science (SweDS). 1-7.
- Skeppstedt, M., Ahltorp, M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Rzepka, R., et al. (2020). Topic modelling applied to a second language : A language adaption and tool evaluation study. Selected Papers from the CLARIN Annual Conference 2019. 145-156.
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2019). Text Visualization Revisited : The State of the Field in 2019. Posters of the 21th EG/VGTC Conference on Visualization (EuroVis '19). 29-31.
- Kucher, K., Martins, R.M., Kerren, A. (2018). Analysis of VINCI 2009–2017 Proceedings. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI '18), 13-15 August 2018, Växjö, Sweden. 97-101.
- Kucher, K., Skeppstedt, M., Kerren, A. (2018). Application of Interactive Computer-Assisted Argument Extraction to Opinionated Social Media Texts. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI '18). 102-103.
- Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2018). Visual Analysis of Sentiment and Stance in Social Media Texts. EuroVis 2018 - Posters. 49-51.
- Skeppstedt, M., Kucher, K., Stede, M., Kerren, A. (2018). Topics2Themes : Computer-Assisted Argument Extraction by Visual Analysis of Important Topics. Proceedings of the LREC 2018 Workshop “The 3rd Workshop on Visualization as Added Value in the Development, Use and Evaluation of Language Resources (VisLR III)”. 9-16.
- Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2018). DoSVis : Document Stance Visualization. Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP '18). 168-175.
- Kerren, A., Kucher, K., Li, Y., Schreiber, F. (2017). MDS-based Visual Survey of Biological Data Visualization Techniques. EuroVis 2017 - Posters. 85-87.
- Martins, R.M., Simaki, V., Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2017). StanceXplore : Visualization for the Interactive Exploration of Stance in Social Media. .
- Skeppstedt, M., Kucher, K., Paradis, C., Kerren, A. (2017). Language Processing Components of the StaViCTA Project. Proceedings of the Workshop on Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2017 (LACompLing 2017). 137-138.
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Paradis, C., Sahlgren, M. (2016). Visual Analysis of Text Annotations for Stance Classification with ALVA. EuroVis Posters 2016. 49-51.
- Kucher, K., Cernea, D., Kerren, A. (2016). Visualizing Excitement of Individuals and Groups. Proceedings of the ACM IUI 2016 Workshop on Emotion and Visualization (EmoVis '16). 15-22.
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Paradis, C., Sahlgren, M. (2016). Methodology and Applications of Visual Stance Analysis : An Interactive Demo. International Symposium on Digital Humanities, Växjö 7-8 November 2016 : Book of Abstracts. 56-57.
- Schamp-Bjerede, T., Paradis, C., Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Sahlgren, M. (2015). New Perspectives on Gathering, Vetting and Employing Big Data from Online Social Media : An Interdisciplinary Approach. Abstracts Booklet, ICAME 36 : Words, Words, Words – Corpora and Lexis. 153-155.
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2015). Text Visualization Techniques : Taxonomy, Visual Survey, and Community Insights. Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis '15),. 117-121.
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Paradis, C., Sahlgren, M. (2014). Visual Analysis of Stance Markers in Online Social Media. Poster Abstracts of IEEE VIS 2014.
- Schamp-Bjerede, T., Paradis, C., Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Sahlgren, M. (2014). Turning Face : Emoticons as Reinforcers/Attenuators. .
- Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2014). Text Visualization Browser : A Visual Survey of Text Visualization Techniques. Poster Abstracts of IEEE VIS 2014.
- Schamp-Bjerede, T., Paradis, C., Kucher, K., Kerren, A., Sahlgren, M. (2014). The Signifier, Signified and Stance : Happy/Sad Emoticons as Emotionizers. Book of Abstracts, IACS 2014. 219-219.
- Schamp-Bjerede, T., Paradis, C., Kerren, A., Sahlgren, M., Kucher, K., et al. (2014). Hedges and Tweets : Certainty and Uncertainty in Epistemic Markers in Microblog Feeds. Book of abstracts : 47th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea 11–14 September 2014, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. 199-199.
- Kucher, K., Weyns, D. (2013). A Self-Adaptive Software System to Support Elderly Care. Proceedings of Modern Information Technology, MIT, 2013.
Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)
Conference paper (Other academic)
- Chatzimparmpas, A., Martins, R.M., Kucher, K., Kerren, A. (2021). Empirical Study : Visual Analytics for Comparing Stacking to Blending Ensemble Learning. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS23), 26–28 May 2021, Bucharest, Romania. 1-8.
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
- Kucher, K. (2019). Sentiment and Stance Visualization of Textual Data for Social Media. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Sweden, Linnaeus University Press. 264.