Wei (Celia) Xu

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Computational Science Initiative
Bldg. 725
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8155
xuw@bnl.gov

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards

Expertise

Visual Analytics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computed Tomography, GPU Acceleration, Virtual Reality

Research Activities

• SciDAC, internal: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Diverse Scientific Use Cases
• Internal: Visual Analytics for Scientific Image Analysis and Exploration
• ECP: Online Exascale Performance Anomaly Detection and Visualization for Scientific Workflows

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Science, Stony Brook University
• M.S. Computer Science, Zhejiang University
• M.S. Computer Science, Zhejiang University

Professional Appointments

• Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Stony Brook University

Selected Publications

• Kelly C, Ha S, Huck K, Van Dam H, Pouchard L, Matyasfalvi G, Tang L, D'Imperio N, Xu W, Yoo S, Van Dam KK (2020) Chimbuko: A Workflow-Level Scalable Performance Trace Analysis Tool. ISAV'20 In Situ Infrastructures for Enabling Extreme-Scale Analysis and Visualization. doi: 10.1145/3426462.3426465
• Li H, Lin Y, Mueller K, Xu W (2020) Interpreting Galaxy Deblender GAN from the Discriminator's Perspective. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 239–250. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64559-5_18
• Huang X, Jamonnak S, Zhao Y, Wang B, Hoai M, Yager K, Xu W (2021) Interactive Visual Study of Multiple Attributes Learning Model of X-Ray Scattering Images. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 27:1312–1321. doi: 10.1109/tvcg.2020.3030384
• Xu W, Ha S, Zhong W, Cheng S, Yan H, Yager KG, Mueller K, Huang X, Fukuto M, Chu Y (2020) Visual Analytics for Scientific Data in NSLS-II. Handbook on Big Data and Machine Learning in the Physical Sciences 159–168. doi: 10.1142/9789811204579_0009
• Xie C, Xu W, Mueller K (2019) A Visual Analytics Framework for the Detection of Anomalous Call Stack Trees in High Performance Computing Applications. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 25:215–224. doi: 10.1109/tvcg.2018.2865026
• Zhong W, Xu W, Yager KG, Doerk GS, Zhao J, Tian Y, Ha S, Xie C, Zhong Y, Mueller K, Van Dam KK (2018) MultiSciView: Multivariate Scientific X-ray Image Visual Exploration with Cross-Data Space Views. Visual Informatics 2:14–25. doi: 10.1016/j.visinf.2018.04.003
• Cheng S, Xu W, Mueller K (2019) ColorMapND: A Data-Driven Approach and Tool for Mapping Multivariate Data to Color. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 25:1361–1377. doi: 10.1109/tvcg.2018.2808489
• Xu W, Ha S, Mueller K (2013) Database-assisted low-dose CT image restoration. Medical Physics 40:031109. doi: 10.1118/1.4790693
• Xu W, Mueller K (2011) Using GPUs to Learn Effective Parameter Settings for GPU-Accelerated Iterative CT Reconstruction Algorithms. GPU Computing Gems Emerald Edition 693–708. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-384988-5.00043-7
• Xu W, Xu F, Jones M, Keszthelyi B, Sedat J, Agard D, Mueller K (2010) High-performance iterative electron tomography reconstruction with long-object compensation using graphics processing units (GPUs). Journal of Structural Biology 171:142–153. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.03.018

Research Highlights

• Visualizing Scientific Big Data
• Meeting the Eye

Awards & Recognition

• Best Paper Award, IEEE SC/ISAV, 2020
• Honorable Mention Award, IEEE VIS, 2018
• Women@Energy, 2014
• Best Paper Award, Fully3D/HPIR, 2009