Vivian Liu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 662 citations indexed

About

Vivian Liu is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivian Liu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 662 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Vivian Liu's work include Software Engineering Research (3 papers), Topic Modeling (3 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (3 papers). Vivian Liu is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (3 papers), Topic Modeling (3 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (3 papers). Vivian Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Vivian Liu's co-authors include Lydia B. Chilton, Katy Ilonka Gero, Jo Vermeulen, Justin Matejka, George Fitzmaurice, Robert L. Dorit, Sandra Robinson, Margaret A. Riley, Jennifer Lee and Sarah X.L. Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biochemical Society Transactions and Linear Algebra and its Applications.

In The Last Decade

Vivian Liu

19 papers receiving 639 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Design Guidelines for Prompt Engineering Text-to-Image Generative Models

2022 269 citations Vivian Liu, Lydia B. Chilton CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vivian Liu United States	12	188	157	103	71	62	20	662
Sung-Soo Hong South Korea	17	223 1.2×	113 0.7×	114 1.1×	41 0.6×	62 1.0×	89	1.0k
Minsuk Chang South Korea	12	180 1.0×	115 0.7×	119 1.2×	26 0.4×	49 0.8×	28	475
Scott Davidoff United States	9	72 0.4×	216 1.4×	359 3.5×	29 0.4×	41 0.7×	25	620
R. Jordan Crouser United States	12	112 0.6×	288 1.8×	200 1.9×	21 0.3×	80 1.3×	32	665
Parmit K. Chilana Canada	18	123 0.7×	239 1.5×	400 3.9×	41 0.6×	299 4.8×	56	990
Graham Dove United States	10	97 0.5×	158 1.0×	242 2.3×	81 1.1×	44 0.7×	32	574
J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira United States	9	266 1.4×	58 0.4×	90 0.9×	18 0.3×	90 1.5×	22	578
Jie Chao United States	12	68 0.4×	95 0.6×	74 0.7×	73 1.0×	127 2.0×	35	711
Inmaculada Rodríguez Spain	12	68 0.4×	82 0.5×	85 0.8×	59 0.8×	51 0.8×	61	429
Haijun Xia United States	20	132 0.7×	378 2.4×	418 4.1×	38 0.5×	53 0.9×	45	961

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vivian Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vivian Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vivian Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vivian Liu. Vivian Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Vivian, Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Li‐Yi Wei, et al.. (2025). LogoMotion: Visually-Grounded Code Synthesis for Creating and Editing Animation. 1–16.

Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2025). DynEx: Dynamic Code Synthesis with Structured Design Exploration for Accelerated Exploratory Programming. 1–27. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2024). Green AI: exploring carbon footprints, mitigation strategies, and trade offs in large language model training. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 19 indexed citations

Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2023). Lichen planus associated with secukinumab treatment for plaque psoriasis. Dermatology Online Journal. 29(2). 2 indexed citations

Sanghi, Aditya, Rao Fu, Vivian Liu, et al.. (2023). CLIP-Sculptor: Zero-Shot Generation of High-Fidelity and Diverse Shapes from Natural Language. 18339–18348. 17 indexed citations

Blarigan, Erin L. Van, June M. Chan, Li Zhang, et al.. (2023). Protocol for a 4-arm randomized controlled trial testing remotely delivered exercise-only, diet-only, and exercise + diet interventions among men with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (Prostate 8-II). Contemporary Clinical Trials. 125. 107079–107079. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Vivian, Jo Vermeulen, George Fitzmaurice, & Justin Matejka. (2023). 3DALL-E: Integrating Text-to-Image AI in 3D Design Workflows. 1955–1977. 70 indexed citations

Liu, Vivian. (2023). Beyond Text-to-Image: Multimodal Prompts to Explore Generative AI. 1–6. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2022). Initial Images: Using Image Prompts to Improve Subject Representation in Multimodal AI Generated Art. Creativity and Cognition. 15–28. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Vivian & Lydia B. Chilton. (2022). Design Guidelines for Prompt Engineering Text-to-Image Generative Models. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–23. 269 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2022). Opal: Multimodal Image Generation for News Illustration. 1–17. 54 indexed citations

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Gero, Katy Ilonka, Vivian Liu, & Lydia B. Chilton. (2022). Sparks: Inspiration for Science Writing using Language Models. 83–84. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Vivian, et al.. (2022). A Deep Convolutional Neural Network For Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). 3843–3845. 2 indexed citations

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Gero, Katy Ilonka, Vivian Liu, & Lydia B. Chilton. (2022). Sparks: Inspiration for Science Writing using Language Models. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 1002–1019. 82 indexed citations

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Chilton, Lydia B., et al.. (2021). VisiFit: Structuring Iterative Improvement for Novice Designers. 1–14. 12 indexed citations

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Gero, Katy Ilonka, Vivian Liu, Sarah X.L. Huang, Jennifer Lee, & Lydia B. Chilton. (2021). What Makes Tweetorials Tick: How Experts Communicate Complex Topics on Twitter. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5(CSCW2). 1–26. 18 indexed citations

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Sterman, Sarah, et al.. (2020). Interacting with Literary Style through Computational Tools. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1–12. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Gina, et al.. (2018). A characterization of oriented hypergraphic Laplacian and adjacency matrix coefficients. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 556. 323–341. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Gang, et al.. (2018). Accurate detection of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter using the electrocardiomatrix technique. Journal of Electrocardiology. 51(6). S121–S125. 9 indexed citations

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Riley, Margaret A., et al.. (2012). Resistance is futile: the bacteriocin model for addressing the antibiotic resistance challenge. Biochemical Society Transactions. 40(6). 1438–1442. 46 indexed citations

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