May 2026 / Bairui SU
About
Bairui Su is a digital creative toolmaker who is interested in data visualization, creative coding, and interactive systems. Recently, Bairui Su is working on the thesis project Recho Notebook for ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) at NYU, which has been accepted by CHI 2026!
Bairui Su used to be a software engineer (data visualization developer) at Ant Group and led the development of AntV G2 5.0, an open source JavaScript framework for interactive and exploratory visualization.
Publications
Feb 2026
"Live in the Editor": Low-Tech In-Situ Feedback for Plain-Text Live Programming, Luyu Cheng, Bairui Su, Lionel Parreaux. Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26), Poster, 2026.
Feb 2026
G2: A customizable web-based framework for authoring interactive visualizations, Bairui Su, Zhiwei Wang, Zhifeng Lin, Xiaojuan Liao, Zihan Zhou, Minfeng Zhu, Wei Chen. Visual Informatics, 2026. ScienceDirect.
Oct 2020
CA2: Cyber Attacks Analytics, Luyu Cheng, Bairui Su, Yumeng Xue, Xiaoyu Liu and Yunhai Wang. IEEE VIS VAST Challenge 2020. Honorable Mention.
Exhibitions
Apr 2026
We want to live in the editor forever, Bairui SU, Luyu Cheng. CHI 2026 Posters.
May 2025
Find the Tree in Your Name, Bairui SU. ITP Spring Show 2025.
Dec 2024
Rolling Mail Service, hebin rachel shin, Bairui SU. ITP Winter Show 2024.
Talks
Sep 2026
A Lighter Way to Code, Open Source Club, New York University, NY, USA
May 2024
Auto Palette Algorithm, Industrial Design, Zhejiang University, HZ, China
Nov 2023
Visualize Asian Games 2023, Yunqi Conference, HZ, China
Nov 2023
How to Make Charts Tell Stories, AntV 1122 Conference, HZ, China
Nov 2022
First-Class Citizen in Visualization, ZaoZao Tech Talk, HZ, China
Sep 2022
G2 5.0 and its First-Class Citizen, AntV Group Tech Talk, HZ, China
Jul 2022
GraphInsight: Graph Analysis, ChinaVis 2022 Challenge, XN, China
Jul 2021
Visualize Sophie's World by AntV, AntV Group Tech Talk, HZ, China
Aug 2019
Spatial-Temporal Data Analysis, ChinaVis 2019 Challenge, CD, China
Education
2026
M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications, New York University, USA
2020
B.E. Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, China
Employment
2025 - Present
ml5.js Researcher, New York University, NY, USA
2025 - Present
Web App Developer, New York University, NY, USA
2021 - 2024
Software Engineer (Data Visualization Developer), Ant Group, HZ, China
Fall 2020
Software Engineer, OF Course, SH, China
Teaching
Spring 2026
Code!, Graduate Assistant, New York University, USA
Fall 2025
Code!, Graduate Assistant, New York University, USA
Summer 2025
Code!, Graduate Assistant, New York University, USA
Spring 2025
Code!, Graduate Assistant, New York University, USA
Fall 2024
Code!, Graduate Assistant, New York University, USA
Spring 2023
The Grammar of Graphics, Instructor, Tongji University, China
Spring 2020
Data Visualization, Teaching Assistant, Shandong University, China
Awards
Aug 2022
National 2nd prize for Graph Visualization for ChinaVis 2022 Data Challenge
Aug 2020
Honorable Mentions for Streamlined Analysis for VIS 2020 VAST Challenge
Jun 2020
National 3rd prize for 3D Game for WeChat Mini Game Competition
May 2020
National 3rd prize for Public Opinion Analysis for Alibaba's Covid-19 Competition
Aug 2019
National 2nd prize for Spatial-Temporal Analysis ChinaVis 2020 Challenge