San Francisco Muni Tracker
Real-time map interface for San Francisco buses and trains using React + D3.
Open project ↗Visual Analytics for Better Decisions
I’m Chihua Ma (马驰华), Director of Decision Sciences Visual Analytics at Epsilon. I lead a team of data scientists building visual analytics systems that turn complex data into clear stories and actionable decisions.
I have 8+ years of AdTech experience across data visualization, human-computer interaction, and AI/ML. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from UIC (2018) and I’m currently pursuing an MBA at Northwestern Kellogg.
Visual Analytics
Decision Sciences
Applied AI + Data Products
Human-Centered Design
Selected Projects
A few projects spanning real-time systems, healthcare analytics, and biological network visualization.
SMARTer UI
Visual therapy explorer supporting similarity-based patient analysis for precision therapy guidance.
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RemBrain
Comparative analysis tool for dynamic brain activity networks with multivariate features.
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EnsembleProb
Web visualization for comparing spatio-temporal probability landscapes across simulations.
Open project ↗Selected Publications
- Marai, G. E., Ma, C., Burks, A., Pellolio, F., et al. Precision Risk Analysis of Cancer Therapy with Interactive Nomograms and Survival Plots. IEEE TVCG, 2018.
- Ma, C., Pellolio, F., Llano, D. A., Kenyon, R. V., Marai, G. E. RemBrain: Exploring Dynamic Biospatial Networks with Mosaic-Matrices and Mirror Glyphs. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 2017.
- Ma, C., Luciani, T., Terebus, A., Liang, J., Marai, G. E. PRODIGEN: Visualizing the Probability Landscape of Stochastic Gene Regulatory Networks in State and Time Space. BMC Bioinformatics, 2017. PDF
- Ma, C., Forbus, A., Llano, D. A., Berger-Wolf, T., Kenyon, R. V. SwordPlots: Exploring Neuron Behavior within Dynamic Communities of Brain Networks. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 2016.
Gallery
A few snapshots and creative moments outside work.
Contact
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