Yan, Xin YuanMa, Yi FangByška, Jan and Jänicke, Stefan and Schmidt, Johanna2021-06-122021-06-122021978-3-03868-144-1https://doi.org/10.2312/evp.20211066https://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/evp20211066Mentorship is an important collaborative relationship among scholars. The existing tools to visualize it mainly suffer from a waste of space, lack of overview representation, and less displayed attribute information. To solve these problems, we propose a novel elastic tree layout based on node-link diagrams, in which nodes and edges are represented as elastic rectangles and bands respectively. By stretching, compressing, aggregating, and expanding nodes and edges, we can: get a compact tree layout with high space-efficiency, display both the detailed subtree and compressed context in a single view, use labeling, charts, and node opacity to show multiple attributes. Besides, we designed various animated interactions to facilitate the exploration.Human centered computingVisualization techniquesVisual analyticsInteraction designElastic Tree Layouts for Interactive Exploration of Mentorship10.2312/evp.202110661-3