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/SKILLGénère des figures de qualité publication pour des articles sur l'apprentissage automatique à partir du contexte de recherche. À partir d'une section ou d'une description d'article, il extrait les
name: academic-plotting
description: Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data-driven figures via matplotlib/seaborn. Use when creating any figure for a conference paper.
version: 1.0.0
author: Orchestra Research
license: MIT
tags: [Academic Writing, Visualization, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotting, Figures, Diagrams, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, LaTeX]
dependencies: [matplotlib>=3.8.0, seaborn>=0.13.0, numpy, google-genai>=1.0.0]
Academic Plotting for ML Papers
Generate publication-quality figures for ML/AI conference papers. Two distinct workflows:
- Diagram figures (architecture, system design, workflows, pipelines) — AI image generation via Gemini
- Data figures (line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, ablations) — matplotlib/seaborn
When to Use Which Workflow
| Figure Type | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture / system diagram | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Complex spatial layouts with boxes, arrows, labels |
| Workflow / pipeline / lifecycle | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Multi-step processes with connections |
| Bar chart, line plot, scatter | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Precise numerical data, reproducible |
| Heatmap, confusion matrix | matplotlib/seaborn (Workflow 2) | Structured grid data |
| Ablation table as chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Grouped bars or line comparisons |
| Pie / donut chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Proportional data (use sparingly in ML papers) |
| Training curves | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Loss/accuracy over steps/epochs |
Rule of thumb: If the figure has numerical axes, use matplotlib. If the figure has boxes and arrows, use Gemini.
Step 0: Context Analysis & Extraction
The user will typically provide one of these inputs — not a ready-made specification:
| Input Type | Example | What to Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Full paper / section draft | "Here's our method section..." | System components, their relationships, data flow |
| Description paragraph | "Our system has three layers that..." | Key entities, hierarchy, connections |
| Raw results / data table | "MMLU: 85.2, HumanEval: 72.1..." | Metrics, methods, comparison structure |
| CSV / JSON data | Experiment log files | Variables, trends, grouping dimensions |
| Vague request | "Make a figure for the overview" | Read surrounding paper context to infer content |
Extraction Workflow
For diagrams (research context → architecture figure):
- Read the provided context — paper section, abstract, or description paragraph
- Identify visual entities — What are the main components/modules/stages?
- Look for: nouns that represent system parts, named modules, layers, stages
- Count them: if >8 top-level entities, consider grouping into sections
- Identify relationships — How do components connect?
- Look for: verbs describing data flow ("sends to", "queries", "feeds into")
- Classify: data flow (solid arrow), control flow (gray), error path (dashed red)
- Determine layout pattern:
- Sequential pipeline → left-to-right flow
- Layered architecture → horizontal bands stacked vertically
- Hub-and-spoke → central node with radiating connections
- Hierarchical → top-down tree
- Assign colors — One accent color per logical group/layer
- Write every label exactly — Extract exact terminology from the paper text
For data charts (results → figure):
- Read the provided data — table, paragraph with numbers, CSV, or JSON
- Identify dimensions:
- What is being compared? (methods, models, configurations) → categorical axis
- What is the metric? (accuracy, loss, latency, F1) → value axis
- Is there a time/step dimension? → line plot
- Are there multiple metrics? → multi-panel or grouped bars
- Choose chart type automatically using this priority:
- Has a step/time axis → line plot
- Comparing N methods on M benchmarks → grouped bar chart
- Single ranking → horizontal bar (leaderboard)
- Correlation between two continuous variables → scatter plot
- Square matrix of values → heatmap
- Proportional breakdown → stacked bar (avoid pie charts)
- Determine figure sizing — Single column vs full width based on data density
- Highlight "our method" — Identify which entry is the paper's contribution and give it a distinct color
Auto-Detection Examples
Context → Diagram: "Our system has a Planner, Executor, and Verifier. Planner sends plans to Executor, Executor returns results to Verifier, Verifier feeds back to Planner on failure."
→ 3 entities, cycle layout, dashed feedback arrow → Workflow 1 (Gemini)
Data → Chart: "GPT-4: MMLU 86.4, HumanEval 67.0. Ours: 88.1, 71.2. Llama-3: 79.3
