I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, College of Information Technology, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), where I am also a member of the Charlotte Visualization Center.
I received both my Ph.D. (2001) and M.S. (1999) degrees from Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. Before coming to Charlotte, I worked at the VRVis Research Center, and the "in-silico" pharmaceutical research company Inte:Ligand.
My main research focus is Information Visualization (InfoVis), which is the search for methods to depict abstract data in ways that allow us to find patterns, correlations, clusters, etc., by simply looking at and interacting with the resulting images.
The most fascinating aspect of InfoVis is its inherently multidisciplinary nature, bringing together computer science, statistics, perceptual psychology, and the arts. At the same time, this is a very applied field, so my research is driven by needs I see from talking to (potential) users.
My main interests are developing effective means of visualization and interaction with large and complex data; and finding the link between InfoVis and the visual arts, to tap into the vast amount of knowledge and experience that exists there.
The result of all that work are visualization methods, and these need to be visually effective - which can only be assessed by testing them in user studies. Performing such studies and thinking about more methodic approaches to evaluating visualization is another research interest of mine.
Most of this material is currently hosted elsewhere, but it is up to date, and will be moved here eventually.
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