Faculty
Enrico Bertini
Associate Professor – Boston
Michelle Borkin
Assistant Professor Group Co-Lead – Boston
Cody Dunne
Assistant Professor Group Co-Lead – Boston
Lace Padilla
Assistant Professor — Boston & Oakland
Melanie Tory
Director of Human Data Interaction Research, Professor of Practice — Roux Institute, Portland
Michael Correll
Associate Research Professor – Roux Institute, Portland
Mahsan Nourani
Assistant Research Professor – Roux Institute, Portland
Clifton Forlines
Associate Research Professor — Roux Institute, Portland
Philip Bogden
Associate Teaching Professor — Portland
John Alexis Guerra Gomez
Assistant Teaching Professor — Oakland & Silicon Valley
Caglar Yildirim
Associate Teaching Professor – Boston
Yifan Hu
Professor of Practice - Seattle
Research Staff
Tarik Crnovrsanin
Postdoctoral Researcher Web Co-Guru
Research focus: Interactive visualization techniques for temporally evolving geospatial cybersecurity network data
Hari Palani
Associate Research Scientist – Roux Institute
Research focus: Multisensory information access to support interactive data visualization via touch interfaces, natural language interfaces, virtual and augmented reality systems
Anjana Arunkumar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research focus: Developing inclusive data visualizations for underrepresented populations at the intersection of visual cognition, natural language, cultural diversity, and graph literacy
PhD Students
Uzma Haque Syeda
PhD Student, Computer Science Social Activity Co-Chair
Research focus: Visualization evaluation methodologies, perception and cognition, and human computer interaction
Liudas Panavas
PhD Student, Computer Science Social Activity Co-Chair
Research focus: differential privacy, data visualization, human-computer interaction (HCI), and machine learning model evaluation
Jane Adams
PhD Student, Computer Science Social Media Co-Guru
Research focus: Visualization tools for exploratory analysis of high-dimensional data; applications in explainable A.I., computational creativity, and -omics research
Daniel Kerrigan
PhD Student, Computer Science Web Co-Guru
Research focus: Visualization and HCI for the development, evaluation, and use of machine learning models
Racquel Fygenson
PhD Student, Computer Science Social Media Co-Guru
Research focus: Affordances in data visualization, perception/cognition, uncertainty, data art & physicalization
Eduardo Puerta
PhD Student, Computer Science Meeting Co-Manager
Research Focus: Optimal graph layout algorithms, network physicalizations for 3-D printable visualizations
Connor Wilson
PhD Student, Computer Science Operations Co-Manager
Research focus: Optimal layered graph visualization and scalability
Sydney Purdue
PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Design and Media Social Activity Co-Chair
Research focus: Data physicalization, data visualization accessibility, situated visualization
Shani Spivak
PhD Student, Computer Science Operations Co-Manager
Research focus: Implementation of AI/ML ethics and governance, visualization for AI/ML, digital literacy, data curation
Carey Barry
PhD Student, Personal Health Informatics
Research focus: Visualization and HCI for neurodivergent populations and perioperative healthcare
Mac Creamer
PhD Student, Computer Science Meeting Co-Manager
Research focus: Visual literacy, visualization for social good, educational aspects of visualization, and contextual visualizations
Shira Michel
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Human-Centered AI, Human-AI Interaction, Responsible AI
Calvin Yu
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Predicting UAV type based time series data, explainable AI
Mehmet Akhoroz
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Human-XR interaction, making VR more usable and accessible for people with physical disabilities
Wen Xu
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Reasoning and decision-making with visualizations; cognition and perception; visualization for environmental communication
Aditi Krishna
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Human-AI Interaction, Human-Centered AI, Decision-Making
Xinyi Liu
PhD Student, Computer Science
Tim Yim
PhD Student, Computer Science
Muxing Chen
PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Design and Media
Research focus: composite visualization; combination of visualization and text
Chloe Prock
PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Design and Media
Other Students
Juna Kim
BS Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Statistics, astronomy visualization, glueviz.org software development
Tommy Morriss
BS Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Hierarchical data and tree visualizations, astronomy visualization, glueviz.org software development
Tejas Sathyamurthi
BS Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Understanding children's graphical perception
Daniel Lisko
MS Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Understanding & working with UAV simulations
Friends & collaborators @ Khoury
Wolfgang Gatterbauer
Associate Professor
Jane Kokernak
Senior Communications Adviser, Khoury College
Mirek Riedewald
Associate Professor
Alumni
Laura South
PhD CS 2024 → Visiting Assistant Professor @ Williams College
Research focus: Studying how humans interact and share information, data science and AI's effects on society, and developing accessible technology
Justin Raynor
PhD CY 2023 → Military Cyber Operations Leader @ U.S. Cyber Command
Research focus: Interactive visualization techniques for temporally evolving geospatial network data to support cyber operators and network engineers
Lane Harrison
Sabbatical — Roux Institute, Portland 2023 → Associate Professor @ WPI
Sara Di Bartolomeo
PhD CS 2023 → Postdoc @ University of Konstanz
Research focus: Overview visualization of temporal event sequence data; layered network visualization under constraints; crowdsourcing VR evaluation
David Saffo
PhD CS 2023 → Applied Research Associate Sr. @ JPMC
Research focus: Immersive analytics interaction design and evaluation methodologies
Ab Mosca
Assistant Teaching Professor → Westfield State University
Franc O
PhD Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Astrophysics, data science, and visualization
Aditeya Pandey
PhD CS 2022 → Sr. Application Developer @ Regeneron Genetics Center
Research focus: Building systems and tools for design and recommendation of data visualization
Alex Ahmed
PHD PHI 2020 → Postdoc @ Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Research focus: Applying HCI techniques to promoting social change, communicating injustice, and improving the health of oppressed people
Michail Schwab
PhD CS 2020 → Google
Research focus: Large data time series with zooming and focus+context, linked views with multi-type data, and overview+detail
Yixuan Zhang
PhD Student → PhD @ Georgia Tech
Research focus: Temporal event sequence visualization with uncertainty, missing data, and incorrect data in support of type 1 diabetes treatment
Aristotelis Sigiouan Leventidis
PhD Student, DATA Lab
Research focus: Automatic visualization of SQL queries to help users quickly understand database query intent via first-order logic representations
Amy Worth
PhD Student, Computer Science → Ivy After School Program
Research focus: Variability in visual encoding power across populations
Fangfang Sheng
MS 2021 → Technical Solutions Engineer @ Verily Life Sciences
Research focus: Evaluating temporal event sequence alignment and overview visualizations
Manali Shindi
MS 2020 → Healthcare Data Analyst @ MassHealth Analytics
Research focus: Using visualizations for teaching & learning SQL
Mansi Jain
MS 2020 → Software Engineer @ Factset
Research focus: Developing SQL query visualizations
Kartik Chanana
MS 2017 → Software Engineer II @ Akamai Technologies
Research focus: Temporal event sequence curation and visualization for type 1 diabetes treatment decisions
Akshaya Khare
MS 2017 → Engineer @ Dell
Research focus: Tree visualization and interaction techniques, including applications to astronomy
Danielle Nguyen
BS 2019 → Software Engineer @ Drift
Research focus: Text word2vec similarity and cluster visualization for digital humanities
Brigitte Pare
BS 2019 → Software Engineer @ Wayfair
Research focus: Utilizing provenance graphs to visualize temporal controversy on Wikipedia.org
Emma Reed
BS 2021
Research focus: Dynamic and uncertain geospatial network visualization for unmanned system cybersecurity
David Sprague
Lecturer → Instructor @ Carleton University
Peyton Tiroff
BS 2019 → Software Engineer @ True Fit
Research focus: Visualization as a communication tool between disciplines
Nick Bond
BS 2019 → Frontend Engineer @ Voltus
Research focus: Visualization as a communication tool between disciplines
Reyhaneh Mohammadi
PhD Student, College of Engineering
Research focus: Information space partitioning for dynamic geospatial network visualization of influenza spread
Brenden Collins
MS Student, Computer Science
Research focus: Developing benchmarks for evaluating layered network visualization layouts
Mike Shah
Assistant Teaching Professor
Khoury Vis Lab — Northeastern University
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