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A Moment of Reflection: How Symmetry Can Help Us Interpret Charts
By Brian Ondov and Niklas Elmqvist Symmetry has a long history of study in perceptual psychology, from the Gestalt movement to modern, computerized experiments with flashing point clouds. Researchers have even tested whether this basic element of visual organization is still perceived by astronauts in microgravity (it is!). Much less studied, though, is how our…
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PERVADE project featured at a Coalition for National Science Funding event
As the UMD representative at a Coalition for National Science Funding event, Jessica Vitak went to Capitol Hill to talk with Congressional representatives about the pervasive data ethics research she and her PERVADE collaborators are working on.
Druin Named ACM Fellow
Allison Druin has been named an ACM 2016 Fellow.
Bederson Receives Best Historical Paper Award
Ben Bederson and his co-authors Amy Karlson and Pekka Parhi received a Best Historical Paper Award at MobileHCI 2016.
Shneiderman and Plaisant Receive “Test of Time” Awards
This October, Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant were honored with two “Test of Time” Awards at the IEEE VIS2016 Conference in Baltimore, MD.
