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Author: Catherine Plaisant

Catherine Plaisant Honored with IEEE VGTC Visualization Career Award

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
Catherine Plaisant, Associate Director of Research of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and a senior research scientist in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), has been recognized by IEEE VGTC with the Visualization Career Award. The award…

Niklas Elmqvist co-PI on a $3M NSF Convergence Accelerator grant to develop new workforce training using augmented and virtual reality  

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
Niklas Elmqvist is co-PI on a $3M NSF Convergence Accelerator grant led by Karthik Ramani (the Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University). This project aims to develop new workforce training using augmented and virtual reality. …

The HCIL at IEEE VIS 2020

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
At the end of October, visualization researchers from all around the world usually gather for the IEEE Visualization conference. The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at University of Maryland will be among them with a strong showing of papers, panels and other presentations.…

Catherine Plaisant’s AVI 2004 keynote paper “The challenge of information visualization evaluation” honored by ACM SIGMM  

October 20, 2020October 21, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
Catherine Plaisant’s paper “The challenge of information visualization evaluation” from AVI 2004 was honored by ACM SIGMM  (Multimedia) today. For the first time ACM SIGMM gave Test of Time awards this year. The selection committee looked at 10 year old…

Daniel Votipka (MC2 and HCIL) is a recipient of the 2020 John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
Daniel Votipka, a CS PhD student in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) and HCIL is a recipient of the 2020 John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award for his excellence in research and dedication to mentorship and community…

Jonathan Lazar recipient of 2020 ACM SIGACCESS Award

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
Jonathan Lazar was named the winner of the 2020 ACM SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility. It is the highest award given by ACM SIGACCESS (Special Interest Groups on Accessible Computing), and it’s only given once every…

HCIL publishes “Sparks of Innovation – Stories from the HCIL”, a blog post collection on Medium

May 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Catherine Plaisant
The HCIL at University of Maryland has a long and rich history of transforming the experience people have with new technologies. One way we do this is in communicating our research to the rest of the world. Now we are…

U. of Washington grad students celebrate HCIL Founding Director Ben Shneiderman

February 2, 2019March 5, 2019 Catherine Plaisant
On January 22, 2019 a team of three students at the University of Washington presented the career of HCIL Founding Director Ben Shneiderman to their master’s degree class (HCDE 501 Theoretical Foundations) in the Department of Human-Centered Design & Engineering.…

HCIL faculty Niklas Elmqvist and Jennifer Golbeck receive ACM Distinguished Member Award

December 7, 2018March 5, 2019 Catherine Plaisant
HCIL faculty Niklas Elmqvist and Jennifer Golbeck recognized for contributions that have revolutionized how we live, work and play, and receive Distinguished Member ACM Award…

Six HCIL papers at the IEEE VIS 2018 conference

December 7, 2018March 5, 2019 Catherine Plaisant
HCIL had six full papers presented at the IEEE VIS conference, and several other contributions in workshops, panels, and the doctoral colloquium.…

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  • Catherine Plaisant Honored with IEEE VGTC Visualization Career Award
  • Niklas Elmqvist co-PI on a $3M NSF Convergence Accelerator grant to develop new workforce training using augmented and virtual reality  
  • The HCIL at IEEE VIS 2020
  • Catherine Plaisant’s AVI 2004 keynote paper “The challenge of information visualization evaluation” honored by ACM SIGMM  
  • Daniel Votipka (MC2 and HCIL) is a recipient of the 2020 John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award

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