Known for Data visualization Books Beautiful Data Notable awards TR35, Sloan Fellowship | Field Computer Science Academic advisor Maneesh Agrawala | |
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Born 15 June 1979 (age 37) ( 1979-06-15 ) Similar Maneesh Agrawala, Mike Bostock, Martin M Wattenberg, Joseph M Hellerstein, Fernanda Viegas | ||
the future of data visualization jeffrey heer strata hadoop 2015
Jeffrey Michael Heer (born (1979-06-15)15 June 1979) is an American computer scientist best known for his work on information visualization and interactive data analysis. He is an associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he directs the UW Interactive Data Lab. He co-founded Trifacta with Joe Hellerstein and Sean Kandel in 2012.
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- the future of data visualization jeffrey heer strata hadoop 2015
- Interactive data analysis jeffrey heer may 23 2013
- Education
- Research and career
- Awards and recognition
- References
Interactive data analysis jeffrey heer may 23 2013
Education
As a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, he developed the Prefuse and Flare visualization toolkits.
Research and career
Before joining the University of Washington, Heer was an assistant professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, from 2009 to 2013. He is also co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of Trifacta. Heer's research focuses on new systems and techniques for data visualization. As a professor at Stanford, he worked with then-Ph.D. student Mike Bostock on the D3.js and Protovis systems. Along with Joe Hellerstein and Sean Kandel, Heer has also developed interactive tools for data transformation (including Data Wrangler), leading to the founding of Trifacta.
Awards and recognition
Heer's research has been recognized by a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Data-Driven Discovery Investigator Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and MIT Technology Review's TR35 list. Heer and his students have won best paper awards at human-computer interaction and visualization conferences. His work has also appeared in the popular press.