Chris Weaver

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, Databases, Data Mining

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Chris Weaver is an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. His education includes: PhD in Computer Science (with PhD minor in Cognitive Psychology) in 2006 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, MS in Computer Science in 1997 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and BS with honors in the Honors College at Michigan State University in Chemistry and Math. From 2005-2008, Dr. Weaver was a Research Associate at the GeoVISTA Center in the Department of Geography at Penn State University, where he was also a founding member of the North-East Visualization and Analytics Center (NEVAC), one of the first academic centers for the study of the new field of visual analytics. While there, he led the development of numerous visual analysis tools that culminated in both a first place in the InfoVis 2007 Contest and two awards in the VAST 2008 Challenge. Dr. Weaver's research focuses on developing interactive techniques and systems that integrate methods from information visualization, human-computer interaction, databases, and data mining to support visual exploration and analysis of complex geospatial, temporal, and social information.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

David Fyfe, Deryck W. Holdsworth, and Chris Weaver. "Historical GIS and Visualization: Insights from Three Hotel Guest Registers in Central Pennsylvania, 1888-1897". Social Science Computer Review, 2009. [In Press]

Chris Weaver. "Multidimensional Visual Analysis Using Cross-Filtered Views". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2008, Columbus, OH, October 2008. [In Press]

Jeffrey Heer, Frank van Ham, Sheelagh Carpendale, Chris Weaver, and Petra Isenberg. "Creation and Collaboration: Engaging New Audiences for Information Visualization". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4950, Information Visualization: Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives, eds. Andreas Kerren, John T. Stasko, Jean-Daniel Fekete, and Chris North, pp. 92-133, Springer, Berlin, 2008.

Brian M. Tomaszewski, Anthony C. Robinson, Chris Weaver, Michael Stryker, and Alan M. MacEachren. "Geovisual Analytics and Crisis Management". Proceedings of the Fourth International ISCRAM Conference, Delft, the Netherlands, May 2007.

Chris Weaver, David Fyfe, Anthony Robinson, Deryck W. Holdsworth, Donna J. Peuquet and Alan M. MacEachren. "Visual Exploration and Analysis of Historic Hotel Visits". Information Visualization (Special Issue on Visual Analytics), February 2007.

Chris Weaver. "Patterns of Coordination in Improvise Visualizations". Proceedings of the IS&T/SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis, San Jose, CA, January 2007.

Chris Weaver, David Fyfe, Anthony Robinson, Deryck W. Holdsworth, Donna J. Peuquet and Alan M. MacEachren. "Visual Analysis of Historic Hotel Visitation Patterns". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2006, Baltimore, MD, October 2006.

Chaomei Chen, Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Eric SanJuan and Chris Weaver. "Visual Analysis of Conflicting Opinions". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2006, Baltimore, MD, October 2006.

Anthony C. Robinson and Chris Weaver. "Re-Visualization: Interactive Visualization of the Process of Visual Analysis". GIScience Workshop on Visual Analytics & Spatial Decision Support 2006, Münster, DE, September 2006.

Chris Weaver. "Metavisual Exploration and Analysis of DEVise Coordination in Improvise". Proceedings of the International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization (CMV), London, UK, July 2006.

Chris Weaver. "Visualizing Coordination In Situ". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2005, Minneapolis, MN, October 2005.

Chris Weaver. "Building Highly-Coordinated Visualizations In Improvise". Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2004, Austin, TX, October 2004.