Nicholas Diakopoulos (@ndiakopoulos) is a Computing Innovation Fellow at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. His current research projects touch on human computer interaction, information visualization, and games with further themes spanning journalism, visual analytics, and social media. He holds an Sc.B in Computer Engineering from Brown University and an MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech.
Joan DiMicco (@joandimicco) is a research scientist and manager of IBM’s Visual Communication Lab. In leading the Visual Communication Lab, she views visualization as a method for collaborative sensemaking and for communicating complex ideas. Joining IBM in 2006, she first focused on the use of social networking tools in the workplace and how they change the nature of employee communication. Joan holds an Sc.B in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Ph.D. and M.S. from the Media Lab at MIT.
Jessica Hullman is a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan School of Information. Her research focuses on the interpretation of information visualizations by non-experts in collaborative online environments. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Studies, an M.F.A. in Writing & Poetics, and an M.S. in Information Analysis & Retrieval.
Karrie Karahalios(@kkarahal) is an associate professor in computer science at the University of Illinois where she heads the Social Spaces Group. Her work focuses on the interaction between people and the social cues they emit and perceive in face-to-face and mediated electronic spaces. Her work is informed by communication studies and visualizations of social communities. Of particular interest are interfaces for pubic online and physical gathering spaces such as twitter, chatrooms, cafes, parks, etc. Research projects range from studying tie strength between people to encouraging vocalization through visualization. A major theme in the work is to create interfaces that enable users to perceive conversational patterns that are present, but not obvious, in traditional communication interfaces. Karrie completed a S.B. in electrical engineering, an M.Eng. in electrical engineering and computer science, and an S.M. and Ph.D in media arts and science at MIT.
Adam Perer (@adamperer) is a research scientist in IBM’s Visual Communication Lab in Cambridge, USA. His research focuses on visualization and analytic techniques for making sense of social networks. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland in 2008.