jeffrey michael heer

Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

360 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776

jheer (at) cs.berkeley.edu
jheer.org | vis.berkeley.edu


In January, I will be joining the Stanford Computer Science dept.
as an Assistant Professor!

Schedule

May 19 Dissertation Talk
May 24 Graduation
Jul 3-7 Chicago
Jul 21-23 Seattle
Aug 11-14 SIGGRAPH, LA

about me     projects     vita

Collaborative Visualization

Social data analysis using interactive visualizations on the web.
Papers: CHI'07, VAST'07, CHI'06
Video: Flash (20M)

Generalized Selection

Enhanced selection and annotation in graphical interfaces.
Papers: CHI'08
Video: Quicktime (24M)

Scented Widgets

Visualizations embedded in interface widgets to aid navigation.
Papers: InfoVis'07

Animated Transitions in Data Graphics

Using animation to improve perception of transitions in data graphics.
Papers: InfoVis'07
Video: Quicktime (18M)

Multi-Scale Banking to 45°

Perceptual optimization of the aspect ratios of data graphics.
Papers: InfoVis'06

The Prefuse Visualization Toolkit

A toolkit for interactive visualization. Over 50,000 downloads!
Papers: InfoVis'06, CHI'05
Video: DivX AVI (30M), WMV (33M)

Ubiquitous Computing

Distributed systems and evaluation tools for pervasive computing.
Papers: CHI'07, AVI'04, UbiComp'03

Vizster: Visualizing Social Networks

Visual exploration of networks such as Friendster, Facebook, and MySpace.
Papers: InfoVis'05, HICSS'06
Video: Numb3rs (CBS TV), WMV

Exploring Enron: Visual E-Mail Analysis

Visual analysis of e-mail traffic inside the Enron corporation.
Press: Wired, Der Spiegel, BoingBoing

Active Capture

Automatic direction for automatic movies.
Papers: CHI'04, Multimedia'03
Video: MPG (97M)

Synesthesia

Psychology research in cross-sensory perception.
Papers: Cortex'06, Review'00

All Together Now

Privacy-preserving visualization of localized activity.
Papers: CHI'04

Seam-Aware Wideband Displays

Toolkit support to handle seams between multiple monitors.
Papers: CHI'04

Degree-of-Interest Trees

Dynamic, space-constrained visualization of hierarchies.
Papers: AVI'04

TimeTrees: Time Changing Hierarchies

Coupling trees and timelines to explore evolving organizations.
Papers: VAST'06

LumberJack: Clustering Web Sessions

Understanding web usage by clustering session profiles.
Papers: CHI'02, WebKDD'02

WebQuilt: Remote Web Usability

Web usage logging and visualization for remote usability tests.
Papers: AVI'02, TOIS'01