Advisory Board and Editors Visual Analytics
Filipi Nascimento Silva
Dr. Filipi Silva is a Research Scientist at the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe), Indiana University. With a Ph.D. in Computational Physics from the University of São Paulo, his expertise lies in the intersection of complex networks, machine learning, text analysis and data visualization. Dr. Silva's research includes contributions to many fields, from bioinformatics, to digital art representation. He is the developer of Helios-Web, a state-of-the-art network visualization tool. And his current interests include mapping science, detecting suspicious activities and uncovering narratives in social media data.
Osama Sohaib
Dr Osama Sohaib is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney. His research interest areas include information systems modelling, e-Services, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Applied Machine Learning.
Tamara Sumner
I lead an interdisciplinary research and development lab that studies how computational tools - combining cognitive science, machine intelligence, and interactive media - can improve teaching practice, learning outcomes and learner engagement. Inquiry Hub, formerly known as Digital Learning Sciences, is a mission-centered, research-practice partnership involving faculty and students from the University of Colorado Boulder, scientific and technical staff from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), and educators and administrators from Denver Public Schools. Our research and development team combines expertise in cognitive science, learning sciences, science education, user-centered design and evaluation, digital content management, software engineering, educational data mining, and machine learning/natural language processing.
I am also a Professor at the University of Colorado, with a joint appointment between the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Computer Science. I am currently serving as the Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science. My research and teaching interests include personalized learning, learning analytics, cyber learning environments, educational digital libraries, scholarly communications, human centered computing, and interdisciplinary research methods for studying cognition. I have written 140 articles on these topics, including over 80 peer-reviewed scholarly publications.
Steven John Thompson
Former faculty at Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, UC Davis. I have been teaching college students for over 25 years. My research expertise is in Internet phenomena: access, addiction, agency, control, dependency, governance, and policy; and engineering ethics in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) merging the Internet with physical bodies. I am the Editor for Machine Law, Ethics and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021); Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society (2017); and, Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies (2014).
Julita Vassileva
Professor in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Her research area is human issues in decentralized computing technologies and applications: user modeling, personalization, trust modeling, intelligent educational and persuasive technologies.
Gregory M Verutes
Gregg Verutes is a biogeographer currently supporting Blue Forest Conservation's data management, visualization, and reporting systems. He specializes in blending the fields of conservation and technology to empower planners, managers, and analysts who are passionate about protecting the multitude of benefits flowing from ecosystems to people. He has previously worked for the National Geographic Society, Audubon Society, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University. Gregg received his Ph.D. in Marine Science & Technology from the University of Santiago de Compostela, a M.Sc. in Geographic Information Science from San Diego State University, and B.Sc. in Policy Analysis & Management from Cornell University.
Meng Wang
Dr. Meng Wang is a professor at the Hefei University of Technology, China. His current research interests include multimedia content analysis, search, mining, recommendation, and large-scale computing. He received the best paper awards successively from the 17th and 18th ACM International Conference on Multimedia. He is the recipient of ACM SIGMM Rising Star Award 2014.
Huiyu Zhou
Prof. Huiyu (Joe) Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Prof. Zhou currently heads the Applied Algorithms and AI (AAAI) Theme and leads the Biomedical Image Processing Lab at University of Leicester. He was the Director of MSc Programme (2018-19), and currently is the Coordinator of MSc Distance Learning and a Member of Research Committee at School of Informatics. Prior to this appointment, he worked as a Lecturer (2012-17) at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast.
Prof. Zhou has published widely in the field. He was the recipient of "CVIU 2012 Most Cited Paper Award", "MIUA 2020 Best Paper Award", "ICPRAM 2016 Best Paper Award in the Area of Applications" and was shortlisted for "ICPRAM 2017 Best Student Paper Award" and "MBEC 2006 Nightingale Prize".