VIS Doctoral Dissertation Award

2017 RECIPIENTS (9 Nominations)

Best Dissertation: Dr. Steve Kieffe
Dissertation Title: A Human-Centred Approach to Network Layout Algorithm Design
Affiliation: Monash University
Advisors: Professors Kim Marriott, Tim Dwyer and Michael Wybrow
http://skieffer.info

Honorable Mention: Dr. Jagoda Walny
Dissertation Title: Thinking with Sketches: Leveraging Everyday Use of Visuals for Information Visualization
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Advisor: Professor Sheelagh Carpendale
http://research.jagoda.ca

2016 RECIPIENTS (12 Nominations)

Best Dissertation: Dr. Stef van den Elzen
Dissertation Title: Interactive Visualization of Dynamic Multivariate Networks
Affiliation: Eindhoven University of Technology
Advisor: Professor Jarke J. van Wijk
“This dissertation addresses a challenging problem in information and visual analytics, i.e., analyzing, visualizing and exploring temporal and multivariate networks. It describes innovative solutions with both technical rigor and high quality thesis presentation. Its outstanding contributions have been widely acknowledged by the visualization community.”

Honorable Mention: Dr. Michael Krone
Dissertation Title: Interactive Visual Analysis of Biomolecular Simulations
Affiliation: University of Stuttgart
Advisor: Professor Thomas Ertl
“This dissertation presents a series of technical solutions to the common problems in interactive visualization of very large biomolecular structures. It is an outstanding piece of research in scientific visualization with significant impact to the application of bioinformatics. The organization and presentation of the dissertation is exceptional.”

Honorable Mention: Dr. Danielle Nicole Albers Szafir
Dissertation Title: Utilizing Color for Perceptually-Driven Data Visualization
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Advisor: Professor Michael Gleicher
“This dissertation presents empirical studies on novel hypotheses in color perception in visualization. It represents the increasing interest and new discoveries in understanding the cognitive and perceptual aspects of visualization. It will have pervasive impact in all sub-fields of visualization.”

2015 RECIPIENTS (14 Nominations)

Best Dissertation: Dr. Samuel Huron
Dissertation Title: Constructive Visualization: A Token-based Paradigm Allowing to Assemble Dynamic Visual Representation for Non-experts
Affiliation: University of Paris-Sud
Advisor: Professor Jean-Daniel Fekete

Honorable Mention: Dr. Eammon Maguire
Dissertation Title: Systematizing Glyph Design for Visualization
Affiliation: University of Oxford
Advisor: Professor Min Chen

Honorable Mention: Dr. Gabriel Mistelbauer
Dissertation Title: Smart Interactive Vessel Visualization in Radiology
Affiliation: Vienna University of Technology
Advisor: Professor Eduard Gröller

Honorable Mention: Dr. Jeremy Boy
Dissertation Title: Engaging the People to Look Beyond the Surface of Online Information Visualizations of Open Data
Affiliation: Telecom ParisTech
Advisor: Professor Jean-Daniel Fekete

2014 RECIPIENTS (13 Nominations)

Best Dissertation: Dr. Cheuk Horace Ip
Dissertation Title: Towards Data-Driven Large-Scale Scientific Visualization and Exploration
Affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park
Advisor: Professor Amitabh Varshney

Honorable Mention: Dr. Benjamin Bach
Dissertation Title: Connections Changes, and Cubes: Unfolding Dynamic Networks for Visual Exploration
Affiliation: University of Paris-Sud
Advisor: Professor Jean-Daniel Fekete

Honorable Mention: Dr. Jordan Crouser
Dissertation Title: Toward Theoretical Measures for Systems Involving Human Computation
Affiliation: Tufts University
Advisor: Professor Remco Chang

2013 RECIPIENTS (11 Nominations)

Best Dissertation: Dr. Alex Endert
Dissertation Title: Semantic Interaction for Visual Analytics: Inferring Analytical Reasoning for Model Steering
Affiliation: Virginia Tech
Advisor: Professor Chris North

Honorable Mention: Dr. Zhicheng Liu
Dissertation Title: Network-Based Visual Analysis Of Tabular Data
Affiliation: Georgia Tech
Advisor: Professor John Stasko

Finalist: Dr. Jaegul Choo
Dissertation Title: Integration of Computational Methods and Visual Analytics for Large-Scale High-Dimensional Data
Affiliation: Georgia Tech
Advisor: Professor Hansun Park

Finalist: Dr. Tiago Etiene
Dissertation Title: Towards the Theory and Practice of Verifying Visualizations
Affiliation: University of Utah
Advisor: Professor Claudio Silva