John T. Stasko

Georgia Tech College of Computing GVU Center Information Interfaces Group

Stasko picture John T. Stasko
Professor & Associate Chair

School of Interactive Computing
College of Computing & GVU Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
85 5th St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0760

Office Phone: (404) 894-5617, Technology Square Research Building Room 342
Lab phone: (404) 385-2447, Technology Square Research Building Room 342A
Fax: (404) 894-3146
Email: staskoccgatechedu
URL: www.cc.gatech.edu/~john.stasko

NOTE: Prof. Stasko is on leave during the '07-'08 academic year at Microsoft Research (Fall) and Pacific NW National Labs (Spring)

Background I received the B.S. degree in Mathematics at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (1983) and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (1985 and 1989). I joined the faculty here at Georgia Tech in 1989, and I am presently the Associate Chair of the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing. My primary research area is human-computer interaction.
Research I am the Director of the Information Interfaces Research Group. The group's research focus is to help people take advantage of information to enrich their lives. The Internet and the WWW have clearly helped to significantly expand the amount of data accessible to people. Whether someone is buying a new computer, figuring out how traffic will be on the ride home, or answering email, he or she may simply feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available or may not be able to find the right information.
My research group is uncovering ways to help people benefit from this flood of information. One central focus of a number of our projects is the creation of Information Visualization tools to help people understand large data sets. We also are developing a number of techniques and systems for providing people with peripheral awareness of useful information. Another project focus is on evaluating embodied conversational agents/characters that are used as aids or filters in user interfaces. Following the link to my research group will take you to pages with more details on these projects.
I am also the Director of the Georgia Tech component of the Southeastern Regional Visualization and Analytics Center. Georgia Tech partners with UNC-Charlotte in this program sponsored by NVAC and the Dept. of Homeland Security. Our focus is on developing visual analytics technologies and solutions for grand challenge problems in homeland security.
Information Interfaces Research Group (projects, people, publications, talks, videos)
Software Visualization research
Curriculum vita (pdf - updated 11/07)
Publications (html)
Recent talks

Students Current PhD
James Eagan
Zhicheng Liu
Youn ah Kang
Chris Plaue
Zach Pousman

Former PhD
Jun Xiao 2006, Research Scientist, HP Labs
Duke Hutchings, 2006, Asst. Professor at Bowling Green
Alex Zhao 2001, Amazon.com
Scott McCrickard, 2000, Assoc. Professor at Virginia Tech
Brad Topol, 1998, IBM, (co-advisor with M. Ahamad)
Dean Jerding, 1997, President, Infinovate Corp
Eileen Kraemer, 1995, Professor at University of Georgia
Keith Edwards, 1995, Assoc. Professor at Georgia Tech
Mariano Garcia, 1993, UPR-Cayey, (co-advisor with A. Badre)

Service General Chair, 2007 IEEE InfoVis
Program Committee, 2007 Workshop on the Issues of Designing and Evaluating Ambient Information Systems
Associate Chair, Papers, 2007 ACM CHI Conference
Papers Co-Chair, 2006 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization
Papers Co-Chair, 2005 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization
Co-Organizer, CHI 2005 Workshop on Distributed Display Environments
Program Chair, 2003 ACM Symposium on Software Visualization
Co-Organizer, CHI 2003 Workshop on Providing Elegant Peripheral Awareness

Steering Committee, IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis) Conference
Steering Committee, ACM Symposium on Software Visualization

Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI)
Editorial Board, IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
Associate Editor, Information Visualization (IV)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS)
Associate Editor, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC)
Editorial Board, World Wide Web (WWW)

Teaching 2006-07 academic year
Fall
   CS 1331--Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Spring
   CS/PSY 6750--Human-Computer Interaction

Past courses
CS 3158--Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Fall '98)
CS/PSY 4750--User Interface Design (Fall '03)
CS 7390--Software Visualization (Spring '98)
CS 7450--Information Visualization (Spring '06)    Lecture videos are available too

Personal In his free time, Prof. Stasko enjoys playing with his kids Tommy, Mitchell and Audrey, doing some vacation travel with his wife Christy, playing golf, gardening around his yard, tending to his fish pond, commiserating over the Atlanta Braves, and watching The Amazing Race.
The hardest working computer scientist in America. :^)
Fun stuff - Browse only if you have a sense of humor.
The current date and time.
Zip code decoder.
The End

Background	I received the B.S. degree in Mathematics at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (1983) and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (1985 and 1989). I joined the faculty here at Georgia Tech in 1989, and I am presently the Associate Chair of the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing. My primary research area is human-computer interaction.
Research	I am the Director of the Information Interfaces Research Group. The group's research focus is to help people take advantage of information to enrich their lives. The Internet and the WWW have clearly helped to significantly expand the amount of data accessible to people. Whether someone is buying a new computer, figuring out how traffic will be on the ride home, or answering email, he or she may simply feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available or may not be able to find the right information. My research group is uncovering ways to help people benefit from this flood of information. One central focus of a number of our projects is the creation of Information Visualization tools to help people understand large data sets. We also are developing a number of techniques and systems for providing people with peripheral awareness of useful information. Another project focus is on evaluating embodied conversational agents/characters that are used as aids or filters in user interfaces. Following the link to my research group will take you to pages with more details on these projects. I am also the Director of the Georgia Tech component of the Southeastern Regional Visualization and Analytics Center. Georgia Tech partners with UNC-Charlotte in this program sponsored by NVAC and the Dept. of Homeland Security. Our focus is on developing visual analytics technologies and solutions for grand challenge problems in homeland security. Information Interfaces Research Group (projects, people, publications, talks, videos) Software Visualization research Curriculum vita (pdf - updated 11/07) Publications (html) Recent talks
Students	Current PhD James Eagan Zhicheng Liu Youn ah Kang Chris Plaue Zach Pousman Former PhD Jun Xiao 2006, Research Scientist, HP Labs Duke Hutchings, 2006, Asst. Professor at Bowling Green Alex Zhao 2001, Amazon.com Scott McCrickard, 2000, Assoc. Professor at Virginia Tech Brad Topol, 1998, IBM, (co-advisor with M. Ahamad) Dean Jerding, 1997, President, Infinovate Corp Eileen Kraemer, 1995, Professor at University of Georgia Keith Edwards, 1995, Assoc. Professor at Georgia Tech Mariano Garcia, 1993, UPR-Cayey, (co-advisor with A. Badre)
Service	General Chair, 2007 IEEE InfoVis Program Committee, 2007 Workshop on the Issues of Designing and Evaluating Ambient Information Systems Associate Chair, Papers, 2007 ACM CHI Conference Papers Co-Chair, 2006 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization Papers Co-Chair, 2005 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization Co-Organizer, CHI 2005 Workshop on Distributed Display Environments Program Chair, 2003 ACM Symposium on Software Visualization Co-Organizer, CHI 2003 Workshop on Providing Elegant Peripheral Awareness Steering Committee, IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis) Conference Steering Committee, ACM Symposium on Software Visualization Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI) Editorial Board, IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Associate Editor, Information Visualization (IV) Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) Associate Editor, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) Editorial Board, World Wide Web (WWW)
Teaching	2006-07 academic year Fall CS 1331--Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Spring CS/PSY 6750--Human-Computer Interaction Past courses CS 3158--Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Fall '98) CS/PSY 4750--User Interface Design (Fall '03) CS 7390--Software Visualization (Spring '98) CS 7450--Information Visualization (Spring '06) Lecture videos are available too
Personal	In his free time, Prof. Stasko enjoys playing with his kids Tommy, Mitchell and Audrey, doing some vacation travel with his wife Christy, playing golf, gardening around his yard, tending to his fish pond, commiserating over the Atlanta Braves, and watching The Amazing Race. The hardest working computer scientist in America. :^) Fun stuff - Browse only if you have a sense of humor. The current date and time. Zip code decoder. The End