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wesley
j
willett.
I am computer scientist specializing in information visualization, social computing, new media, and human computer interaction. I am currently an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Visual Analytics at the
University of Calgary
where I lead the
Data Experience Lab
. I am a faculty member in the
Computer Science
,
Computational Media Design
, and
Data Science
programs and a part of the
Interactions Lab
.
From 2012-2014 I was a post-doctoral researcher in the
AVIZ
group at
INRIA-Saclay
in Paris. Prior to that, I completed my Ph.D. at
UC Berkeley
's
Department of Computer Science
, where I was advised by
Maneesh Agrawala
and was a member of the
Berkeley Institute of Design
(BiD) and the
Visualization Lab
. I also raced mountain bikes with the
Cal Cycling
team. I'm originally from
southern Colorado
and completed my undergrad at
CU Boulder
.
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research
For current publications see my research group (the Data Experience Lab) at the University of Calgary.
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pre-2015 publications
(2k5-2k15)
Understanding Digital Note-Taking Practice for Visualization
(CG&A Jul/Aug 2015)
Lightweight Relief Shearing for Enhanced Terrain Perception on Interactive Maps
(CHI '15)
Best Paper Award
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video
Patterns of Physical Design Remixing in Online Maker Communities
(CHI '15)
Exploring the Placement and Design of Word-Scale Visualizations
(InfoVis '14)
Eliciting Multi-touch Selection Gestures for Interactive Data Graphics
(EuroVis '14)
Identifying Redundancy and Exposing Provenance in Crowdsourced Data Analysis
(VAST '13)
Hybrid-Image Visualization for Large Viewing Environments
(InfoVis '13)
Illustrative Data Graphic Elements in the 18th-19th Century Style
showcase
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poster
(Expressive '13)
poster
(VIS '13)
Visualizing Gulfs and Streaks - Peripheral Support for Goal-Setting & Habit-Forming in Personal Informatics
(CHI Workshops '13)
Tools & Strategies for Social Data Analysis
(Ph.D. Thesis)
Strategies for Crowdsourcing Social Data Analysis
(CHI '12)
CommentSpace: Structured Support for Collaborative Visual Analysis
(CHI '11)
Honorable Mention
Common Sense Community
(Pervasive'10)
Best Paper Award
Generalized Selection Via Interactive Query Relaxation
(CHI '08)
Scented Widgets
(InfoVis '07)
Batch Rekeying in Mykil Key Management System
(PDCS '05)
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other projects
Medley
site
(a tool to visualize Evernote notes)
Cetonia
site
(VIS 2014
Death of the Desktop
)
PostCard
poster
(UCB cnm290)
EEL
images
(design piece)
Arithmetic Coding Explorer
site
(UCB cs270)
Envismo
poster
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paper
(UCB cs262A)
Generating Hiking Route Maps
poster
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paper
(UCB cs294-10)
Motion-Based Control for Guitar Effects Processing
paper
(UCB is290-13)
Next/Last
poster
(UCB cnm290)
Propinquity
site
(a digital graphic short story)
Space Storm
images
(planetarium show)
Fiske Planetarium
images
(planetarium advertising)
Cal Cycling Kit 2008-2012
flickr
(jersey and branding)