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PhD Dissertations<\/a> and MS Theses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Dissertations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Ibrahim Tahmid<\/a><\/strong>, “Toward AI-Mediated Immersive Sensemaking with Gaze-Aware Semantic Interaction<\/a>“, Sept 2025. (co-advised with Doug Bowman).
    Research Engineer, Qualcomm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Jesse Harden<\/strong>, “Design and Evaluation of Spatialized 2D Computational Notebooks for Data Science<\/a>“, June 2025.
    Assistant Professor, Radford University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Sungwon In<\/strong><\/a>, “ICoN: Immersive Computational Notebook for Data Science<\/a>“, May 2025 (co-advised with Yalong Yang, Georgia Tech).
    Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Kylie Davidson<\/strong>, “Sensemaking in Immersive Space to Think: Exploring Evolution, Expertise, Familiarity, and Organizational Strategies<\/a>“, August 2024 (co-advised with Doug Bowman).
    Research Scientist, Department of Defense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Brian Keith Norambuena<\/a><\/strong>, “Narrative Maps: A Computational Model to Support Analysts in Narrative Sensemaking<\/a>“, July 2023 (co-advised with Tanu Mitra, University of Washington).
    Associate Professor, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Norte, Chile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Yali Bian<\/a><\/strong>, “Human-AI Sensemaking with Semantic Interaction and Deep Learning<\/a>“, Feb 2022.
    Research Scientist, Intel Labs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Mai Dahshan<\/a><\/strong>, “Visual Analytics for High Dimensional Simulation Ensembles<\/a>“, May 2021 (co-advised with Nicholas Polys).
    Assistant Professor, University of Virginia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Tianyi Li<\/a><\/strong>, “Solving Mysteries with Crowds: Supporting Crowdsourced Sensemaking with a Modularized Pipeline and Context Slices<\/a>“, June 2020 (co-advised with Kurt Luther).
    Assistant Professor, Purdue University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Moeti Masiane<\/strong>, “Insight Driven Sampling for Interactive Data Intensive Computing<\/a>“, May 2020.
    Technical Analyst, Department of Defense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Michelle Dowling<\/strong>, “Semantic Interaction for Symmetrical Analysis and Automated Foraging of Documents and Terms<\/a>“, May 2020.
    Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. John Wenskovitch<\/a><\/strong>, “Dimension Reduction and Clustering for Interactive Visual Analytics<\/a>“, August 2019.
    Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Caleb Reach<\/strong>, “Smooth Interactive Visualization<\/a>“, July 2017.\u00a0
    Research Engineer, Google.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Maoyuan Sun<\/a><\/strong>, “Visual Analytics with Biclusters: Exploring Coordinated Relationships in Context<\/a>“, August 2016.
    Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Jessica Zeitz Self<\/strong>, “Designing and Evaluating Object-Level Interaction to Support Human-Model Communication in Data Analysis<\/a>“, May 2016.
    Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Lauren Bradel<\/strong>, “Multi-Model Semantic Interaction for Scalable Text Analytics<\/a>“, May 2015.
    Research Scientist, Department of Defense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Haeyong Chung<\/a><\/strong>, “Designing Display Ecologies for Visual Analysis<\/a>“, May 2015.
    Associate Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Alex Endert<\/a><\/strong>, “Semantic Interaction for Visual Analytics: Inferring Analytical Reasoning for Model Steering<\/a>“, July 2012. [IEEE VGTC Dissertation Award 2013].
    Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Christopher Andrews<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cSpace to Think: Sensemaking and Large, High-Resolution Displays<\/a>\u201d, August 2011.
    Associate Professor, Middlebury College.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Tao Ni<\/strong>, \u201cA Framework of Freehand Gesture Interaction: Techniques, Guidelines, and Applications<\/a>\u201d, August 2011 (co-advised with Doug Bowman).
    Founder, Sproutup.co.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Beth Yost<\/strong>, \u201cThe Visual Scalability of Integrated and Multiple View Visualizations for Large, High Resolution Displays<\/a>\u201d, May 2007.
    Lead Human Factors Engineer, MITRE Corporation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Robert Ball<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cEffects of Large, High-Resolution Displays for Geospatial Information Visualization<\/a>\u201d, August 2006.
    Associate Professor, Weber State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Glenn Fink<\/strong>, \u201cVisual Correlation of Network Traffic and Host Processes for Computer Security<\/a>\u201d, August 2006. 
    Cyber Strategy Director, Savannah River National Laboratory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Nicholas Polys<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cDisplay Techniques in Information-Rich Virtual Environments<\/a>\u201d, August 2006, (co-advised with Doug Bowman).
    Director of Visual Computing, Virginia Tech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Purvi Saraiya<\/strong>, \u201cInsight-Based Studies for Pathway and Microarray Visualization Tools<\/a>\u201d, August 2006.
    Sr Principal Technical Program Manager, Oracle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Details available at: https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10919\/11041<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    MS Theses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Lemara Williams<\/strong>, “TimeLink: Visualizing Diachronic Word Embeddings and Topics<\/a>“, May 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Jiayue Lin<\/strong>, “ImageSI: Interactive Deep Learning for Image Semantic Interaction<\/a>“, May 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Daniel Palamarchuk<\/strong>, “Temporal Topic Embeddings with a Compass<\/a>“, May 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Daniel Enriquez<\/strong>, \u201cInvestigating Asymmetric Collaboration and Interaction in Immersive Environments<\/a>\u201d, Dec 2023. (co-advised with Yalong Yang, GaTech)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Elizabeth Christman<\/strong>, “2D Jupyter: Design and Evaluation of 2D Computational Notebooks<\/a>“, May 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Sahil Hamal<\/strong>, “Interpreting Dimension Reductions through Gradient Visualization<\/a>“, April 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Huimin Han<\/strong>, “Explainable Interactive Projections for Image Data<\/a>“, December 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Mia Taylor<\/strong>, “Andromeda in Education: Studies on Student Collaboration and Insight Generation with Interactive Dimensionality Reduction<\/a>“, October 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Han Liu<\/strong>, “Comparison of Computational Notebook Platforms for Interactive Visual Analytics: Case Study of Andromeda Implementations<\/a>“, October 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Payel Bandyopadhyay<\/strong>, “Immersive Space to Think: the Role of 3D Immersive Space in Sensemaking of Textual Data<\/a>“, July 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Ming Wang<\/strong>, \u201cBridging Cognitive Gaps Between User and Model in Interactive Dimension Reduction<\/a>\u201d, May 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Sidney Holman<\/strong>, \u201cEntropy and Insight: Exploring how information theory can quantify sensemaking in visual analytics<\/a>\u201d, June 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Adam Binford<\/strong>, \u201cA Bidirectional Pipeline for Semantic Interaction in Visual Analytics<\/a>\u201d, August 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Xin Chen<\/strong>, \u201cBe the Data: Embodied Visual Analytics<\/a>\u201d, August 2016. (Co-advised with Leanna House)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Peng Mi<\/strong>, \u201cGPU Based Methods for Interactive Information Visualization of Big Data<\/a>\u201d, December 2015. (Co-advised with Yong Cao)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Andre Esakia<\/strong>, \u201cLarge Display Interaction via Multiple Acceleration Curves on a Touchpad<\/a>\u201d, December 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Kevin Logan<\/strong>, “SpatialHistory: Using Spatial Memory to Recall Information<\/a>“, Dec 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. Ji Wang<\/strong>, \u201cClustered Layout Word Cloud for User Generated Online Reviews<\/a>\u201d, May 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. Patrick Fiaux<\/strong>, \u201cSolving Intelligence Analysis Problems using Biclusters<\/a>\u201d, Jan 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. David Machaj<\/strong>, \u201cCo-Located Many-Player Gaming on Large High-Resolution Displays<\/a>\u201d, May 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Sarah Peck<\/strong>, \u201cA Multiscale Interaction Technique for Large, High-Resolution Displays<\/a>\u201d, May 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. Mehmet Celal Dasiyici<\/strong>, \u201cMulti-Scale Cursor : Optimizing Mouse Interaction for Large Personal Workspaces<\/a>\u201d, May 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Lauren Shupp<\/strong>, \u201cThe Effects of Curving Large, High-Resolution Displays on User Performance<\/a>\u201d, August 2006. [Outstanding Master\u2019s Thesis Award by the VT Computer Science Department, May 2007] [nominated by Virginia Tech for the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools 2007 Innovative Application of Technology in a Master’s Thesis Award.]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. Sujatha Krishnamoorthy<\/strong>, \u201cDesigning Interactive Visualizations for First-time Novice Users<\/a>\u201d, December 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Chris Catanzaro<\/strong>, \u201cVizability: Visualizing Usability Evaluation Data Based on the User Action Framework<\/a>\u201d, Spring 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. Kiran Indukuri<\/strong>, \u201cFusion: A Visualization Framework for Interactive Rule Mining with Applications to Bioinformatics<\/a>\u201d, Fall 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. John Costigan<\/strong>, \u201cApplying Information Visualization Techniques to Visual Debugging<\/a>\u201d, Spring 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    28. Varun Saini<\/strong>, \u201cVisualization Schemas: A User Interface Extending Relational Data Schemas for Flexible, Multiple-View Visualization of Diverse Databases<\/a>\u201d, Spring 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    29. Sanjini Jayaraman<\/strong>, \u201cPolarEyez: A Radial Focus+Context Visualization for Multidimensional Functions<\/a>\u201d, Fall 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    30. Nathan Conklin<\/strong>, \u201cA web-based, run-time extensible architecture for interactive visualization and exploration of diverse data<\/a>\u201d, Fall 2002. [Received the \u201cOutstanding Graduate Research\u201d award from the Computer Science Department, 2002.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Details available at: https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10919\/9291<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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