About Us

With the advent of the Internet, the World Wide Web, portable computers, mobile communication devices, and greater computing power in general, the amount of information that a person confronts each day has grown astronomically. While one would hope that this information would assist people in their day-to-day lives, its sheer volume often serves to confuse and paralyze instead. Our research group develops ways to help people understand information via user interface design, information visualization, visual analytics, peripheral awareness techniques, and software agency. We seek to utilize computing technologies to help people make sense, make better judgments, and learn from all the information available to them.

Our research is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (Grant No. IIS-0414667), the Dept. of Homeland Security's NVAC Program, and a donation from TravelPort Corp. We have received past support from Steelcase Corporation, NCR Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, and Haptek Corporation.

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