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Leilani Battle is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a joint appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). She is also affiliated with the UMD Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL). Her research interests focus on developing interactive data-intensive systems that can aid analysts in performing complex data exploration and analysis. Her current research is anchored in the field of databases, but utilizes research methodology and techniques from HCI and visualization to integrate data processing (databases) with interactive interfaces (HCI, visualization).
She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient (2012), and her research is currently supported by an NSF CISE CRII Award (2019) and ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2019-2020). In 2017, she completed a postdoc in the UW Interactive Data Lab. She holds an MS (2013) and PhD (2017) in Computer Science from MIT, where she was a member of the MIT Database Group, and a BS in Computer Engineering from UW (2011), where she was a member of the UW database group.
Email: leilani(@)cs.umd.edu
Ameya is a Master’s student in the Department of Computer Science. Having completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science from BITS-Pilani Goa Campus, India, he also worked for 2 years as a software developer at NVIDIA Graphics in the GeForce Experience gaming products team. Currently at UMD, he is involved in research in the domain of user behaviour modelling. Particularly, his work revolves around using deep learning techniques to find patterns in user behaviour while performing visual data exploration and developing models to predict the behaviour. His interests also include computer vision and graphics which has translated into picking up digital photography as his hobby.
Email: ameyap(@)cs.umd.edu
Kartik is an Undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. Kartik interned for Exelon in the summer after his freshman year. He also currently works as a research assistant under Dr. Mayank Goel at Carnegie Mellon University, working on developing a robust sound and motion based activity recognition system. As a rising junior, Kartik started his research with Dr. Battle in his Sophomore year and plans to continue and pursue a Master's degree. Currently his interests include Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ubiquitous Computing.
Email: kkrishn1(@)cs.umd.edu
Sigfried Gold is a clinical research informaticist specializing in
developing visual analytics tools to improve the productivity and
quality of in silico studies of healthcare data, particularly around
the use of standardized medical terminologies and common data models in
distributed research networks. Sigfried consults as an informaticist,
visualization designer, and has
<a href="http://sigfried.org/resume.pdf">worked as a software developer for 32 years</a>.
He is an active contributor to open science and open source projects including
<a href="https://www.ohdsi.org/who-we-are/collaborators/sigfried-gold/">OHDSI</a>,
<a href="https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/lhs/service-outreach/mobilizing-computable-biomedical-knowledge">MCBK</a>,
and <a href="http://sigfried.github.io/supergroup/">supergroup.js</a>.
Sigfried is currently a PhD student with the UMD College of Information Studies and
<a href="https://hcil.umd.edu/">HCIL</a>, advised by
<a href="https://sites.umiacs.umd.edu/elm/">Niklas Elmqvist</a> and
<a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~leilani">Leilani Battle</a>.
<br/><p class="contact-item">Email: sigfied(@)sigfried.org</p>
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Deepthi is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science. She graduated from Maryland with an undergraduate degree in both Computer Science and Economics. She worked full-time for Microsoft in the Windows Phone and Skype for Business divisions. She returned to UMD to do her Master’s in Computer Science and got excited about Data Viz research! Deepthi is currently working on improving code recommendations for LodeStar. She’s also analyzing Jupyter Notebooks to characterize analyst behavior. When she’s not doing research, you’ll probably find her in a kitchen- cooking up a storm!
Email: draghun1(@)cs.umd.edu
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Email: patil(@)cs.umd.edu
Kelli Webber is a senior at the University of Maryland College Park. She is pursuing a major in computer science and a minor in sustainability. She is helping Dr. Battle with the Data Driven Documents (D3.js) research project. This project is about analyzing D3.js related comments and questions posted to Stack Overflow, Reddit, and GitHub to figure out what people struggle with when using D3. Kelli Webber has completed the Design Cultures and Creativity and the QUEST honors programs at University of Maryland. She plans to combine her interests in sustainability, design, business, and computer science.
Email:kwebber1@terpmail.umd.edu