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Adam Perer is a research scientist at IBM Research Haifa. He recently received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. His advisor was Dr. Ben Shneiderman and he was a member of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. His research interests include human-computer interaction, information visualization, patterns of personal communication, and social networks. His dissertation work focused on improving exploratory data analysis by integrating statistical algorithms and information visualizations. His SocialAction project has been instrumental for scientific discoveries, including medical research at the National Library of Medicine, counter-terrorism research at the Department of Homeland Security’s START center, and political analysis at US News & World Report. He has also been a visiting researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Xerox PARC, and Microsoft Research.

Application Materials

As of 12/12/2009.

1. Research Statement
A summary of my research interests and future directions.
2. Teaching Statement
A summary of my teaching philosophy and mentoring experience.
3. Curriculum Vitae
A complete listing of my publications, experience and qualifications.
4. Representative Publications
  • Adam Perer and Ben Shneiderman: Balancing Systematic and Flexible Exploration of Social Networks. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2006). 12(5): 693-700. Baltimore, United States. (2006). [1]
  • Adam Perer and Ben Shneiderman. Integrating Statistics and Visualization: Case Studies of Gaining Clarity During Exploratory Data Analysis. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008). Florence, Italy. (2008). [2]
  • Adam Perer and Ben Shneiderman. Systematic Yet Flexible Discovery: Guiding Domain Experts Through Exploratory Data Analysis. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2008). Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. (2008). [3]
  • Frank van Ham and Adam Perer: “Search, Show Context, Expand on Demand”: Supporting Large Graph Exploration with Degree-of-Interest. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (Infovis 2009). Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. (2009). [4]

My other publications may be accessed on my Publications page.

5. References
  • Ben Shneiderman, Professor, University of Maryland.
  • Ben Bederson, Professor, University of Maryland.
  • Marc Smith, Chief Social Scientist, Connected Action Consulting Group.
  • Ido Guy, Research Manager, IBM Research Haifa.
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