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==Biography==
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'''Adam Perer''' is a research scientist at [http://www.haifa.ibm.com/research.html IBM Research Haifa].  He recently received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the [http://www.umd.edu University of Maryland, College Park].  His advisor was [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/ Dr. Ben Shneiderman] and he was a member of the [http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/ 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 [http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/socialaction/ 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.  
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==Academic Materials==
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| <big>'''[http://www.perer.org/papers/pererResearch.pdf Research Statement]'''</big>
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| A summary of my research interests and future directions.
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| <big>'''[http://www.perer.org/papers/pererTeaching.pdf Teaching Statement]'''</big>
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| A summary of my teaching philosophy and mentoring experience.
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| <big>'''[http://www.perer.org/papers/pererCV-web.pdf Curriculum Vitae]'''</big>
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| A complete listing of my publications, experience and qualifications.
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| <big>'''Representative Publications'''</big>
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* '''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). [http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/trs/2006-25/2006-25.pdf ]

* '''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). [http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/trs/2008-03/2008-03.pdf ]

* '''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). [http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/trs/2007-26/2007-26.pdf ] 

* 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). [http://www.perer.org/papers/pererInfovis2009.pdf ]

My other publications may be accessed on my [[Publications]] page.
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| <big>'''References'''</big>
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* 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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