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Dr. Jian Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, who conducts research in Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, and Human-Centered AI.
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Dr. Jian Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, where he directs the WVisdom research lab. His research interests include Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, and Human-Centered AI. His work contributes to the development of advanced interactive visualizations that promote the interplay of human, machine, and data.
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Dr. Jian Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, where he directs the WVisdom research lab. His research lies in the intersection of Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, and Human-Centered AI. He is dedicated to developing advanced interaction and visualization techniques that promote the interplay between humans, machines, and data. Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, and joined the University of Waterloo in 2019 after working in the industry.
Dr. Jian Zhao has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers at prestigious venues in InfoVis, HCI, and other fields, including two Best Paper awards and seven Honorable Mention awards. He is a Senior Member of ACM and IEEE. He has trained three postdocs, 30+ PhD/Masters’ students, and numerous undergrads during his tenure in industry and academia. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE TVCG. He has also served on the program committees of many world-class conferences such as IEEE VIS and ACM CHI, and has taken critical roles in the organizing committees (e.g., Publication Chairs and Paper Chairs) of these venues. Additionally, he has experiences at various industry research labs such as Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe, and holds over 20 granted patents. His research has been covered in many media outlines including The Record, CBC News, and CityNews. More information can be found on his website: www.jeffjianzhao.com.
中文简介
赵健博士是加拿大滑铁卢大学计算机科学学院的副教授，在此领导WVisdom研究组。他的研究方向集中于信息可视化，人机交互，数据科学和以人为本的人工智能的交叉运用。他致力于开发高级交互和可视化技术来优化人、机器和数据之间的交流。赵老师博士毕业于多伦多大学计算机科学系，在业界工作之后于2019年加入滑铁卢大学。
赵老师已在可视化、人机交互和其他领域的顶级会议中发表近80余篇论文，其中包括2个最佳论文奖和7个最佳论文提名奖。他是ACM和IEEE的高级会员。在他学界和业界生涯中，他曾培育过3名博士后，30多位博士硕士研究生，和众多本科生。他是IEEE TVCG的副主编。他也曾多次参与许多世界一流的学术会议（例如VIS，CHI，PacificVis和ChinaVis）的程序委员会和在其组织委员会中担任重要职务（例如Publication Chairs和Paper Chairs）。此外，他还曾在多家一流业界实验室工作过（包括Microsoft，IBM和Adobe研究院等），并拥有二十多项专利。他的研究成果曾经被多家媒体报道，包括 The Record，CBC News，和CityNews等。有关更多信息，请访问他的个人网站：www.jeffjianzhao.com。