DDI Spring Speaker Series – Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale

Presentation by Sheelagh Carpendale, 3rd April from 12:30- 1:30pm PST

Dr. Carpendale is a professor in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, where she holds an NSERC/SMART Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies. She was previously a professor at University of Calgary, where she held a Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization and an NSERC/AITF/SMART Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies. She directs the Innovations in Visualization (InnoVis) research group. At University of Calgary, she founded the interdisciplinary graduate group, Computational Media Design. Her research on information visualization, large interactive displays, and new media art. She completed her BSc. and Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University and studied Visual Arts at Sheridan College, School of Design and Emily Carr, College of Art.