Chris Weaver

Chris Weaver is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. in Computer Science from the same institution, and a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Michigan State University. His research focuses on information visualization, visual analytics, and human-computer interaction, with applications in digital humanities and geospatial analysis. He is the principal developer of Improvise, a toolkit for building interactive visualizations of multidimensional data.

• Roles: Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Center for Spatial Analysis
• Key Projects: NSF CAREER Award-funded gesture-based visualization research, Digital Latin Library collaboration

Research Interests:

• Interactive visualization architectures
• Visual query languages
• Applications in digital humanities and geovisual analytics

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2014)
• Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow (2015)
• IEEE Visualization Service Award (2013)

Advising & Grants:

• Advised 10+ Master’s and Ph.D. students
• Secured $2M+ in grants including NSF and Mellon Foundation funding