Jörn Kohlhammer

Prof. Dr. Jörn Kohlhammer is an Honorary Professor at TU Darmstadt and Head of the Information Visualization and Visual Analytics department at Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD. His work focuses on decision-oriented visualization using semantics, visual business analytics, and applications in medical data analysis, internet security, and industrial sectors. He holds a PhD from TU Darmstadt (2005) and has authored over 50 publications in journals and conferences like IEEE VAST and EuroVis.

Education:

• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science with Business Administration Minor (1993-1999), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Research Interests:

• Context-dependent visualization solutions
• Medical data analysis and cohort visualization
• Decision support systems
• Visual analytics for cybersecurity and network traffic

Professional Activities:

• Regular member of program committees for IEEE VAST, EuroVis
• Reviewer for journals/conferences including IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• Co-chair of IEEE VAST (2009) and founder of EuroVA (2010)

Labs/Teams:

• Leads Fraunhofer IGD's Information Visualization & Visual Analytics group
• Projects: ATHENA, CorASiV (health authority support), SoBigData (social big data analytics)