Ahna Skop
Professor
Mechanisms that underlie cell division and using scientific art to engage the public
Visualization is an important tool for researchers in many fields, from data science to biology to the humanities.
Visualization researchers engage in projects with departments such as Industrial and Systems Engineering, Design Studies, Library and Information Studies, Nursing, Art, Dance as well as projects in Digital Humanities.
Visualization is a key component of WID’s Data Science Hub.
Professor
Mechanisms that underlie cell division and using scientific art to engage the public
Focus on the development and application of statistical tools for high-dimensional "omics" data
Karen Schloss talks about the psychology behind color preferences in an interview for Artsy.
The LEL is a space and a place where scholars explore the connections among environment, technology, human action, experience, and visualization, with expertise in virtual and augmented reality.
Investigating how observers make predictions about objects and entities based on their cognitive and emotional responses to perceptual information; focusing on how people’s associations with colors influence cognitive processing in aesthetic response, judgment and decision making, and interpretation of information visualizations.
Develop techniques to better the experience of virtual reality through new devices, interfaces, and techniques.
WID’s Image Lab, led by cartoonist and Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry, is a flexible classroom space dedicated to real-time creative activity to help encourage a different take on problem-solving.
A day in the life of WID – check out our systems programmer, Ross Tredinnick, navigating a real home environment in the CAVE around 0:28 minutes. Note: the video above does not have any sound.
Assistant Scientist
Building optimization models that help untangle issues of environmental sustainability.
Assistant Professor
Visual perception and cognition in information visualization and virtual reality.
Virtual reality applications and plugins; creating display system rendering techniques.
Research Computing Facilitator
Facilitating compute-driven transformations to research projects via personalized consulting.
Systems Programmer
Immersive visualization, 3D environment scanning, virtual reality research and development
Assistant Professor, Discovery Dialogue Hub Leader
Use virtual reality to simulate the experience of real-life spaces for real-world outcomes.
Develop software solutions to facilitate modeling and analysis of a diverse set of complex problems.
In a paper forthcoming in the journal Cognitive Science, Living Environments Lab professor Karen Schloss and her colleagues investigated whether and why color preferences change according to the season.
Systems Biology Theme Leader, John Yin, Optimization Fellow, Rebecca Willett, LEL alumna, Carrie Roy, and new LEL Principal Investigator, Karen Schloss explain their innovative research. Sit back, relax and massage your brain with WID science.