Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

IAT 805 Graduate Colloquium

IAT 805 Graduate Colloquium / IAT805 Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 / Nov 6 - Academic Journey

Nov 6 - Academic Journey

Join professors Robert Woodbury and John Dill as they talk about their Academic Journey.

Professor Robert Woodbury

Biography

Robert Woodbury BArch (Carleton, Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal), MSc and PhD (Carnegie Mellon) has served on the faculty at CMU (1982-1993), Adelaide University (1993-2001), Technical University of British Columbia (2001-2002) and is now at Simon Fraser. He was founding Graduate Program Chair in Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU. From 2005-2008 he was Scientific Director of the Canadian Design Research Network and is currently the Director, Art and Design Practice of the Graphics, Animation and New Media Network. His research is in computational design, visual analytics and sustainability. He has over 150 publications, including his 2010 book Elements of Parametric Design. In 2009 he chaired Team North, a Canadian entry to the 2009 Solar Decathlon. In 2008 he was awarded the Innovative Research Award from the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture and the Tee Sasada Award from the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. In 2000 he won the Stephen Cole the Elder Prize at Adelaide University.  He is a former Olympian in sailing.

Professor John Dill

Biography

A Professor Emeritus in the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University and currently with SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Dill received his PhD from Caltech. A Director of  SFU’s Visual Analytics Research Lab, Dill is a founding member of the Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics and currently serves on its steering committee. Prior positions include Cornell University and the General Motors Research Laboratories. His current research interests include visual analytics, and information visualization. Dill is a recent member of the IEEE InfoVis and VAST Steering Committees, was co-Chair of VAST 2007, and previously served as EIC of IEEE's Computer Graphics and Applications Editorial Board. He also served on the US National Visualization and Analytics Center's National Research Agenda Panel.