Jeffrey Heer

Jeffrey Michael Heer
Heer in 2016
Born (1979-06-15) June 15, 1979 (age 45)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS, MS, PhD)
Known forData visualization
AwardsTR35, Sloan Fellowship, ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington,
Stanford University
Doctoral advisorManeesh Agrawala
Doctoral students
Websitehomes.cs.washington.edu/~jheer

Jeffrey Michael Heer (born June 15, 1979) is an American computer scientist best known for his work on information visualization and interactive data analysis. He is a professor of computer science & engineering[1] at the University of Washington, where he directs the UW Interactive Data Lab.[2] He co-founded Trifacta with Joe Hellerstein and Sean Kandel in 2012.

  1. ^ "Faculty - Computer Science & Engineering".
  2. ^ "UW Interactive Data Lab".