{"613426":{"#nid":"613426","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IC Professors John Stasko and Gregory Abowd Earn Test of Time Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA pair of professors in the School of Interactive Computing were recognized for test of time awards at two conferences this month, demonstrating the lasting impact of their research in respective fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EGregory Abowd\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026rsquo;s work with former Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EShwetak Patel\u003C\/strong\u003E and postdoctoral student and research scientist \u003Cstrong\u003EMatt Reynolds\u003C\/strong\u003E was recognized at UbiComp 2018 in Singapore earlier this month. The paper was presented at the Pervasive 2008 Conference and was titled \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pdfs.semanticscholar.org\/9132\/a2f02b3a0a4e928285975ec9789b1210c63c.pdf\u0022\u003EDetecting Human Movement by Differential Air Pressure Sensing in HVAC System Ductwork: An Exploration in Infrastructure Mediated Sensing\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper presented an approach to detect movement and room transition throughout an entire house through sensing at only one point in the home. At the time, it was a new class of human activity monitoring they called \u0026ldquo;infrastructure mediated sensing, and it detected things like disruptions in airflow caused by human movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis approach presents a cost-effective advantage to installing motion sensors throughout an entire home.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the second straight such 10-year recognition Abowd, Patel and Reynolds have received at UbiComp. Their paper \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/homes.cs.washington.edu\/~shwetak\/papers\/ubicomp2007_flick.pdf\u0022\u003EAt the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, written with \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Kientz\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Robertson\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/596144\/ic-faculty-alumni-awarded-10-year-impact-award-ubicomp-2017\u0022\u003Ewas recognized at UbiComp 2017\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Stasko\u003C\/strong\u003E received a similar designation this year at IEEE VIS 2018 for research he performed while on sabbatical at Microsoft Research in Fall 2007. Stasko, along with other members on his team, proposed two alternative trend visualizations that use static depictions of trends: one which shows traces of all trends overlaid simultaneously in one display and a second that uses a small multiples display to show the trend traces side-by-side.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, titled \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~john.stasko\/papers\/infovis08-anim.pdf\u0022\u003EEffectiveness of Animation in Trend Visualization\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, evaluates the visualizations and indicates that trend animation is challenging to use and, despite being engaging for participants, it leads to errors and is least effective for analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper was presented at InfoVis in 2008. Like Abowd, this is Stasko\u0026rsquo;s second straight year receiving a 10-year legacy award at IEEE VIS. His work with co-authors \u003Cstrong\u003ECarsten G\u0026ouml;rg\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EZhicheng Liu\u003C\/strong\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EKanupriya Singhal\u003C\/strong\u003E, titled \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~stasko\/papers\/vast07-jigsaw.pdf\u0022\u003EJigsaw: Supporting Investigative Analysis through Interactive Visualization\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/596952\/ic-researchers-earn-test-time-award-vast-2007-paper\u0022\u003Erecognized last year\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stasko received a test of time designation for a paper at InfoVis 2008, and Abowd one for a paper at UbiComp 2008."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2018-10-29 17:13:15","changed_gmt":"2018-10-29 17:13:15","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"613425":{"id":"613425","type":"image","title":"Test of Time","body":null,"created":"1540833148","gmt_created":"2018-10-29 17:12:28","changed":"1540833148","gmt_changed":"2018-10-29 17:12:28","alt":"Clock","file":{"fid":"233534","name":"time-371226_960_720.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/time-371226_960_720.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/time-371226_960_720.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70728,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/time-371226_960_720.jpg?itok=tZkephGS"}}},"media_ids":["613425"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11632","name":"john stasko"},{"id":"11002","name":"Gregory Abowd"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"7730","name":"infovis"},{"id":"4923","name":"Ubicomp"},{"id":"170453","name":"Test of Time Award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}