Presentations

Dr. Paul Dutton
The Jack and Nancy Farley University Professor in History, Department of Humanities 

Brian Fisher
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University 

Dr. Kieran Egan
Faculty of Education 

John Stockie
Department of Mathematics 

Stan Matwin
Faculty of Computing Science, Dalhousie University 

Stan Matwin is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University, and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Ottawa (on leave). Fellow of ECCAI and CAIAC and an Ontario Champion of Innovation. Internationally recognized for his work in text mining and in applications of Machine Learning, member of Editorial Boards of the leading journals in Machine Learning and Data Mining. Stan Matwin is one of the founders of Distil Interactive Inc. and Devera Logic Inc., and has significant experience and interest in innovation and technology transfer.

Dr. Martin Zuckermann
Department of Physics 

Lynne Quarmby
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 

Sara Diamond
OCAD University 

Dr. Arthur Robson
Department of Economics

Daniel B. Leznoff
Department of Chemistry 

Mohamed Hefeeda
School of Computing Science 

Sheelagh Carpendale
Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary 

Sheelagh Carpendale is a Professor in Computer Science at the University of Calgary where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization and NSERC/AITF/SMART Technologies Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies. She leads the Innovations in Visualization (InnoVis) Research Group and has initiated the new interdisciplinary graduate- level specialization, Computational Media Design. Her research on information visualization, large interactive displays, and new media draws on her dual background in Computer Science (BSc. and Ph.D. Simon Fraser University) and Visual Arts (Sheridan College, School of Design and Emily Carr, College of Art). She has just been awarded a NSERC STEACIE Memorial Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding research. She is an internationally renowned leader in both information visualization and multi-touch tabletop interaction and has recently served in such roles as Papers, Program, or Conference Chair for IEEE InfoVis, and ACM Tabletop and has received both the IEEE and ACM recognition of service awards.