I am sometimes recruiting students

If you are considering applying for graduate studies and interested in working with me on topics related to information visualization and human-computer interaction, then please give the prospective students section below a read before contacting me.

IMPORTANT:
Do not expect a response if you send me a generic email. Please take the time to read this page, and have a look some of at my recent publications.

You wil work directly with me in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment. I am open to any research idea related to my expertise and interests, and I welcome applicants from a wide range of disciplines, including Computer Science, Engineering, Design, and Cognitive Science. I strongly encourage applicants with multi- and inter-disciplinary backgrounds. I am also very interested in co-supervising across departments, and faculties. To inquire, simply send me an email at cperin@uvic.ca with:

• a subject header that includes "Prospective Student" and your name
• your CV, including transcripts
• A brief outline of research interests, including information about the project you would be interested in working on (either something I am working on or a topic of your own choice)
• A short paragraph explaining why you would like to work with me (a bit more elaborated than "because you are awesome")
• Your favourite sport (to show that you have read this document)
• A document you have written. This can be a dissertation, a course project report, a technical report, a conference paper, etc..

Requirements

There are some requirements you need to meet to work with me.

• You need to enrol as a student at the University of Victoria. Please consult our Graduate Studies Admissions website for the administrative part.
• You should be familiar with my research interests and areas.
• You should be passionate about conducting research. I am looking for enthusiastic students.

Research Interests

My interests and expertise include personal visualization, immersive visualization, sports visualization, physical and tangible visualization. I am particularly interested in researching how to help people leverage their own data for self-reflection, decision-making, and sharing; as well as ubiquitous visualization in everyday settings.

Most of my research projects are design-centred, including design studies, design space explorations, and tasks and requirements analysis. Projects can also be more technology-centered, with a focus on implementation and technology. Depending on the project, they can involve qualitative and/or quantitative evaluations.

Topics

Topics of interest include:

• Storytelling and narrative style with relatable visualizations.
• Tools for authoring and sharing personal visualizations.
• Geographical visualization, visualization for the digital humanities, visualization of open-data, sports visualization, visualization for citizen-science.
• Physical representation of data, in particular in a personal environment like a home.
• Perceptual and cognitive principles for visualization (e.g., perception of uncertainty, non-visual perception of data).
• Embedded / Situated Visualization on small devices, visualization on smartphones and smart-watches, and visualization with Augmented / Virtual Reality technologies.
• Visualization in public / semi-public contexts, and the design of interactions for multi-touch collaborative environments.
• Physical visualization of data streams (actuated physical visualizations).
• Post-WIMP interaction paradigms for visualization.

What you can expect

• Personal supervision (weekly one-on-one meetings).
• Support to attend relevant academic conferences.
• Support to become a proficient writer and presenter
• Collaborative work with internal and international collaborators