Kwan-Liu Ma (馬匡六), ACM and IEEE Fellows,
is a distinguished professor of computer science
at the University of California-Davis,
where he directs VIDI
Labs and UC Davis Center of Excellence
for Visualization.
His research spans the fields of visualization, computer graphics, human computer interaction,
machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Professor Ma received his PhD in computer science from the University of Utah
in 1993, after which he was with ICASE/NASA Langley Research Center
as a research scientist until he joined UC Davis in 1999.
Professor Ma is presently leading a team of 20 researchers pursuing
research in big data visualization, visual analysis, visual storytellinng,
scientific visualization, intelligent systems, and immersive visualization.
For his significant research accomplishments,
Professor Ma received the NSF Presidential Early-Career Research Award (PECASE) in 2000 and
the IEEE VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award in 2013, and
was inducted into the Visualization Academy in 2019.
Professor Ma has been actively serving the research community by
playing leading roles in many professional activities.
For example, he has served as papers co-chair for SciVis, InfoVis, EuroVis, PacificVis, and Graph Drawing.
Professor Ma presently serves on the IEEE VIS Steering Committee and also as the chair of IEEE PacificVis Steering Committee.
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