Kwan-Liu Ma is a distinguished professor of computer science at
the University of California, Davis, where he leads VIDI Research
Group. Professor Ma received his PhD degree in computer science
from the University of Utah in 1993. His research interests include
visualization, computer graphics, human computer interaction,
high-performance computing, and AI-enhanced design. For his
significant research accomplishments, Professor Ma has received
many recognitions, including the NSF PECASE award in 2000,
IEEE Fellow 2012, IEEE VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement
Award in 2013. IEEE Visualization Academy in 2019, and ACM Fellow
in 2023. He has been actively serving the research community.
He previously served as papers/area co-chair for SciVis, InfoVis,
EuroVis, PacificVis, Graph Drawing, SC, and ACM CHI, and on the
IEEE VIS Steering Committee (2021-2025) and the editorial board
of IEEE TVCG (2007-2011) and IEEE CG&A (2007-2019). Professor Ma
presently serves on IEEE PacificVis Steering Committee.
Contact him via email: ma@cs.ucdavis.edu.