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, and
machine learning. 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 2024. 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 CHI, and on the editorial board of IEEE TVCG (2007-2011)
and IEEE CG&A (2007-2019). Professor Ma presently serves on the
IEEE VIS Steering Committee and IEEE PacificVis Steering Committee.
Contact him via email: ma@cs.ucdavis.edu.