Ron Metoyer is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (1994) and his Ph.D. inComputer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2002) where he worked in the Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. He previously served on the faculty at Oregon State University in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2001–2014). His primary research interest is in human-computer interaction and information visualization, with a focus on multivariate data visualization, decision-making, and narrative. He has published over 60 papers in top conferences and journals in human-computer interaction and computer graphics, and he is the recipient of a 2002 NSF CAREER Award for his work in exploring usability issues around the generation of animated character content for training scenarios. As an advocate for broadening participation incomputing, he has served in many roles including several years on the program committee ofthe Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing. He also serves as Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.Kelly Gaither is the Director of Visualization at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at the University ofTexas, having joined TACC as Associate Director in September 2001. She received her doctoral degree in ComputationalEngineering from Mississippi State University in May 2000 and her masters and bachelor's degrees in Computer Sciencefrom Texas A&M University in 1992 and 1988, respectively. She has given a number of invited talks and published over thirty refereed papers in fields ranging from computational mechanics to supercomputing applications to scientific visualization. Over the past ten years, she has actively participated in conferences related to her field, specifically acting as general chair of IEEE Visualization in 2004.
