Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Address

319 Butler Hall
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Bagley College of Engineering
Box 9637
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Phone: +1.662.325.7504

Fax: +1.662.325.8897

email: tjk at acm . org

URL: http://www.cse.msstate.edu/~tjk/

Current Positions

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University
• Fellow, Institute for Neurocognitive Science and Technology, Mississippi State University
• Fellow, Institute for Digital Biology, Mississippi State University

Areas of Specialization

Information and Scientific Visualization; Foundations of Visualization; Web-ased Visualization

Employment

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA, August 2003–Present.
2. Associate Instructor, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, April 2001–September 2001, August 2002–December 2002.

Education

1. Ph.D. (Comptuer Science), University of California, Davis, CA, USA, 2003.
2. M.S. (Comptuer Science), University of California, Davis, CA, USA, 1999.
3. B.S. (Physics and Computer Science), Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA, 1997. Graduated with distinction.

Honors & Awards

1. Inductee, Bagley College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2008
2. Best Panel, "Is There Science in Visualization?" IEEE Visualization 2006.
3. UPE Honor Society Inductee, 2005.

Publications

19 research publications (3 book chapters, 7 journal articles, 9 peer-reviewed conference papers), 10 peer-reviewed abstracts, and 3 technical reports. 233 citations of published works since 1999 for 29.1 citations/year or 12.3 citations/paper on average. Overall impact metrics: h-index of 9, g-index of 15, and m-index of 1.

Books and Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Refereed Conference Publications

Panels & Presentations

Panels

1. T.J. Jankun-Kelly (organizer), Robert Kosara, Gordon Kindlmann, Chris North, Colin Ware, and E. Wes Bethel, "Is There Science in Visualization?" IEEE Visualization 2006, Baltimore, MD, USA, October 2006. Winner, Best Panel

Presentations

1. "Show Me How You See: Lessons from Studying Computer Forensics Experts for Visualization," Conference Talk, Fifth International Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security, Cambridge, MA, USA, September 2008. [PDF]
2. "Using Visualization Process Graphs to Improve Visualization Exploration," Conference Talk, Second International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 2008. [PDF]
3. "Seeing Biology: Visualization in Bioinformatics," Invited Talk, Digital Biology Learning Community, Mississippi State University, USA, February 2008.
4. "Teaching the Science of Information Visualization," Invited talk, Dagstuhl Seminar on Information Visualization, Dagstuhl, Germany, May 2007.
5. "Shape Characteristics for Nematic Liquid Crystal Tensors," Invited talk, Dagstuhl Seminar on Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, Dagstuhl, Germany, January 2007.
6. "Superellipsoid-based, Real Symmetric Traceless Tensor Glyphs Motivated by Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignment Visualization," Conference presentation, IEEE Visualization 2006, Baltimore, MD, USA, October 2006. [PDF]
7. "Combining Scientific and Information Visualization for Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignment," Invited talk, Department of Computer and Information Science Seminar, University of Mississippi, USA, October 2006.
8. "A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration," Invited talk, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute Seminar, University of Utah, USA, September 2006.
9. "Combining Scientific and Information Visualization for Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignment," Invited talk, Department of Computer Science Seminar, Brown University, USA, August 2006.
10. "The Marriage of Scientific and Information Visualization," Invited talk, Bagley College of Enginering Scientific Computing Working Group Seminar, Mississippi State University, USA, May 2006.
11. "Display Device Issues in Human-Centered Visualization Environments," Invited talk, GI-Dagsthul Research Seminar on Human-Centered Visualization Environments, Dagsthul, Germany, March 2006.
12. "Visualization Visualization—Improving Visualization Utility," Invited Talk, Institute for Neurocognitive Science and Technology, Mississippi State University, USA, November 2005.
13. "MoireTrees: Visualization and Interaction for Multi-Hierarchical Data," Conference presentation, Eurographics/IEEE VTCG Symposium on Visualization 2005, Leeds, UK, June 2005. [PDF]
14. "MoireGraphs: Radial Focus+Context Visualization and Interaction for Graphs with Visual Nodes," Conference presentation, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2003, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2003. [PDF]
15. "A Model for the Visualization Exploration Process," Conference presentation, IEEE Visualization 2002, Boston, MA, USA, October 27–November 1, 2002. [PDF]
16. "VisSheet Redux: Redesigning a Visualization Exploration Spreadsheet for the Web," Conference presentation, SIGGRAPH2002 Web Graphics Program, San Antonio, TX, USA, July 21–26, 2002. [PDF]
17. "A Study of Transfer Function Generation for Time-Varying Volume Data," Conference presentation, Second International Workshop on Volume Graphics, Stony Brook, NY, USA, June 21–22, 2001.
18. "A Spreadsheet Interface for Visualization Exploration," Conference presentation, IEEE Visualization 2000, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, October 8–13, 2000.
19. "A Spreadsheet Interface for Visualization Exploration," Conference presentation, UCDavis Student Workshop on Computing, Davis, CA, USA, September 30, 2000.

Grants and Contracts

P.I. and Co-PI on eight grants for a total of $1.5M (lead P.I. on five grants totaling $792k).

1. Investigator, "Mississippi EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program," National Science Foundation, $9,000,000, April 2002–March 2006 (Lead PI: Jonathan Pote).
2. Primary Investigator, "Information Visualization for Network Security," Mississippi State University Office of Research, $10,000, January 2005–December 2005.
3. Primary Investigator, "Structured Visualization Environments for Large-Scale Displays," Office of Naval Research, $48,197 March 2005–March 2006.
4. Primary Investigator, "Acquisition of a Display Wall for Human Systems Research and Biological Imaging," Massive Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, Division of Computer & Network Systems (CNS), Directorate for Computer and Information Science & Engineering (CISE), National Science Foundation, $400,000, August 2005–July 2008 (Co-PI: J. Edward Swan II).
5. Primary Investigator, "Exploration of Information Visualization for the CCSR," Mississippi State Center for Computer Security Research, $10,000, September 2005–August 2006
6. Investigator, "Rapid Prototyping Capability for Earth-Sun Systems Sciences," NASA, $6,432,211, January 2006–December 2007 (Lead PIs: Robert Moorhead and David Shaw).
7. Primary Investigator, "CT-ISG: Empirically-based Visualization for Computer Security and Forensics," CyberTrust Program, Division of Computer & Network Systems (CNS), Directorate for Computer and Information Science & Engineering (CISE), National Science Foundation, $300,000, October 2006–September 2009 (Co-PIs: Jeff Carver, J. Edward Swan II, David Dampier).
8. Co-Investigator, "Assured Strategic Communications During Natural and Willful Disasters," Department of Homeland Security/Department of Energy, $492,000, March 2007–March 2008 (PI: Lori Bruce)
9. Primary Investigator, "Game Technology for Increasing Interest in Computer Science," Schillig Special Teaching Projects, Mississippi State University, $2,833, April 2008–April 2009 (Co-PI: J. Edward Swan II)
10. Co-Investigator, "Proposal for Network Attack Characterization, Modeling and Simulation Test (NACMAST) Center," EWA Inc., $250,562, August 2008–August 2009 (PI: Ray Vaughn) (Approved/Pending)

Teaching

• CSE3813: Formal Languages, Mississippi State University, USA, Spring 2006, Summer 2008, Fall 2008.
• CSE4413/6413: Principles of Computer Graphics, Mississippi State University, USA, Fall 2003–2005, 2007.
• CSE4990/6990: Illustrative and Non-Photorealistic Rendering, Mississippi State University, USA, Spring 2007.
• CSE4990/6990: Game Design (co-Designer), Mississippi State University, USA, Spring 2008, 2009.
• CSE8413: Visualization, Mississippi State University, USA, Fall 2005.
• CSE8990: Special Topics in Computer Science: Information Visualization, Mississippi State University, USA, Spring 2004–2005, Fall 2006, 2008.
• ECS40: Introduction to Software Development and Object-Oriented Programming, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Spring 2001, Summer 2001, Summer 2002.
• ECS120: Introduction to the Theory of Computation, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Fall 2002.

Professional Affiliations

1. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): SIGGRAPH, SIGCHI, SIGCAS
2. IEEE Computer Society: Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee

Professional Service

1. Program Committee: Asia Pacific Symposium on Visualization (2007), IEEE Information Visualization Conference (2007–2008), IEEE Visualization Conference (2008), Workshop on Knowledge-Assisted Visualization (2008), Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (2005–2006)
2. Conference Service: Co-Chair, IEEE Visualization Visualization Contest Committee (Founding Member, 2004–2006), IEEE Information Visualization Contest Committee (2007), IEEE Information Visualization Birds-of-a-Feather Committee (2008)
3. >Session Chair: IEEE Visualization (2004, 2006, 2008)
4. Participant: 2006 Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs, National Academies of Science, 2006
5. Reviewer: ACM Transactions on Human Computer Interaction (2008), IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (2002), IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2002–2007), IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2004–2006, 2008), Journal of Engineering Education (2005), Knowledge and Information Systems (2002, 2003), ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computer Systems (2006), Joint Eurographics/IEEE VCTG Symposium on Visualization (2004–2008), The Pacific Graphics Conference (2001–2002, 2006), IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (2004–2008), IEEE Visualization Case Studies (2002), IEEE Visualization (1999–2000, 2002–2008), IEEE/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization (2002), IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (2006), Eurographics (2006), International Symposium on Graph Drawing (2006), Asia Pacific Symposium on Visualization (2006), Journal of Visual Languages & Computing (2007), Graphics Interface (2008).

University Service

1. CSE Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (standing), 2003–2008
2. CSE Courses and Cirricula Committee (standing), 2004–present
3. CSE Research Seminar Committee, Chair (ad hoc), 2004
4. CSE Introductory Sequence Committee (ad hoc), 2006
5. CSE Introductory Sequence Committee, Chair (ad hoc), 2007–2008
6. CSE Honors Intro Course Committee (ad hoc), 2008
7. CSE Department Head Search Committee (ad hoc), 2008
8. CS Undergraduate Studies Committee (standing), 2008–present
9. Upsilon Pi Epsilon Faculty Advisor
10. Engineering College Faculty Council (standing), Subsitute Member, Fall 2004