Ronald Metoyer
Location: (Corvallis, Oregon)
Personal Research Web Page: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~metoyer
Keywords: information visualization, human computer interaction, exercise prescription, computer animation
Posted on: Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Broad Research Area: Graphics / Visualization, HCI / CSCW, Social Computing / Social Informatics
Research Interests:
My research interests currently span the areas of Information Visualization and HCI. I am largely interested in supporting end-users (e.g. knowledge workers, scientists, or children) in both creating visualizations and analyzing data.
We have most recently developed and evaluated a novel method for visualizing the diversity and depth of a pool of objects. This work may apply not only in areas such as university admissions and team building/management but possibly to other areas of ‘design’ such as drug design, or investment portfolio design.
In forward looking research, I am generally interested in understanding how the everyday user is affected by the large amount of data available to them and how they can and do use this data to solve problems and inform decisions and behavior change in their everyday lives. I am particularly interested in the use of visual interaction methods to facilitate this process.
For example, it is becoming clear that sensor technology is going to play an important role in aging at home. Smart homes are being built to monitor elderly individuals, help them in their everyday tasks (activities of everyday life), and to provide feedback to their community of caregivers (care managers, physicians, and family) so that this community can make informed decisions regarding care and to simply put their minds at ease in the specific case of immediate family. Unfortunately, very little work has investigated the use of this vast amount of data to help elderly individuals take care of themselves. With the Center for Healthy Aging Research at OSU, I am currently investigating techniques to better support self awareness through technology. This work applies not only to aging, but to fitness and consumption behaviors as well.
While these are particular projects of interest to me, I am interested in exploring data visualizations in general with a focus on the everyday end-user. For more information, please visit my web page at http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/~metoyer.
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