VisWeek 2009 Conference Committee

General Chairs
Klaus Mueller (Vis), Stony Brook University
Raghu Machiraju (Vis), The Ohio State University
Chris North (InfoVis), Virginia Tech
Jörn Kohlhammer (VAST), Fraunhofer IGD
Richard May (VAST), PNNL/NVAC

VisWeek Executive Committee
Rachael Brady, Duke University
Robert Moorhead, Mississippi State University
John Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology
Daniel Keim, Universität Konstanz
Larry Rosenblum, National Science Foundation
David Ebert, Purdue University

Program Chairs
Rachael Brady (Vis), Duke University
Han-Wei Shen (Vis), The Ohio State University

Papers Chairs
Sheelagh Carpendale (InfoVis), University of Calgary
Jean-Daniel Fekete (InfoVis), INRIA
Hanspeter Pfister (Vis), Harvard University
Torsten Möller (Vis), Simon Fraser University
Kwan-Liu Ma (Vis), University of California, Davis
John Stasko (VAST), Georgia Institute of Technology
Jarke van Wijk (VAST), Eindhoven University of Technology

Posters/Interactive Demos Chairs
Frank van Ham (InfoVis), IBM Watson
Chris Weaver (InfoVis), University of Oklahoma
Jörg Meyer (Vis), University of California, Irvine
Alark Joshi (Vis), Yale University
Tobias Schreck (VAST), TU Darmstadt
Bill Pike (VAST), NVAC

Panels Chairs
Penny Rheingans (InfoVis), University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Russell Taylor (Vis), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Tutorials Chairs
Robert Kosara (InfoVis), University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Gerik Scheuermann (Vis), Universität Leipzig

Workshops Chairs
Lyn Bartram (InfoVis), Simon Fraser University
Lars Linsen (Vis), Jacobs University, Bremen

Publications Chair
Jeff Heer (InfoVis), Stanford University
Torsten Möller (Vis), Simon Fraser University

Publicity Chairs
Mike Sips (InfoVis), Max-Planck Center for Visual Computing
Lisa Avila (Vis), Kitware, Inc.
Dirk Bartz (Vis), Universität Leipzig

Contest/Challenge Chairs
Amit Chourasia (Vis), University of California, San Diego
Georges Grinstein (VAST), University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Catherine Plaisant (VAST), University of Maryland
Jean Scholtz (VAST), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark Whiting (VAST), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Discovery Exhibition Chairs
Jing Yang (InfoVis), University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Bongshin Lee (InfoVis), Microsoft Research
Petra Isenberg (InfoVis), University of Calgary

Exhibits Chairs
Ming Hao (InfoVis), Hewlett-Packard
Xavier Tricoche (Vis), Purdue University
Richard May (VAST), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Chairs
T.J. Jankun-Kelly (InfoVis), Mississippi State University
Ming Jiang (Vis), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Doctoral Colloquium Chairs
Melanie Tory (InfoVis), University of Victoria
Daniel Weiskopf (Vis), Universität Stuttgart
Georges Grinstein (Vis), University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Brian Fisher (VAST), Simon Fraser University

Best Paper Committee
Stuart Card (InfoVis), PARC
George Robertson (InfoVis), Microsoft Research
Colin Ware (InfoVis), University of New Hampshire

Webmaster
Steve Lamont (VisWeek), University of California, San Diego

Finance Chair
Loretta Auvil (VisWeek), University of Illinois
Gautam Chaudhary (Vis), University of California, Irvine

Student Volunteers Chairs
Maria Velez (Vis), Rutgers University
Joshua New (Vis), University of Tennessee
Carlos Scheidegger (Vis), University of Utah

Publication and Project Coordinator
Meghan Haley (VisWeek), VGTC

Graphic Design and Web Design
Melissa Kingman, www.elevationda.com
Twig Gallemore, www.elevationda.com

Local Arrangement Chair
Shakeera Thomas (VisWeek), Stony Brook University