Jeffrey Heer
Carnegie Mellon
Jeffrey Heer is a Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he conducts research on data visualization, data science, and human-computer interaction. The visualization tools developed by Jeff and his collaborators – including Vega(-Lite), D3.js, and Mosaic – are used by researchers, companies, and data enthusiasts around the world. His research papers have won awards at the premier venues in Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization, and he has received honors such as MIT Technology Review’s TR35, the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, the IEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award. Jeff holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, whom he then “betrayed” to join the Stanford CS faculty (2009–2013). He is also a co-founder of Trifacta (for scalable, interactive data transformation) and Ridge AI (for AI-powered embedded analytics and data agents).
