I am a research professor for information visualization at the Institute for Urban Futures of Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. My research and teaching center around novel visualizations in support of exploratory information practices in the context of cultural collections and urban transformations.
During my PhD research at the University of Calgary (2008-2012) in the InnoVis group and
Interactions Lab, I designed and evaluated interactive visualizations to support exploratory forms of information seeking.
As a postdoc in Culture Lab, Newcastle University (2012-2013) I worked on interactive visualizations of books and text documents.
Over the years, I have also had the chance to collaborate with researchers and engineers at
Google,
Microsoft Research,
IBM Research, and
Universidad de Chile.
Before doing my PhD, I studied Computational Visualistics at Universität Magdeburg, and have offered web solutions for more than ten years.
Contact me via email: doerk
fh-potsdam.de
Interests
- – Interfaces for complex information spaces
- – Exploratory information seeking
- – Visual access to archives and collections
- – Critical perspectives on visualization
- – Web-based interaction design
- – Urban mobility, participation, and activism
