Nurit Kirshenbaum Assistant Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Information and Computer Sciences department at the University of Hawaii. I work with Jason Leigh in the Laboratory for Advanced Visualizations and Applications and the newly created Hawaii Creativity and Technology (HiCat) lab.

  • nuritk [at] hawaii.edu
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Research Interests

Human Computer Interaction, Tangible User Interfaces, Mixed Media, Visualization, Tools for Creativity and Collaboration

Research

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Physicalization

Physicalizations - or Physical Visualizations - are a form of tangible interface where data is encoded in physical properties of the physicalization object. In LAVA we are particularly interested in use of augmented (via a projector) models of terrain used to illustarte geo-spatial data.

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SAGE3

SAGE3, the Smart Amplified Group Environment is a rethinking of the successful SAGE2 system for collaboration between scientist fit for modern work scenarios of hybrid co-located and online meetings, and equiped with an AI engine that makes it easier for scientist to access AI capabilities for their analysis work.

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PEPA deck

Often, tangible user interfaces use non-idiomatic forms of interaction. For this project, I was intersted in understanding such an interaction - bend gestures. I designed and developed interactive bendable game cards called PEPA (Paper-like Entertainment Platform Agents) and tried to understand if an application works well with bend gestures.

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Visualizations

Working with scientists from applied math and micro-biome research, in this project we tried to develop ways to visualize and stream in real-time the flight of a drone in an area of interest. The purpose of the project is to allow researchers in the lab to view current and past images from the area of interest and detect changes in colors or other factors that may indicate a need to collect micro-biome samples from specific sites.

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SAGE2

SAGE2 follows the successful SAGE software system that is used to drive ultra-high-resolution scalable display walls. The SAGE software enables its users (primarily researchers and engineers) to display, organize and manipulate large quantities of data in the form of visualizations to amplify collaborative sense-making.

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Set&Motion

Set&Motion was originally called ShowFlow. It was created for the Student Inovation Contest for UIST conference 2015, where the demo of the tool was presented along with the show *Zee's mystery*. The tool won the award for best Software innovation.

Teaching

ICS-664: Advanced Human-Computer Interaction

Course Description: This course will address advanced topics of design and evaluation in Human-Computer Interaction. We will combine topics about HCI research, User Centered Design, and Tangible User Interfaces.

ICS/DATA/ACM-484/ICS-684: Data Visualization

Course Description: In this class we will learn the fundamentals of creating visualizations from data, see examples of different types of visualizations, and practice creating visualizations. We will learn how to design a visualization system that is effective and conveys a story.

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Education

Institution Area Degree Start End
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Computer Science Ph.D. 2016 2021
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Computer Science M.Sc. 2014 2016
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT Interactive Media M.Sc. 2012 2014
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Math Associate Degree 2001 2004
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Electrical Engineering B.Sc. 1997 2001

Publications