Bo Fu, Boeing Endowed Professor & Associate Professor

Overview

The D² Lab stands for Data Semantics & Human Data Interaction, hence D² or Data². We strive to accelerate research in intelligent systems and facilitate human decision-making by developing novel semantic-oriented technologies and interactive data analytics. Our goal is to help people make sense of complex datasets, through data interactions in semantically meaningful ways to expose the path from data to information, to knowledge, and to wisdom in collective intelligence.

Open Positions

The D² Lab has openings every semester and welcomes applications from all who share interests in the aforementioned research area. In particular, applications from underrepresented student groups - including but are not limited to, women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and first-generation college students - are strongly encouraged. Strong programming and time management skills highly desired. To apply, email Dr. Fu with a cover letter explaining why you may be a good fit for the D² Lab and your unofficial transcript.

Projects

Interactive Visualization

Design, development, and evaluations of i) interactive visual representations of domain specific datasets, and ii) visual analytics to facilitate human decision-making.

Applied Eye Tracking

Applications of eye tracking in a wide range of domains centered on gaze analytics and usablity evaluation.

Evaluation Standards

Methodology innovation in evaluation techniques applied in interactive computing systems.

Research Students & Assistants

Justin Bui
Graduate Research Assistant

Christopher De Jong
Graduate Research Assistant

Nathaniel Fedida
Honors Research Assistant

Letizia Maukar
Honors Research Assistant

Logan Nieto
Graduate Research Assistant

Angelo Ryan Soriano
Honors Research Assistant, Recipient of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Alumni

Graduate Research Assistants

Sella Bae

Jimmy Chao, Recipient of the CECS Outstanding Thesis Award 2020

Nicholas Chow

Peter Gatsby

Arihant Jain, Thomas D. Jewett Research Award

Anh Huynh

Dennis Lo

Anthony Reyes

Daniel Tripp

Honors Research Assistants

Andrew Bae

Taylor Girard

Junie Icaro

Emily Marin

Katrina Orevillo, Recipient of the University Honors Program's Best Thesis Award 2023

Undergraduate Research Students

Allison Austin, UC Davis, Ph.D. Candidate

Kayla Chu

Max Garcia

Nicolas Guardado Guardado

Ashley Jones

Matthew Halderman

Alexandra McBride, NASA Langley Research Center, Raytheon Technologies

Drew Stiles