Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Please see my research homepage.
My research concerns many different aspects of Information Visualisation and Visual Analytics. In other words, I am interested in visual interfaces for the exploration and communication of data. An area of key interest for me is network visualization, which I believe has a critical role to play in helping people to understand complex, interlinked data. Network visualisation is already widely used in disciplines like software engineering, biology and social network analysis; however, I believe it can play a greater role in many other areas of our lives if we can present complex information to people in an understandable and engaging way.
Much of my work has focused on the problem of finding high-quality layout for network diagrams. To create such diagrams automatically, we must compute positions for nodes and paths for links that are both readable and aesthetically pleasing. This computation is a significant optimisation challenge that tests the limits of current technologies. I am also interested in the development of novel representations of data and all aspects of interaction design for data exploration.
Another aspect of my research is the exploration of how we can effectively use emerging display technologies—such as large interactive surfaces and augmented and virtual reality—to help people perform data analysis. We are bringing data "out of computers and into the world around us". We call this research initiative Immersive Analytics.
Biography
I received my PhD on "Two and a Half Dimensional Visualisation of Relational Networks" from the University of Sydney in 2005. I was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Monash University from 2005 to 2008, then a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Research, USA in 2008-2009. From 2009 to 2012 I worked as a Senior Software Development Engineer with the Visual Studio product group at Microsoft, USA. A highlight of this period was shipping the Code Map software dependency visualisation tool with Visual Studio 2012. In late 2012 I returned to Monash University as a Larkins Fellow where I now lead the Immersive Analytics Lab.
Monash teaching commitment
Dr Tim Dwyer has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Jun 2005
Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science Honours, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 1 Mar 2001
Science, Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 1 Jul 1995
Network
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Building 4.0 CRC: Better buildings, new efficiencies through technology and collaboration
Aitchison, M., Ngo, T. D., Maxwell, D., Couper, R., Breen Lovett, S., Cumarasamy, S., Blue, K., Laverty, C., Gerber, P., Merkoulova, Y., Sohal, A., Dare, R., Moehler, R., Nicholson, A., Grundy, J., Garcia De La Banda, M., McCormack, J., Vu, L. H., Dwyer, T., Murray, S., Kulic, D., Bai, Y., Davies, C., Zhou, J., Duffield, C., Singh, P. J., Bridge, A., Erol, I., Drogemuller, R. & Mahendran, M.
10/09/20 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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IA for Immersive Visualisation of Medical Images - Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine - Human-in-the-Loop Analytics GRIP
Pooryousef, V., Dwyer, T., Cordeil, M., Bassed, R. & Pearson, R.
Victorian Insititute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) (Victoria)
30/10/19 → 30/10/22
Project: Research
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Immersive Analytics - Extension (Data61 CRP 31)
Marriott, K., Dwyer, T., Jenny, B., Cordeil, M., Engelke, U., Nguyen, H., Watkins, D., Chen, H. (. & Knight, K.
Project: Research
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Visualisation of Predicted Emergency Department Wait Times
Flynn, D., Dwyer, T., Hwang, I. & Potter, E.
1/03/21 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
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Understanding policy, media, and academic narratives around cycles of disadvantage in Australia
Faulkner, N., Dwyer, T., Smith, L., Bragge, P., Angus, S., Raschky, P., Buntine, W., Webb, G., Batstone, J. & Goodwin, S.
11/01/21 → 26/02/22
Project: Research
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Data as delight: eating data
Mueller, F. F., Dwyer, T., Goodwin, S., Marriott, K., Deng, J., Phan, H., Lin, J., Chen, K. T., Wang, Y. & Khot, R., 2021, CHI'21 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Bjorn, P. & Drucker, S. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 14 p. 621Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Data visceralization: enabling deeper understanding of data using Virtual Reality
Lee, B., Brown, D., Lee, B., Hurter, C., Drucker, S. & Dwyer, T., Feb 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 27, 2, p. 1095-1105 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Embodied navigation in immersive abstract data visualization: is overview+detail or zooming better for 3D scatterplots?
Yang, Y., Cordeil, M., Beyer, J., Dwyer, T., Marriott, K. & Pfister, H., Feb 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 27, 2, p. 1214-1224 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: Where to from here?
Walker, K., Dwyer, T. & Heaton, H. A., 2021, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 2 p., 211384.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
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Grand challenges in immersive analytics
Ens, B., Bach, B., Cordeil, M., Engelke, U., Serrano, M., Willett, W., Prouzeau, A., Anthes, C., Büschel, W., Dunne, C., Dwyer, T., Grubert, J., H Haga, J., Kirshenbaum, N., Kobayashi, D., Lin, T., Olaosebikan, M., Pointecker, F., Saffo, D., Saquib, N. & 4 others, , 2021, Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Bjørn, P. & Drucker, S. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 17 p. 459Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review
16 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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IEEE InfoVis 2015 best paper award
Kieffer, S. A. (Recipient), Dwyer, Tim (Recipient), Marriott, Kimbal (Recipient) & Wybrow, Michael (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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IEEE InfoVis Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
Yang, Y. (Recipient), Dwyer, Tim (Recipient), Goodwin, Sarah (Recipient) & Marriott, Kimbal (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 2 Patents
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Microsoft Corporation (United States) (External organisation)
Fabian O. Winternitz (Inventor), Kael R. Rowan (Inventor), Timothy G. Dwyer (Inventor) & Stuart Kent (Inventor)
2 Aug 2016Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Patents › Patent
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Microsoft Corporation (United States) (External organisation)
Timothy Dwyer (Inventor), Nathalie Henry Riche (Inventor), Bongshin Lee (Inventor) & Sheelagh Carpendale (Inventor)
9 Sep 2014Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Patents › Patent