John Stasko
| John Stasko | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 28, 1961 Miami, FL, USA |
| Residence | Marietta, Georgia, USA |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
information visualization, Visual analytics, Human-computer interaction |
| Institutions |
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Interactive Computing, GVU Center |
| Alma mater |
Brown University, Bucknell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Steve Reiss |
| Doctoral students | W. Keith Edwards |
| Known for |
Algorithm animation, software visualization, information visualization, visual analytics |
John Thomas Stasko III (born August 28, 1961) is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Tech, where he joined the faculty in 1989. He also is one of the founding members of the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center there. Stasko is best known for his extensive research in information visualization and visual analytics, including his earlier work in software visualization and algorithm animation.
John Stasko was born on August 28, 1961 in Miami, Florida. As a youngster, he lived in Pennsylvania (Lancaster and Reading) and south Florida (Miami, Boca Raton, and Deerfield Beach). Stasko attended Bucknell University and graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1983. He went directly to graduate school and earned an Sc.M. and Ph.D. in Computer Science at Brown University in 1985 and 1989, respectively. His doctoral thesis, "TANGO: A Framework and System for Algorithm Animation," is a highly cited project in the area of Software Visualization. Stasko joined the faculty of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech in 1989. He and his wife Christine have three children, John IV (Tommy), Mitchell, and Audrey. Stasko is an avid golfer and was winner of the 1996 Bobby Jones Memorial Tournament at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
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