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Adam Perer

Research Scientist

Adam Perer joined the Visual Communications Lab in September 2010. Prior to joining the lab, he spent 2 years as a researcher at IBM Research's lab in Haifa, Israel. His research interests include information visualization, human-computer interaction, patterns of personal communication, and social networks.

Adam received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2008, where he was a member of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. His dissertation work focused on improving exploratory data analysis by integrating statistical algorithms and information visualizations. His SocialAction project has been instrumental for scientific discoveries, including medical research at the National Library of Medicine, counter-terrorism research at the Department of Homeland Security’s START center, and political analysis at US News & World Report.