Haim Levkowitz
Chair and Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Biography
Haim Levkowitz is the Chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, in Lowell, MA, USA, where he has been a Faculty member since 1989. He was a twice-recipient of a US Fulbright Scholar Award to Brazil (August – December 2012 and August 2004 – January 2005). He was a Visiting Professor at ICMC — Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas e de Computacao (The Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences)—at the University of Sao Paul, Sao Carlos – SP, Brazil (August 2004 - August 2005; August 2012 to August 2013). He co-founded and was Co-Director of the Institute for Visualization and Perception Research (through 2012), and is now Director of the Human-Information Interaction Research Group. He is a world renowned authority on visualization, perception, color, and their application in data mining and information retrieval. He is the author
of “Color Theory and Modeling for Computer Graphics, Visualization, and Multimedia Applications” (Springer 1997) and co-editor of “Perceptual Issues in Visualization” (Springer 1995), as well as many papers in these subjects. He is also co-author/co-editor of "Writing Scientific Papers in English Successfully: Your Complete Roadmap," (E. Schuster, H. Levkowitz, and O.N. Oliveira Jr., eds., Paperback: ISBN: 978-8588533974; Kindle: ISBN: 8588533979, available now on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Scientific-Papers-English-Successfully/dp/8588533979). He has more than 44 years experience teaching and lecturing, and has taught many tutorials and short courses, in addition to regular academic courses. In addition to his academic career, Professor Levkowitz has had an active entrepreneurial career as Founder or Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Scientific and Strategic Advisor, Director, and venture investor at a number of high-tech startups.
Abstract
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