by athir | May 19, 2016 | Academic, Digital Design, Information Visualization, Online Identity, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
During the 2015 Fall semester, I was fortunate to be selected as one of 6 featured Illinois Institute of Technology faculty or students in the Lewis College Big Picture Magazine. The special section, called the “606-1-6,” is a pun on the University’s zip code, with...
by athir | Jan 8, 2016 | Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
On Friday, December 5, 2014, I braved myself in the bitter, Chicago cold and trekked out to the School of the Art Institute Chicago (SAIC) on Wabash. I don’t normally go out of my way to see an exhibit but this was an event I did not want to miss. SAIC faculty came...
by athir | Jan 3, 2016 | Academic, Conferences/Workshops, Information Visualization, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
On November 14, 2015, I had the honor of presenting a paper at the 2015 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities & Computer Science at the University of Chicago. My paper titled, CarrinaCongress: Information Visualization Techniques to Compare Online Identities of...
by athir | Apr 22, 2015 | Conferences/Workshops, Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Presentations, Research Methods, Technology, Uncategorized
After several flights to New York City were canceled from Chicago due to heavy east coast rain, I hopped in a rental car and made it to my Manhattan hotel over 13 hours after it all started. Exhausted? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. The first Workshops Are Beautiful event...
