Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang
Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Director, Knowledge Visualization Lab
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
307D Information Sciences and Technology Building
Email:
lzhang@ist.psu.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., School of Information, University of Michigan, 2003
- M.E., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1994
- B.E., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1992
Biography:
Dr. Zhang’s research interests is in using advanced interactive technologies like multi-scale, virtual environments, and collaboration to improve the understanding of large information structures and the design of interactive tools to support visually-guided navigation in large information space. Currently, he is working on issues concerning multi-facet visualization of information structures and multi-scale navigation. At IST, Zhang teaches courses related to the organization of data. Previously, he has taught courses of research methods and collaborative information retrieval.