Indie Lab
The Indie (Interactive Data and Immersive Environments) Lab is a research lab within the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) at the University of Florida. The Indie Lab engages in human-centered research of interactive visualizations. Our research focuses on the design and evaluation of applications and techniques that support effective interaction and understanding of data, information, and virtual environments. Research areas include human-computer interaction (HCI), human-centered artificial intelligence (HCAI), visual analytics, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D interaction, and trust in intelligent systems.
The Indie Lab includes undergraduate and graduate student researchers.
Faculty
Eric Ragan
Indie Lab Director
Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
University of Florida
Contact: eragan@ufl.edu
Student Researchers
Donald Honeycutt
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-centered AI; Applied machine learning; Visual analytics
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Amal Hashky
PhD student, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Human-centered AI; Data science; Human-computer interaction
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Benjamin Rheault
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; Visualization; Data science
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Ahmed Rageeb Ahsan
PhD student, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; Visualization; Data science
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Reza Shahriari
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Usable security; Human-centered AI; Data science
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William Coggins
PhD student, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Responsible AI; Algorithmic auditing; Human-computer interaction
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Jennifer "Ferby" Cremer
PhD student, Computer Sciences (Co-advised with chair Dr. Jorg Peters)
Research interests: Medical visualization; Graphics; Virtual reality
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Kyuseo Park
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Virtual Reality; Computational Geometry; Human-computer interaction
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Chidimma Anyi
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction; Human-centered AI
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Azim Ibragimov
PhD student, Computer Science
Research interests: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Privacy
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Philip Stefanowicz
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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AnnaRose Wheatle
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Alyssa Wang
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Eesh Sahay
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Ava Prator
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Shivani Chandrasekar
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Fernando Colimon
BS student, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-computer interaction
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Alumni: PhD Graduates
Shaghayegh "Shae" Esmaeili
PhD, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Information visualization; User experience design; Human-computer interaction
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Jeremy Block
PhD, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Visual analytics; Visual communication; Analytic provenance
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Brett Benda
PhD, Human-Centered Computing
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; Evaluation methodology; Human-computer interaction
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Mahsan Nourani
PhD, Computer Science
Research interests: Human-centered AI; Human-computer interaction; Visualization
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Sina Mohseni
PhD, Computer Science
Research interests: Machine learning; Human-centered AI; Human-computer interaction
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Alumni: Completed Theses
Mario Vishal Rampangu
MS, Computer Science (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Applied machine learning; AI in medicine
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Dustin Han
MS, Visualization (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Character animation; Virtual and augmented reality
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Alyssa Peña
MS, Visualization (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Data science; Information visualization; Virtual reality
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Shyam Prathish Sargunam
MS, Visualization (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; 3D interaction
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Suhail Mohamed
MS, Visualization (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; 3D interaction
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Qinghong Xu
MS, Visualization (MS Thesis)
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality; Animation; Virtual characters
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Sam Lonneman
BS, Computer Science (Undergraduate Thesis)
Research interests: Visualization; Virtual and augmented reality; Data science
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Marcos Vazquez
BS, Computer Science (Undergraduate Thesis)
Research interests: Applied machine learning; Human-computer interaction
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Travis Stebbins
BS, Computer Science (Undergraduate Thesis)
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality
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Kasra Rahimi
BS, Computer Science (Undergraduate Thesis)
Research interests: Virtual and augmented reality
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