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Dr. Cecilia R. Aragon Staff Scientist Computational Research Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2004; Advisor: Prof. Marti Hearst M.S., Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley B.S. with Honors, Mathematics, California Institute of Technology Research Interests (previous): theoretical computer science. Dr. Aragon's early work was in theoretical computer science. With Raimund Seidel, she developed treaps, binary search trees in which each node has both a key and a priority, and randomized search trees, which use random priorities in treaps to achieve good average-case performance. With Johnson, McGeoch, and Schevon, she conducted the first extensive evaluation of the simulated annealing algorithm in combinatorial optimization problems. Research Interests (current): human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, visualization and analytics, eye tracking. More recently, she has been working in computer supported cooperative work, human-computer interaction, and visualization and analytics with applications to scientific collaborations and large scientific data sets. She is interested in how collaborative tools can help scientists to develop insight. With Bailey, Poon, Runge, and Thomas, she developed Sunfall, a collaborative workflow management system for supernova astrophysics. She developed an airflow hazard indicator for helicopter pilots that increased their ability to land safely during simulated hazardous conditions. Publications: She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences in both computer science and astrophysics. As of April 2008, her publications have been cited over 1300 times (per Google Scholar). She has won many awards for her work, and she is the current chair of the IEEE Computer Society's Entrepreneur and Pioneer Awards committee. Service: Dr. Aragon is also active in supporting diversity in computing. She is a founding member of Latinas in Computing and a member of the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W). Contact InfoCecilia R. AragonComputational Research Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory One Cyclotron Road, MS 50F-1650 Berkeley, California 94720 (510) 486-4106 (tel) (510) 486-5812 (fax)  Projects and Groups: http://snfactory.lbl.gov http://acs.lbl.gov http://vis.lbl.gov NERSC Analytics |
