Petra Isenberg
Research Director (DR2) at Inria
France
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Top SchoolPetra Isenberg is a research director at Inria Saclay and an information visualization and visual analytics expert with over a decade of experience studying how people collaboratively analyze large, complex datasets across novel display technologies. Her work spans academic leadership—managing projects, supervising graduate students, and teaching—with hands-on research into interaction, evaluation, and co-located collaboration on devices from tablets to large wall displays. Trained with a PhD from the University of Calgary and a background in computational visualistics, she blends rigorous experimental evaluation with practical system-building. Petra is noted for exploring not-obvious interaction dynamics in group analysis settings, translating empirical insights into improved visualization tools and techniques. Based in France, she is an active member of the HCI/visualization community who regularly presents and collaborates internationally.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Computational Visualistics, Diplom, Computational Visualistics at Otto-von-Guericke University MagdeburgDiploma, Diploma at Stephen Decatur HighshoolPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of CalgaryAbitur, Math, English (major), Abitur, Math, English (major) at Limes-Gymnasium Welzheim
English, German, FrenchProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pisenberg/ieeevis.org
Mar 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:17 pushes in 6 years 8 months
pisenberg/vispubdata
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 pushes in 8 months
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