Research

James Eagan
Assistant Professor
Télécom–ParisTech

46 rue Barrault
75013 Paris
France

VIA Project, INFRES Department

james.eagantelecom-paristechfr

Research

Modern software makes it much easier to readily access vast amounts of data, but it is still difficult to make sense of it all. My research focuses on empowering users to better manage this information by using information visualization techniques to help them make sense of the data, and through end-user programming to help them better take control of the software that acts as the guardian between the user and the data.

• multi-surface interaction on large datasets
• end-user programming and information awareness (The Buzz)
• information visualization (software, network, algorithm)

Teaching

While I was at Georgia Tech, I had the opportunity to teach several classes:

• CS7450 — Information Visualization [Fall 2008]
• Apple Technology Workshops [ Summer 08 ] [ Spring 08 ]

Publications

Journal Articles

• Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Stéphane Huot, Mathieu Nancel, Wendy Mackay, Emmanuel Pietriga, Romain Primet, Julie Wagner, Olivier Chapuis, Clément Pillias, James R. Eagan, Tony Gjerlufsen, and Clemens Klokmose. Multisurface Interaction in the WILD Room. IEEE Computer, April 2012, pp24–32. (to appear)

Conference Papers

• James R. Eagan, Wendy E. Mackay, and Michel Beaudouin-Lafon. Cracking the Cocoa Nut: User Interface Programming at Runtime. In UIST 2011: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 225–234, October 2011. (Notable Paper Award) [ pdf ]
• Tony Gjerlufsen, Clemens Klokmose, James Eagan, Clément Pillias, and Michel Beaudouin-Lafon. Shared Substance: Developing Flexible Multi-Surface Applications. In CHI 2011: Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing, pp. 3383–3392, May 2011. [ pdf ]
• Erika Shehan Poole, Christopher A. Le Dantec, James R. Eagan, and W. Keith Edwards. Reflecting on the Invisible: Understanding End-User Perceptions of Ubiquitous Computing. In UbiComp 2008: Proceedings of the international conference on ubiquitous computing, September 2008. [ pdf ]
• James R. Eagan and John T. Stasko. The Buzz: Supporting User Tailorability in Awareness Applications. In CHI 2008: Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing, April 2008, pp1729–1738. [ pdf ]
• Robert Amar, James Eagan, John Stasko. Low-Level Components of Analytic Activity in Information Visualization. In InfoVis 2005, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, October 2005, pp111–117. [ pdf ]
• Pak Chung Wong, Patrick Mackey, Ken Perrine, James Eagan, Harlan Foote, and Jim Thomas. Dynamic Visualization of Graphs with Extended Labels. In InfoVis 2005, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, October 2005, pp73–80. [ pdf ]
• James Eagan, Mary Jean Harrold, James A. Jones, and John Stasko. Visually Encoding Program Test Information to Find Faults in Software (Tech Note). In InfoVis 2001, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, October 2001, pp33–36. [ pdf ]
• Thomas Naps, James Eagan, and Laura Norton. JHAVÉ -- An Environment to Actively Engage Students in Web-based Algorithm Visualizations. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, March 2000, pp109–113. [ pdf ]

Conference Posters

• James Eagan, John Stasko, and Ellen Zegura. Interacting with Transit-Stub Networks. In InfoVis 2003, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, October 2003. [ pdf ]

Workshop Papers and Doctoral Consortia

• James R. Eagan and John T. Stasko. The Buzz: Flexible Information Aggregation and Presentation for End Users. In CHI 2007 Workshop on Supporting Non-Professional Users in the New Media Landscape, April 2007. [ pdf ]
• James R. Eagan. Designing Interfaces to Enrich Personalization. In DIS 2006, Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, June 2006. [ pdf ]
• Ken Calvert, James Eagan, Sashi Merugu, Aditya Namjoshi, John Stasko, and Ellen Zegura. Extending and Enhancing GT-ITM. In MoMeTools: Workshop on Models, Methods, and Tools for Reproducible Network Research, August 2003. [ abstract ] [ pdf ]

Tech Reports

• James Eagan, Mary Jean Harrold, James A. Jones, and John Stasko. Visually Encoding Program Test Information to Find Faults in Software. GVU Technical Report GIT-GVU-01-09, June 2001. [ abstract ] [ pdf ]

Dissertation

• James R. Eagan. The Buzz: Supporting Extensively Customizable Information Awareness Applications. Ph.D. Dissertation, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2008. [ pdf ]