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Cecilia R. Aragon Director, Scientific Collaboration and Creativity Lab Associate Professor, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington 407A Sieg Hall, Box 352315 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-2567 (tel) (206) 543-8858 (fax)   Research Interests Human-Computer Interaction Computer-Supported Cooperative Work for Scientific Collaborations Collaborative Creativity Visual Analytics Affect Analysis in Text Games for Good eScience Usability and Sustainability   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   Awards and Honors Distinguished Alumni Award, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2013 HCDE Faculty Innovator in Teaching and Learning Award, University of Washington, 2013 Best Paper Award, IEEE/IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, 2012 Top 25 Women of the Year, Hispanic Business Magazine, 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2008 Best Paper Award Nominee, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2008 Best Poster Award, IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, 2007 Most Highly Rated Presentation, Grace Hopper Conference, 2007 Best Application Paper Award, 5th International Conference of Machine Learning Applications, 2006 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Spot Awards, multiple years Best Student Paper Award, 23rd IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2004 Eugene L. Lawler Award, 2004 U.S. patent pending for video image stabilization system (UnshakerTM) NASA Space Act Award (twice) Bell Laboratories Graduate Fellowship National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (declined) Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society United States Aerobatic Team (twice)   Employment 2010 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 2005 - 2011: Staff Scientist, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California. Research in visualization, analytics, and human-computer interaction with applications to scientific collaborations and large scientific data sets, including supernova image data and other astrophysics data. Software group lead and architect, Sunfall project for the Nearby Supernova Factory, Deep Sky, and PDG Workspace for the Particle Data Group. 1996 - 2005: Computer Scientist, Computational Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. (1996 - 2000: employed by Caelum Research Corp.) Research in human-computer interaction and information and scientific visualization with applications to aerospace. Group lead, Domain Exploration for the Information Design project. Data visualization, 2D/3D graphics and user interface software design and implementation for remote access and scientific collaboration software over very large heterogeneous databases of aeronautical and aerospace data. 1987 - 1996: Software Consultant, Aragon Consulting, Berkeley, California. Software development in 2D and 3D graphics, user interface design, image processing and aerodynamic modeling. 1991 - 1994: Founder and CEO, Top Flight Aviation, Inc., Livermore, California. Founded professional aerobatic flight school. Managed staff of 24, developed aviation curriculum and provided flight instruction at all levels, supervised design and building of aircraft, test flew completed aircraft, performed at airshows and competitions in the U.S. and Europe.   Selected Publications Refereed Conference Publications (Full Papers) "Statistical Affect Detection in Collaborative Chat," Michael Brooks, Katie Kuksenok, Megan Torkildson, Daniel Perry, John Robinson, Paul Harris, Ona Anicello, Taylor Scott, Ariana Zukowski, Cecilia Aragon. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW '13, San Antonio, TX (2013) "Adapting Grounded Theory to Construct a Taxonomy of Affect in Collaborative Online Chat," Taylor J. Scott, Katie Kuksenok, Daniel Perry, Michael Brooks, Ona Anicello, Cecilia Aragon. Proceedings of ACM SIGDOC '12, Seattle, WA (2012) "Biometric Authentication via Oculomotor Plant Characteristics" Oleg Komogortsev, Alex Karpov, Larry Price, Cecilia Aragon, IEEE/IAPR International Conference on Biometrics (2012), pp. 1-8. Best Paper Award [15% acceptance rate] "Collaborative Creativity: A Complex Systems Model with Distributed Affect," Cecilia R. Aragon and Alison Williams, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '11 (2011). "No Sense of Distance: Improving Cross-Cultural Communication with Context-Linked Software Tools," Cecilia R. Aragon and Sarah S. Poon, iConference (2011). "How People Actually Use Thermostats," A. Meier, C. Aragon, B. Hurwitz, D. Mujumdar, T. Peffer, D. Perry, M. Pritoni, Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Conference, ACEEE (2010). "On the Verification and Validation of Geospatial Image Analysis Algorithms", Randy Roberts, Timothy Trucano, Paul Pope, Cecilia Aragon, Ming Jiang, Thomas Wei, Lawrence Chilton, Alan Bakel. July 2010. Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS (2010). "A Tale of Two Online Communities: Fostering Collaboration and Creativity in Scientists and Children" (PDF), C. Aragon, S. Poon, A. Monroy-Hernandez, D. Aragon, ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Berkeley, CA (2009). [23% acceptance rate] "Workflow Management for High Volume Supernova Search," Cecilia R. Aragon and Karl J. Runge, ACM SAC 2009: ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (2009). [29% acceptance rate] "Context-Linked Virtual Assistants for Distributed Teams: An Astrophysics Case Study" (PDF), Sarah S. Poon, Rollin C. Thomas, Cecilia R. Aragon, Brian Lee, CSCW 2008: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, San Diego, CA (2008). Best Paper Award Nominee. [27% acceptance rate; top 4% of submissions nominated for best paper award] "Using Visual Analytics to Maintain Situational Awareness in Astrophysics" (PDF), Cecilia Aragon, Sarah Poon, Gregory Aldering, Rollin Thomas, Robert Quimby, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST), Columbus, OH (2008). LBNL-658E. [34% acceptance rate; invited to a special issue of the Journal of Information Visualization] "A Fast Contour Descriptor Algorithm for Supernova Image Classification," C. Aragon and D. Aragon, LBNL-61182, SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Real-Time Image Processing, San Jose, CA (2007). [38% acceptance rate] "Supernova Recognition using Support Vector Machines," R. Romano, C. Aragon, and C. Ding, LBNL-61192, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Machine Learning Applications, Orlando, FL (2006). Winner of Best Application Paper Award. [23% acceptance rate] "Improving Aviation Safety with Information Visualization: A Flight Simulation Study," C. Aragon and M. Hearst, CHI 2005: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Portland, OR (2005). [25% acceptance rate] "Airflow Hazard Visualization for Helicopter Pilots: Flight Simulation Study Results," C. Aragon and K. Long, American Helicopter Society 61st Annual Forum, Grapevine, TX (2005). "Using Visualization in Cockpit Decision Support Systems," C. Aragon, IEEE SMC 2005: Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (2005). [59% acceptance rate] "Usability Evaluation of a Flight-Deck Airflow Hazard Visualization System," C. Aragon, 23rd IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (2004). Winner of Best Student Paper Award. "A Prototype Flight-Deck Airflow Hazard Visualization System," C. Aragon, SAE World Aviation Congress, Reno, NV (2004). "Prediction of aerodynamic coefficients for wind tunnel data using a genetic algorithm optimized neural network," T. Rajkumar, C. Aragon, J. Bardina, and R. Britten, Data Mining III, Third International Conference on Data Mining, A. Zanasi, C. Brebbia, N. Ebecken, and P. Melli, eds. (2002) 473-485. "Experimental and Computational Data Analysis in CHARLES and DARWIN," D. Korsmeyer, J. Walton, C. Aragon, A. Shaykevich, L. Chan, ISCA-97, 13th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (1998). "A Unified Approach to Building Accelerator Simulation Software for the SSC," V. Paxson, C. Aragon, S. Peggs, C. Saltmarsh, L. Schachinger, Proc. 1989 IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference (1989). "Randomized Search Trees," C. Aragon and R. Seidel, Proc. 30th IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (1989), 540-546. [one of 2 top theory conferences with historical acceptance rates of 22-33%] Refereed Journal Publications "Standardizing Type Ia Supernova Absolute Magnitudes Using Gaussian Process Data Regression," A. G. Kim, R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, C. Buton, A. Canto, F. Cellier-Holzem, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, H. K. Fakhouri, E. Gangler, J. Guy, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski, J. Nordin, P. Nugent, K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pécontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, K. Runge, C. Saunders, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, C. Tao, B. A. Weaver, C. Wu; http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1302.2925; Astrophysical Journal, 47 pages (2013). "Atmospheric extinction properties above Mauna Kea from the Nearby Supernova Factory spectro-photometric data set," C. Buton, Y. Copin, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, A. Canto, F. Cellier-Holzem, M. Childress, N. Chotard, H. K. Fakhouri, E. Gangler, J. Guy, E. Y. Hsiao, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski, S. Loken, P. Nugent K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pécontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, B. A. Weaver, C. Wu; http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1210.2619; 22 pages (2012). "A Search for New Candidate Super-Chandrasekhar-mass Type Ia Supernovae in the Nearby Supernova Data Set," R. Scalzo, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, C. Baltay, S. Bailey, S. Bongard, C. Buton, A. Canto, F. Cellier-Holzem, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, H. Fakhouri, E. Gangler, J. Guy, E. Hsaio, M. Kerschhaggi, M. Kowalski, P. Nugent, K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, K. Runge, G. Smadja, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, B. A. Weaver, C. Wu, Astrophysical Journal, 757 (12), http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/757/1/12 (2012). "Facilitating energy savings with programmable thermostats: evaluation and guidelines for the thermostat user interface." (PDF) Peffer, T., Pritoni, M., Perry, D., Aragon, C. & Meier, A. Ergonomics, DOI:10.1080/00140139.2012.718370 (2012). "How people use thermostats in homes: A review." Peffer, T., Pritoni, M., Meier, A.K., Aragon, C. & Perry, D. Building and Environment, 46 (12), 2529-2541 (2011). "Making energy savings easier: Usability metrics for thermostats" (PDF), Perry, D., Aragon, C., Meier, A., Peffer, T. & Pritoni, M. Journal of Usability Studies, 6 (4), 226-244 (2011). "Usability of residential thermostats: Preliminary investigations." Meier, A., Aragon, C., Peffer, T., Perry, D., Pritoni, M. Building and Environment, doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.03.009 (2011). "Type Ia Supernova Carbon Footprints," R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, C. Buton, A. Canto, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, H. K. Fakhouri, E. Gangler, E. Y. Hsiao, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski, S. Loken, P. Nugent, K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, D. Rubin, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, C. Tao, B. A. Weaver, C. Wu; Astrophys.J. 743:27 http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1109.1312 (2011). "The reddening law of type Ia supernovae: separating intrinsic variability from dust using equivalent widths," Chotard, N.; Gangler, E.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Canto, A.; Childress, M.; Copin, Y.; Fakhouri, H. K.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Kerschhaggl, M.; Kowalski, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Paech, K.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Weaver, B. A.; Wu, C., Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 529, id.L4 http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1103.5300 (2011). "Keck Observations of the Young Metal-poor Host Galaxy of the Super-Chandrasekhar-mass Type Ia Supernova SN 2007if," Childress, M.; Aldering, G.; Aragon, C.; Antilogus, P.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Canto, A.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Fakhouri, H. K.; Gangler, E.; Kerschhaggl, M.; Kowalski, M.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Paech, K.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Thomas, R. C.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Weaver, B. A.; Wu, C., The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 733, Issue 1, article id 3 http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1103.2324 (2011). "Cosmology with the Nearby Supernova Factory," Kerschhaggl, M.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Canto, A.; Childress, M.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Fakhouri, H. K.; Gangler, E.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Kowalski, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Paech, K.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Wu, C., Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Volume 66, Issue 2, p. 335-339 (2011). "Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2007if: First Total Mass Measurement of a Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass Progenitor," R. Scalzo, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, C. Baltay, S. Bailey, S. Bongard, C. Buton, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, S. Loken, P. Nugent, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, G. Rigaudier, K. Runge, G. Smadja, H. Swift, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, C. Wu, Astrophysical Journal, http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2217 (2010). "Using Visual Analytics to Develop Situation Awareness in Astrophysics", Cecilia Aragon, Sarah Poon, Gregory Aldering, Rollin Thomas, Robert Quimby, J. Information Visualization, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 30-41 (2009). "Using Spectral Flux Ratios to Standardize SN Ia Luminosities," S. Bailey, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, C. Baltay, S. Bongard, C. Buton, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, S. Loken, P. Nugent, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, G. Rigaudier, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, H. Swift, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, C. Wu, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0340v2 (2009). "Sunfall: A Collaborative Visual Analytics System for Astrophysics" (PDF), C. Aragon, S. Bailey, S. Poon, K. Runge, R. Thomas, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 125 012091, (2008). LBNL-657E. "Object classification at the Nearby Supernova Factory"   (PDF), S. Bailey, C. Aragon, R. Romano, R. C. Thomas, B. A. Weaver and D. Wong, Astronomische Nachrichten Vol. 329, Issue 3, pp. 292-294 (2008). LBNL-696E. "How to Find More Supernovae with Less Work: Object Classification Techniques for Difference Imaging," S. Bailey, C. Aragon, R. Romano, R. C. Thomas, B. A. Weaver and D. Wong, LBNL-62659, Astrophysical Journal 665:1246T (2007). "Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2006D: On Sporadic Carbon Signatures in Early Type Ia Supernova Spectra," The Nearby Supernova Factory: R. C. Thomas, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Aragon, S. Bailey, C. Baltay, E. Baron, A. Bauer, C. Buton, S. Bongard, Y. Copin, E. Gangler, S. Gilles, R. Kessler, S. Loken, P. Nugent, R. Pain, J. Parrent, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, G. Rigaudier, K. Runge, R. Scalzo, G. Smadja, L. Wang, B. A. Weaver, LBNL-61745, Astrophysical Journal 654:L53-L56 (2007). "Randomized Search Trees," R. Seidel and C. Aragon, Algorithmica 16 (1996) 464-497. "Optimization by Simulated Annealing: An Experimental Evaluation; Part II, Graph Coloring and Number Partitioning," D. S. Johnson, C. R. Aragon, L. A. McGeoch and C. Schevon, Operations Research, 39:3 (1991), 378-406. "Optimization by Simulated Annealing: An Experimental Evaluation; Part I, Graph Partitioning," D. S. Johnson, C. R. Aragon, L. A. McGeoch and C. Schevon, Operations Research, 37:6 (1989), 865-892. Refereed Book Chapters "Collaborative analytics for astrophysics exploration," Cecilia R. Aragon, Handbook of Automation, Shimon Y. Nof (ed.), Springer-Verlag (2009). "The impact of usability on large science projects," Cecilia R. Aragon and Sarah S. Poon, Usability and User-Centered Design in Software Development: Case Studies and Real Life Applications, Ann Blandford, Timo Jokela, Tobias Uldall-Espersen, and Erik Frřkjćr (eds.), IGI Global, in press (2009). Refereed Short Papers and Posters "Developing Collaborative Gaming for Bioinformatics Education." Perry, D., Aragon, C, Chowning, J., Cruz, S., Glanz, B. and Peters, M. 1st Conference of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, XSEDE '12, poster, Chicago, Illinois, USA (2012). "Measuring Distributed Affect in Collaborative Games," D. Perry, C. Aragon, CSCW 2012 Posters. "VizDeck: Self-Organizing Dashboards for Visual Analytics," A. Key, B. Howe, D. Perry, C. Aragon, SIGMOD 2012 Demos. [42% acceptance rate] "VizDeck: A Card Game Metaphor for Fast Visual Data Exploration," D. Perry, A. Key, B. Howe, C. Aragon, CHI 2012 Works-in-Progress, Austin, TX (2012). [48% acceptance rate] "Gaze Prints: User Centered Design and Evaluation of an Eye Movement-based Biometric Authentication System," M. Brooks, C. Aragon, O. Komogortsev, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (2011). "Quantifying Usability in Programmable Thermostats," A. Meier, C. Aragon, T. Peffer, D. Perry, M. Pritoni, Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference, Sacramento, CA (Nov. 2010). "Geospatial Validation Assessment," Cecilia Aragon, Allen Bakel, Lawrence Chilton, Ming Jiang, Paul Pope, Randy Roberts, Tim Trucano, Tom Wei. Poster for NA-22 Simulations, Algorithms, and Modeling Program Review, Brookhaven, NY (2010). "Biometric Identification via an Oculomotor Plant Mathematical Model," O. Komogortsev, S. Jayarathna, C. Aragon, M. Mahmoud. Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA), Austin, TX (2010). Oculomotor Plant Biometrics: Person-Specific Features in Eye Movements," S. Jayarathna, O. Komogortsev, C. Aragon, M. Mahmoud. Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference, Houston, TX (2009). "Automated Analysis for Detecting Beams in Laser Wakefield Simulations," Daniela Ushizima, Oliver Ruebel, Prabhat, Gunther Weber, E. Wes Bethel, Cecilia Aragon, Cameron Geddes, Estelle Cormier-Michel, Bernd Hamann, Peter Messmer, Hans Hagen. Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, Proceedings of IEEE ICMLA'08, 2008. LBNL-960E. [50% acceptance rate] "Sunfall: A Collaborative Visual Analytics System for Astrophysics," C. Aragon, S. Bailey, S. Poon, K. Runge, R. Thomas, IEEE VAST poster, Sacramento, CA (2007) (2-page abstract). LBNL-657E. Winner of Best Poster Award. [42% acceptance rate] Refereed Workshop Publications "Automating Large-Scale Annotation for Analysis of Social Media Content," Katie Kuksenok, Michael Brooks, John J. Robinson, Daniel Perry, Megan K. Torkildson, Cecilia Aragon, Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics, VisWeek 2012, Seattle, WA (2012). "Supporting Data-Intensive Collaboration via Campus eScience Centers," Bill Howe, Cecilia Aragon, David Beck, Jeffrey P. Gardner, Ed Lazowska, Tanya McEwen, CSCW 2012 Workshop on Data-Intensive Collaboration in Science and Engineering, Seattle, WA (2012). "No Sense of Distance: Improving Cross-Cultural Communication with Context-Linked Software Tools," Cecilia R. Aragon, Sarah S. Poon, Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaborations Workshop, CSCW 2010: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Savannah, GA (2010). "Context-Linked Intelligent User Interfaces," Sarah S. Poon, Rollin C. Thomas, Cecilia R. Aragon, Brian Lee, Workshop on Human Interaction with Intelligent and Networked Systems, IUI 2009: International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Sanibel Island, FL (2009). "Designing Scientific Workflow Management Systems for Data-Intensive Astrophysics Projects", Cecilia R. Aragon and Sarah S. Poon, Designing Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science Workshop, CSCW 2008: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, San Diego, CA (2008). "Towards Virtual Radical Collocation in Science Projects", Sarah S. Poon and Cecilia R. Aragon, Supporting Distributed Team Work Workshop, CSCW 2008: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, San Diego, CA (2008) "The Impact of Usability on Supernova Discovery," C. Aragon and S. Poon, LBNL-62380, Workshop on Increasing the Impact of Usability Work in Software Development, CHI 2007: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, CA (2007). Dissertation and Refereed Doctoral Consortia "Improving Aviation Safety with Information Visualization: Airflow Hazard Display for Helicopter Pilots," C. Aragon, University of California, Berkeley, Computer Science Ph.D. Dissertation (2004). "Data Visualization of Invisible Airflow Hazards During Helicopter Landing Operations," C. Aragon, Grace Hopper Conference, Chicago, IL (2004). Technical Reports "How people actually use thermostats." Meier, A., Aragon, C., Peffer, T., Pritoni, M. Berkeley, California: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2010). "Thermostat interface and usability: a survey." Meier, A., Aragon, C., Peffer, T., Pritoni, M. Berkeley, California: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2010). "Biometric Identification via an Oculomotor Plant Mathematical Model," O. Komogortsev, S. Jayarathna, C. Aragon, M. Mahmoud. Texas State University Technical Report TXSTATE-CS-TR-2009-17 (2009). Other Publications "Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory," Childress, M.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Periera, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "Multi-Wavelength, Multi-Epoch Integral Field Spectrograph Extraction for the Nearby Supernova Factory," Bongard, S.; Thiebaut, E.; Pecontal, E.; Rigaudier, G.; Soulez, F.; Buton, C.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Antilogus, P.; Bailey, S.; Pain, R.; Pereira, R.; Ripoche, P.; Wu, C.; Aldering, G.; Aragon, C.; Childress, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Perlmutter, S.; Runge, K.; Swift, H.; Thomas, R. C.; Baltay, C.; Jerke, J.; Rabinowitz, D.; Scalzo, R., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "Flux Calibration and Extinction Properties from the Nearby Supernova Factory," Buton, C.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Childress, M.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinovitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "Classical Type Ia Spectral Indicators from the Nearby Supernova Factory," Chotard, N.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "Direct Analysis of Type Ia Supernovae Observed by The Nearby Supernova Factory," Thomas, R.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "The Power of Spectrophotometry: K-correction-free Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the Nearby Supernova Factory," Pereira, R.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #489.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "SNe Ia From The Nearby Supernova Factory: The Reign Of The Normals And The Revolution Of The Rare," Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Rabinowitz, D.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #338.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "Generalized Spectral Correlations of Type Ia Supernovae from the Nearby Supernova Factory," Bailey, S.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Chotard, N.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R.; Wu, C., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #321.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41 (2009). "The Nearby Supernova Factory: First Results," Copin, Y.; Aldering, G.; Antilogus, P.; Aragon, C.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Bongard, S.; Buton, C.; Childress, M.; Gangler, É.; Jerke, J.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pécontal, É.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinovitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Ripoche, P.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Smadja, G.; Swift, H.; Tao, C.; Thomas, R. C.; Wu, C., EAS Publications Series, Volume 36, 2009, pp.11-15 (2009). "Seeing the Unseeable," E. Wes Bethel, Chris Johnson, Charles Hansen, Claudio Silva, Steven Parker, Allen Sanderson, Lee Myers, Martin Cole, Xavier Tricoche, Sean Ahern, George Ostrouchov, Dave Pugmire, Jamison Daniel, Jeremy Meredith, Valerio Pascucci, Hank Childs, Peer-Timo Bremer, Ajith Mascarenhas, Ken Joy, Bernd Hamann, Christoph Garth, Cecilia Aragon, Gunther Weber, and Prabhat. SciDAC Review, Number 8, pp. 24-33. LBNL-472E. Summer 2008. "DOE SciDAC Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies," E. Wes Bethel, C.R. Johnson, C. Aragon, Prabhat, O. Rübel, G.Weber, V. Pascucci, H. Childs, P.-T. Bremer, A. Mascarenhas, B. Whitlock, S. Ahern, J. Meredith, G. Ostrouchov, K. Joy, B. Hamann, C. Garth, M. Cole, C. Hansen, S. Parker, A. Sanderson, C.T. Silva, and X. Tricoche. In 2008 DOE ASCR CS PI Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, April 2008. LBNL-63701. "Data Taking in a Virtual Control Room: the SNfactory Example," Antilogus, P.; Thomas, R. C.; Aldering, G.; Aragon, C.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Hornero, E.; Pecontal, A.; Poon, S.; Runge, K.; Scalzo, R.; Bailey, S.; Baltay, C.; Buton, C.; Bongard, S.; Childress, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Pain, R.; Pecontal, E.; Pereira, R.; Perlmutter, S.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rigaudier, G.; Smadja, G.; Tao, C.; Wu, C. Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II. Edited by Brissenden, Roger J.; Silva, David R. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7016, pp. 70161L-70161L-12 (2008). "The Nearby Supernova Factory: toward a high-precision spectro-photometry"   (PDF), Copin, Y.; Buton, C.; Gangler, E.; Smadja, G.; Pecontal, E.; Rigaudier, G.; Antilogus, P.; Bailey, S.; Pain, R.; Pereira, R.; Wu, C.; Aldering, G.; Aragon, C.; Bongard, S.; Childress, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Perlmutter, S.; Runge, K.; Thomas, R. C.; Weaver, B. A.; Baltay, C.; Bauer, A.; Rabinowitz, D.; Scalzo, R. Proc. of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Grenoble, France (July 2007). "The Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph: keys to high-precision spectro-photometry"   (PDF), Buton, C.; Copin, Y.; Gangler, E.; Smadja, G.; Pecontal, E.; Rigaudier, G.; Antilogus, P.; Bailey, S.; Pain, R.; Pereira, R.; Wu, C.; Aldering, G.; Aragon, C.; Bongard, S.; Childress, M.; Loken, S.; Nugent, P.; Perlmutter, S.; Runge, K.; Thomas, R. C.; Weaver, B. A.; Baltay, C.; Bauer, A.; Rabinowitz, D.; Scalzo, R. Proc. of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Grenoble, France (July 2007). "DOE's SciDAC Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies - Strategy for Petascale Visual Data Analysis Success," Bethel, E. W., Johnson, C., Aragon, C., Prabhat, Ruebel, O., Weber, G., Pascucci, V., Childs, H., Bremer, P.-T., Whitlock, B., Ahern, S., Meredith, J., Ostrouchov, G., Joy, K., Hamann, B., Garth, C., Cole, M., Hansen, C., Parker, S., Sanderson, A., Silva, C., Tricoche, X. CTWatch Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 4, November 2007. List of all astrophysics publications from ADS, the Astrophysics Data System.   Teaching Winter 2013:   HCDE 411, Information Visualization Winter 2013:   HCDE 496/596, Emotion in Text Communication Winter 2013:   HCDE 496/596, Games for Good Autumn 2012:   HCDE 496/596, Emotion in Text Communication Autumn 2012:   HCDE 496/596, Games for Good Spring 2012:   HCDE 511, Information Visualization Spring 2012:   HCDE 496/596, Emotion in Text Communication Winter 2012:   HCDE 511, Information Visualization Winter 2012:   HCDE 496/596, Emotion in Text Communication Autumn 2011:   HCDE 496/596, Emotion in Text Communication Spring 2010: Information Visualization and Presentation, I247 (graduate course), School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. Sept. 2007 - June 2008: Instructor, 8th Grade Honors Algebra, Berkeley, CA. Spring 2006: Co-Instructor, Industrial Design and Human Factors, IEOR 170 (upper division engineering course with enrollment of 60 juniors and seniors), University of California, Berkeley. Certificated Flight Instructor, Oakland, Livermore, and Tracy Airports, over 2400 hours of flight instruction given, over 3000 hours of ground instruction given, 1987 - 2008. Teaching Assistant, Computer Graphics, CS 284 (graduate computer science course), University of California, Berkeley, 1984. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Computer Science, CS 1 (freshman introductory computer programming course), University of California, Berkeley, 1983.   Students PhD Students: Michael Brooks (2010- ) Daniel Perry (2011- ) Taylor Scott (2011- ) Katie Kuksenok (2012- ) PhD Committee for: Jonathan Morgan (2011- ) Rahul Garg (2012) Melissa Clarkson (2011- ) Kathleen Tuite (2012- ) Alex Jaffe (2012- ) Alex Thayer (2012) Research Lab members: Michael Brooks (2010- ) Daniel Perry (2011- ) Taylor Scott (2011- ) Katie Kuksenok (2011- ) Ona Anicello (2011-12) John Robinson (2011- ) Andrew Berry (2012- ) Ray Hong (2012- ) Sean Mitchell (2012- ) Megan Torkildson (2012- ) Dian Hartono (2012- ) Summer and academic year student research interns at LBNL (2005-2011): Daniel Perry Ukwatta Jayarathna Jacob Andreas Wayne Ryan Elena Caraba Sarah Poon Adarsh Uppula Daniel Wong   Program Service and Outreach Workshop organizer (with S. Poon and C. Silva), The Changing Face of Digital Science: New Practices in Scientific Collaborations, CHI 09, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009. Chair, IEEE Computer Society Entrepreneur and Pioneer Awards Committee, 2008-present. Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W), board member, 2008-present. Latinas in Computing, founding member, 2007-present. Program committee member: IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP), 2008-present. Paper reviewer: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), IEEE Visualization (Vis), IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis), IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), Conference on Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP), ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C), 2005-present. Proposal reviewer: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (DOE ASCR), U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE), NWO Free Competition (European computer science funding agency), National Science Foundation, 2005-present. LBNL Women in Science Council, founding member. Objectives include: recruitment, retention, and development of women scientists throughout the Lab, 2008-present. LBNL Computing Sciences Diversity Working Group, founding member. Objectives include: increase diversity in the two computing divisions, perform outreach and increase the Lab's and Directorate's visibility as a workplace committed to diversity, 2008-present. LBNL Computing Sciences Mentoring Program, steering committee member. Objectives include: establishment of formal staff mentoring program in computing sciences, ongoing management and evaluation. 2009-present. LBNL Alvarez Fellowship Selection Committee, member. Screening, interviewing, ranking and selection of candidates for highly competitive postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Research Division. 2008-2009. MentorNet mentor. E-mail mentoring of computing graduate students. 2008-present. Technical Advisory Board for Environmental and Spatial Technology team at Eureka Springs High School, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, board member. Duties include: advising high school students on computer science and robotics projects. 2006-present. Volunteer speaker at numerous programs supporting diversity in computer science, including: Women in College of Engineering Leadership Retreat, Fresno State University; Berkeley Edge Program; Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions; Supercomputing Broader Engagement; Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology; Expanding Your Horizons, UC Berkeley Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research (SUPERB), 1996-present. President of WICSE (Women in Computer Science and Engineering - UC Berkeley EECS Department Ph.D. student group), 1987 and 2004.   Contact Info Cecilia R. Aragon Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington 407A Sieg Hall, Box 352315 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-2567 (tel) (206) 543-8858 (fax) Affiliations and Projects: Director, Scientific Collaboration and Creativity Lab Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington dub group, University of Washington Advanced Computing for Science, LBNL Visualization Group, LBNL Nearby Supernova Factory NERSC Analytics Deep Sky Particle Data Group