Author

Francesca Samsel is a Research Scientist in the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Washington and a B.F.A. from the California College of Art.
Multidisciplinary collaboration between the arts, sciences and visualization form the core of her research, specifically, identifying artistic principles and expertise with potential to assist scientists in their scientific inquiries. She works in collaboration with computational teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Texas Advanced Computing Center, and the University of Minnesota, Interactive Visualization Laboratory. She is a member of the Editorial Board of IEEE Computer Graphics and Application, as well as on the program committee for IEEE Vis, Visual Arts Program.