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Dominik Moritz
Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute (CMU HCII) and ML Researcher at Apple.
Dominik Moritz is an Assistant Professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University.13 He is also an ML researcher at Apple.14 His research focuses on designing and building interactive systems for visualization and analysis, combining methods from visualization, data management, programming languages, and human-computer interaction.2
Academic Background
Moritz received his Ph.D. from the Paul G. Allen School at the University of Washington, where he worked with Jeff Heer and Bill Howe in the Interactive Data Lab and the Database Group.1 He also holds a B.S. from Hasso Plattner Institute, where he graduated with the highest distinction.2
Research and Contributions
At Carnegie Mellon University, Moritz co-leads the Data Interaction Group.1 His research interests include:
- Human-Centered Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Interactive Systems
- Visualization Toolkits3
Moritz has created several notable projects and systems:
- Draco: A formal model of visualization design with shareable guidelines and visualization recommendation capabilities.
- Mosaic: An extensible framework for linking databases and interactive views.
- Vega-Lite: A high-level visualization grammar for rapid specification of interactive, multi-view graphics.1
Awards and Recognition
His work has received multiple awards at premier academic venues, including:
- Best Paper Award for "Formalizing Visualization Design Knowledge as Constraints: Actionable and Extensible Models in Draco" at InfoVis 2018
- Best Paper Award for "Vega-Lite: A Grammar of Interactive Graphics" at InfoVis 20171
Moritz's systems are widely used by the Python and JavaScript data science communities.1 His research has been cited over 4,000 times according to Google Scholar.6
Professional Experience
In addition to his academic role, Moritz has worked with various organizations:
- ML Researcher at Apple (current)
- Research positions at Microsoft Research and Google Research
- Collaboration with the Open Knowledge Foundation12
Dominik Moritz's LinkedIn username is indeed dominik-moritz-409b8124, as mentioned in the query.5
