ROBERT MICHAEL KIRBY, II portrait
  • Professor , School Of Computing
  • Adjunct Professor, Mathematics
  • Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor, School Of Computing
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Professional Service

  • IEEE Visualization. Role: SciVis Papers Chair. Added to the SciVis Papers Chair (one of three). Work started in 2015. I will be active Chair for the next two Vis Conferences. 10/2015 - present
  • EuroVis 2013. Organizer (with Paul Rosenthal, Robert Laramee and Gordon Kindlmann) of EuroVis Workshop EuroRV$^2$, 2012-2013 (Workshop to be held June 2013 as part of EuroVis 2013). 10/2012 - 06/2013
  • IEEE VisWeek. Panel Speaker/Participant. 10/2012 - 10/2012
  • University / ARL CRA. Assistant Program Manager, Multi-Scale Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials (MSME) Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) (2012--present). 04/2012 - present
  • IEEE Visualization. Paper Committee Member. 03/2012 - 10/2012
  • International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods (ICOSAHOM). Role: Chairperson. Chair, local organizing committee. 06/2011 - 06/2015

Internal Service

  • Utah Informatics Initiative. Executive Director, 08/2019 - present. University service.
  • Associate Director. Associate Director, 01/02/2014 - 06/2020. Department service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies, 07/2012 - 06/2014. Department service.
  • CES Program. Associate Director, 07/2012 - 06/2014. University service.

Honors & Awards

  • Best Paper Award, Fifth International Symposium on Computing and Networking (CANDAR'17), 2017. CANDAR'17, 11/2017
  • Awarded Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London. Leverhulme Trust, 12/01/2008
  • Best Paper Award, ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM'08), 2008. ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM'08), 2008