Bridger Herman, Ph.D.   (he/him)
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Spotlights
Best Paper Honorable Mention at IEEE VIS 2024
IV/LAB authors win another best paper award!
Sculpting Data: How HPC and Art Create the Future of Scientific Visualization
IV/LAB `Sculpting Vis' project team interviewed in advance of Super Computing 2024 in Altanta
IV/LAB XR Visualization Research Featured in UMN Research Computing Article
The IV/LAB uses new approaches to extended reality visualization that use physical rendering processes to make data more graspable, harnessing the perceptual benefits of physical objects combined with the interactivity of digital visualizations.
IV/LAB in 2023 annual brochure of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation
Igniting Progress: From Big Data to Bold Solutions
IV/LAB Research featured in Physics Today magazine
IV/LAB research featured in the Physics Today cover story 'Mingling art and science opens minds'
Publications
2025
Posters
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Designing CanoeView: A Canoe-Based Interactive Learning Experience for Planetarium Classrooms
Aarush Bothra, Sean J. Dorr, Bridger Herman, Sarah Weaver, James Rock, and Daniel F. Keefe.
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2024
Journal and Conference Articles
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Touching the Ground: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Data Physicalizations for Spatial Data Analysis Tasks
Bridger Herman, Cullen D Jackson, and Daniel F Keefe. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Early access online, 1–11.
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Workshop Papers
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Rain Gauge: Exploring the Design and Sustainability of 3D Printed Clay Physicalizations
Bridger Herman, and Daniel F. Keefe. VISions of the Future: Workshop at IEEE VIS 2024.
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2023
Ph.D. Theses
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Physical Rendering Processes for More Graspable Extended Reality Data Visualizations
Bridger Herman. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota.
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Miscellaneous
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Abstract: Cultivating Macroalgae for Biofuels: Visualizing the Chemistry
Francesca Samsel, Greg Abram, Stephanie Zeller, Z.Cao, Phil Wolfram, Bridger Herman, and Daniel F. Keefe. ACM/IEEE Supercomputing 2023: International Conference for High Performance Computing Networking Storage and Analysis.
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2022
Book Chapters
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Hybrid data constructs: Interacting with biomedical data in augmented spaces
Daniel F. Keefe, Bridger Herman, Jung Who Nam, Daniel Orban, and Seth Johnson. Making Data: Materializing Digital Information, edited by Ian Gwilt. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London.
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Posters
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Poster: Linked Spatial and Temporal Normalization for Analysis of Cyclical 4D Skeletal Motion Data
Morgan L. Turner, Bridger Herman, Matthias Broske, and Daniel F. Keefe. IEEE VIS Posters.
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2020
Journal and Conference Articles
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Printmaking, Puzzles, and Studio Closets: Using Artistic Metaphors to Reimagine the User Interface for Designing Immersive Visualizations
Bridger Herman, Francesca Samsel, Annie Bares, Seth Johnson, Greg Abram, and Daniel F Keefe. In IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP). 19–28.
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Artifact-Based Rendering: Harnessing Natural and Traditional Visual Media for More Expressive and Engaging 3D Visualizations
Seth Johnson, Francesca Samsel, Gregory Abram, Daniel Olson, Andrew J. Solis, Bridger Herman, Phillip J. Wolfram, Christophe Lenglet, and Daniel F. Keefe. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 26, 1, 492-502.
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Invited or Juried Artwork Exhibited
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Salt, Chemistry and Cultivation: An immersive experience of climate data in the Gulf of Mexico
Sculpting Vis Collaborative. Accepted to South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival 2020, Austin, TX (Delayed due to Pandemic).
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Posters
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Automatic Generation of Data Legends for Multi-Variate Artist Driven Visualizations
Claire Weissman, Bridger Herman, Stephanie Zeller, Francesca Samsel, and Daniel F. Keefe. IEEE SciVis Posters.

SciVis Best Poster Award
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Workshops, Panels, Other Events Organized
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Artifact-Based Rendering: VR Visualization by Hand
Daniel F. Keefe, Francesca Samsel, and Bridger Herman. IEEE VIS Tutorial, Virtual.
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Miscellaneous
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Abstract: Human Fingerprints and Artistic Vocabulary; Rendering Data, Creating Engagement, Connection and Context to Earth System Models
Francesca Samsel, Daniel Keefe, Bridger Herman, and Greg Abram.
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2019
Posters
Teaser image for Poster: Linked View Visualization Using Clipboard-Style Mobile VR: Application to Communicating Forestry Data
Poster: Linked View Visualization Using Clipboard-Style Mobile VR: Application to Communicating Forestry Data
Jung Who Nam, Charles H. Perry, Barry T. Wilson, and Daniel F. Keefe.
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2018
Workshop Papers
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Boxcars On Potatoes: Exploring the Design Language for Tangible Visualizations of Scalar Data Fields on 3D Surfaces
Bridger Herman, and Daniel F. Keefe. Toward a Design Language for Data Physicalization: Workshop at IEEE VIS 2018.
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Themes
Art and Design in Visualization
AR/MR/VR Tools for Free-Form 3D Artistic Expression
Data Physicalization
Improviing data understanding and engagement by making data visualizations physical.
Immersive Data Visualization
When should we walk inside our data?
XR User Interfaces
Novel Spatial User Interfaces for 3D Modeling, Navigation, Selection, Manipulation, and More.
Projects
Sculpting Visualizations
Toward a practice and theory of 3D scientific visualizations using physical objects and augmented reality.