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Steve devoted his career to developing better
ways of accessing and using information.
Early on, he created award-winning instructional software that helped
children who had reading problems. He also served on the faculty at
Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science for more than
15 years. He held a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and published more
than 50 papers related to visualization and user-interface technology.
At CMU, he directed the SAGE Group, which performed groundbreaking
research on visualization and intelligent user interfaces. SAGE
designed an expert system that automatically designs visualizations
and user interfaces based on the characteristics of data, user
sketches, graphical examples, and user preferences. Much of that
pioneering work has informed the visualization technology behind
the products Viz is developing today.
Steve unexpectedly slipped away from us, his family, and his friends
when he died in his sleep one summer night in 2005.
For Viz, Steve's absence is mostly physical. His presence here continues
on as we develop the technology and products
that fulfill his vision for transforming the way people interact with
information and the way people use information to interact.
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