Robert Kosara

Senior Research Scientist

Robert holding a camera
What good is a data visualization if it doesn’t tell a story?

About

Robert Kosara is a research scientist at Tableau Software. His focus is on the communication of data through visualization and visual storytelling. Robert is also working on furthering our understanding of visual perception and cognition, so we can make data easier to understand and develop tools to communicate it more effectively. His full list of publications can be found on his vanity website. Before joining Tableau in 2012, Robert was Associate Professor of Computer Science at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Robert received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Computer Science from Vienna University of Technology (Austria). In his copious spare time, Robert likes to run long distances and writing articles for his website, eagereyes.org.

Areas of interest

  • Data Storytelling
  • Perception and Cognition
  • Visualization Techniques

Publications