Fernando Paulovich is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Data Visualization at the Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, and head of the Visual Analytics and Visualization (VAV) lab. His research focus is on integrating machine learning and visualization tools and techniques, taking advantage of the “intelligence” provided by machine learning approaches, and of user knowledge, to help people understanding and taking full advantage of complex and large data collections.