Samuel Huron

Dr. Samuel Huron is an information designer and associate professor in Design of Information Technologies in the Social and Economical Science department of Télécom Paris at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and part of the CNRS Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation. His research addresses how humans create visual and physical representations of abstract information to think, collaborate, learn, analyze, explore, and design new data representations, systems and information artefacts. He leads the design studio at Télécom Paris and he is part of the Interact and Diva teams. He worked as

the lead designer of the research institute of the Pompidou Center. His approach is grounded in fifteen years of experience

in interactive media industries where he worked with a broad range of civic, cultural, and corporate clients. Prior to his research career, he worked in new media art with projects including video art labels on art installations, video mixing, and live performances. For his Ph.D. on Constructive Visualization he was awarded the IEEE VGTC Pioneers’ “Best Doctoral Dissertation Award”. He is an alumnus of University of Calgary, ENSAD, INRIA, Université Panthéon Sorbonne.