Theresa-Marie Rhyne’s Viewpoint

 
 

After much searching in late 2000 and early 2001, I landed a job as a multimedia specialist with the newly formed Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) unit at North Carolina State University in April 2001. After applying my project leadership skills to digital media and online instruction, I was promoted to Coordinator of Special Technology Projects in 2003 and remained with DELTA until July 2005. 


In July 2005, I was provided with the opportunity to setup the Center for Visualization and Analytics in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University.  Using my prior experiences in visualization, I began seeking funding. By the end of 2005, I had developed a partnership with the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) that was based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  As a result, I also became the Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute’s Engagement Facility at NC State University (RENCI@NCSU).  I had the terrific opportunity to build RENCI@NCSU from the ground up.  This included designing the facility and hiring the staff. I continued to run the facility and supervise the team until November 10, 2009 when the state of North Carolina experienced serious budget problems that resulted in my retiring early from NC State University. We happily went out on top.




This gave me a terrific opportunity to develop a computer graphics and visualization consultancy specializing in “Applying Color Theory to Digital Media” that continues to this day.  Over the 2010 decade, I produced Blog articles and videos on some of  these efforts.


I have served as a Visualization Consultant on a number of activities with the United States Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing efforts, with government contracting companies such as Computer Sciences Corporation, and with visualization centers in various Universities. From 2010 - 2012, I consulted with the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing Imaging Institute (SCI). In 2013, I consulted with the University of California at Davis Center for Visualization and the Stanford University Visualization Group. In 2014, I returned to consulting with University of Utah’s Scientific Computing Imaging Institute (SCI) on an exciting project to apply color theory to uncertainty and ensemble data visualization efforts.


In 2015, I developed a tutorial for SIGGRAPH University that was presented at SIGGRAPH 2015. Afterwards, I went under contract with the Taylor and Francis Group to develop a book that was published in November 2016. During 2017, I presented courses and tutorials pertaining to my book at CHI 2017, SIGGRAPH 2017, & IEEE VIS 2017 as well as at various universities and public libraries around the world. It has been exciting to enjoy the success of my first book. In 2018, I explored methods to apply Munsell Color Harmony to Visual Analytics and organized a panel at SIGGRAPH 2018 on “Color Mavens Advise on Digital Media Creation Tools”.


Amazingly, the success of the book continued in 2019 with well attended presentations at events like SIGGRAPH 2019 and the Transportation Research Board’s Visualization Symposium.  I also formulated new work that combined Munsell Color Harmony with Scientific Visualization


 




In September 2019, while presenting at Virginia Tech, my work took a new direction into Virtual Reality.  This is one of my new adventures for the 2020 decade.




In 2020, I also began to publish my practical experiences in colorizing visualizations in the Nightingale publication, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society. In 2021, I expanded my writing contributions by writing for UX Collective, an independent design publication built to help designers think more critically about their work.






In 2021, the International Academy, Research and Industry Association invited me to deliver a keynote on “The Process of Colorizing in Data Visualization at their DataSys 2021 event.  Lea Pica invited me to be on Present Beyond Measure podcast to discuss  “Data Visualization Color Best Practices”. During 2022, I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a Keynote presentation on Color Theory at the Transportation Research Board’s 10th International Visualization in Transportation Conference.

In 2023, I was honored and humbled to receive a Distinguished Contributor award from the IEEE Computer Society.


In 2024, I presented my latest work on exploring Generative AI for data color scheme suggestion at SIGGRAPH 2024 and IEEE VIS 2024.


The 2nd edition of my book on Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization is available for pre-orders on November 28, 2024 with shipping starting December 19, 2024. New content related to Generative AI for data color scheme suggestion is featured.


We also continue to serve as the Editor of the Visualization Viewpoints Department of IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (IEEE CG&A) Magazine.


Additionally, we enjoy contributing to E-Learning activities by volunteering with Kramden Institute, MATHCOUNTS, and the Museum of Life & Science to engage and tutor middle school students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, art and digital media.


So, here we are today, happily seeking our next set of adventures.









 




Specific Details

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Published book from the Taylor & Francis Group -  CRC Press:  November 2016











Munsell Color Harmony work published on the Munsell Color Blog.









Entering into Applying Color Fundamentals to Virtual Reality.

 

Continuing my Story ...


Exploring Generative AI for Data Color Scheme Suggestion.


Presenting my latest Generative AI for Data Color Scheme Suggestion at premiere computer graphics conference, SIGGRAPH 2024.

2nd edition of book from the Taylor & Francis Group -  CRC Press:  December 2024.