Benjamin Bach

Benjamin Bach is a Lecturer (tenured faculty) in Design Informatics and Visualization at the University of Edinburgh, and a researcher at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria). His research focuses on developing and exploring interactive data visualization tools for data analysis, communication, and education. He has made significant contributions to network visualization, spatio-temporal data visualization, data-driven storytelling, and visualization in augmented and virtual reality. He previously held postdoctoral positions at Harvard University, Monash University, and Microsoft Research. In 2021, he was recognized as an "Emerging Leader" by IEEE VIS, and in 2019, he received the Eurographics Young Researcher Award.

• 2017–Present·University of Edinburgh·Lecturer (Tenured Faculty)
  • Teaching and researching in Design Informatics and Visualization while leading the VisHub data visualization research group.
• 2016–2017·Harvard University·Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Conducted research on data visualization in the SEAS visualization research group.
• 2016·Monash University·Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Investigated data visualization in augmented and virtual reality within the Immersive Analytics lab.
• 2014–2016·Microsoft Research–Inria Joint Centre·Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Developed interactive tools for visualizing dynamic networks.
• 2014·Université Paris-Sud·Doctoral Researcher
  • Completed a PhD in the Inria Aviz group, with research on visualizing dynamic networks, which earned an IEEE VGTC Best Dissertation Award nomination.

• 2011–2014·Université Paris-Sud·PhD
  • Field: Computer Science, with a focus on visualization of dynamic networks.
• 2010·Technische Universität Dresden·Master's Degree
  • Field: Media Informatics (Medieninformatik)