Professor of Computer Science
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University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJohn C. Hart is a Professor and the Director of Online and Professional Programs in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also serves as the Executive Associate Dean of the Graduate College. His research focuses on computer graphics and data visualization, with support from major organizations such as Adobe, IBM, and DARPA. Prof. Hart has been instrumental in designing and launching the Master of Computer Science in Data Science program, which has quickly become one of the university's largest graduate programs, and he has reached over 360,000 learners through his "Data Visualization" MOOC on Coursera. He has held significant editorial roles, including graphics area editor for ACM Books and past Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics. With a Ph.D. from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he has extensive consulting experience with companies like Microsoft and Adobe, contributing his expertise in graphics hardware and visualization technologies.