Melanie Bancilhon, Ph.D.


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Contact me at m.bancilhon@gwu.edu

I am a US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Visual Cognition Lab at George Washington University. My current research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction, data visualization and AI-assisted decision-making with a focus on exploring individual differences.

I received my PhD in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024. My thesis focused on evaluating how individual differences and contextual factors impact decision-making with visualizations. Prior to earning my PhD, I received my Bachelor's in Computer Science with a double major in Architecture from Smith College.



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Education


PhD in Computer Science
Washington University in St. Louis
2019 - 2024


Bachelor's in Computer Science
Smith College
2015 - 2019


Bachelor's in Architecture & Urbanism
Smith College
2015 - 2019


Experience


Postdoctoral Research Fellow
US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
2024-present

Summer Research Intern
IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
2023

Summer Research Intern
Adobe Research
2022

Summer Research Intern
Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge UK
2018


Honors & Awards


IEEE VIS Inclusivity and Diversity Scholarship
2022

NSF Smart Health & AI Student Awardee
2020

Sigma Xi Awardee
2019

Grace Hopper Scholar
2018

Conference Organizing

Student Committee Member, IEEE Visualization for Communication (VisComm), 2022

Student Committee Member, IEEE Visualization for Communication (VisComm), 2021


Conference Reviewing

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2023

ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), 2023

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023

IEEE Visualization for Communication (VisComm), 2022

IEEE Visualization Conference, 2022

IEEE Visualization for Communication (VisComm), 2020

European Creative Industry Summit (ECIS), 2020


Guest Lectures

Visualization Design Studio @ Columbia School of Nursing, 2022

Visualization for Decision-Making @ WPI, 2021


Mentorship & University Service

Student Mentor for the WashU First Gen Program, 2021 - 2023

Graduate Student Senator, 2020 - 2023

WashU representative and mentor at the Tapia Conference, 2022

DataKind Reviewer for the data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, 2020


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