Adam Perer is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, where he co-directs the Data Interaction Group and is the incoming HCII PhD Program Director. His research combines interactive visualization with data science and AI to support decision-making in high-stakes domains, with a focus on clinical medicine. His work has been published in over 50 papers across CHI, IEEE VIS, CSCW, and IUI, and has been cited more than 8,000 times. His research is supported by the NIH, NSF, and numerous industry and government partners. He has served in leadership roles across the visualization and HCI communities, including General Chair of the IEEE Symposium on Visualization in Data Science, Subcommittee Chair for ACM CHI, and Area Papers Chair for IEEE VIS. Prior to CMU, he was a research scientist at IBM Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

I co-founded and co-direct the Data Interaction Group (DIG) with Dominik Moritz, and beginning Fall 2026, I serve as Director of the HCII PhD Program.