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Professor Till Nagel

Human Data Interaction Lab leader at Technische Hochschule Mannheim
Head and shoulders photograph of Professor Till Nagel

Till leads the Human Data Interaction Lab at Technische Hochschule Mannheim, exploring how interactive data representations can help diverse audiences engage with complex information. His work bridges information visualization, interaction design, and data literacy through public exhibitions, participatory workshops, and approaches to support visualization design.

He co-edited the book, Making with Data (2023), is a member of the Center of Applied Research (BW-CAR) of the Doctoral Association of Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg, and an associated member of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University.

Dr Nagel received his PhD at the Human Computer Interaction group at KU Leuven. He was a visiting scholar at the MIT Senseable City Lab (2011), and at the National University of Singapore (2011-2012), a postdoctoral fellow at the FHP Urban Complexity Lab, and a guest professor at Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design Halle. He served as General Chair of the IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP) 2018 and 2019, and on the VISAP Steering Committee from 2020-2024. His projects have been exhibited internationally, including at Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Shanghai Design Exhibition, and the National Museum of Singapore, and featured in The Guardian, Esquire, and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Website: https://www.hdilab.org