Helen C. Purchase is a researcher in information visualization, graph drawing, and human–computer interaction. She has held academic appointments at The University of Queensland (1992-2001),[1] The University of Glasgow (2001-2022) and Monash University (2022-present).[2]

Purchase earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge (Peterhouse, 1992).[3]

She has won Teaching Excellence Awards from The University of Queensland (1999) [4] and The University of Glasgow (2011).[5]

Purchase has been a Keynote Speaker at the following conferences:

  • 12e Conférence Internationale Francophone sur l'Extraction et la Gestion des Connaissances (EGC 2012, Bordeaux, France) [6]
  • 7th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication & Interaction (VINCI 2014, Sydney, Australia) [7]
  • IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2018, Madrid, Spain) [8]
  • International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2020, Valletta, Malta) [9]
  • Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association Conference (SACLA 2020, Virtual from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa) [10]
  • OxBridge Women in Computer Science Conference (OxWoCS 2020, Virtual from The University of Cambridge, UK) [11]

She is the author of Experimental Human-Computer Interaction (Cambridge University Press, 2012) [12]

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  1. ^ University of Queensland's top teachers take awards, November 1999, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  2. ^ Faculty profile, and The University of Glasgow, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  3. ^ Author biography, Software Visualization: From Theory to Practice, Springer, 2012, p. xvii.
  4. ^ University of Queensland's top teachers take awards, November 1999, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  5. ^ Previous Teaching Excellence Award Winners, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  6. ^ Invités de la conference, ECG 2012, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  7. ^ Keynote Speakers, VINCI 2014, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  8. ^ Welcome Message from the VISSOFT 2018 Chairs, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  9. ^ IVAPP 2020 Keynote Speakers, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  10. ^ A History of SACLA, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  11. ^ OxWoCS 2020 Speakers, retrieved 25/08/2022.
  12. ^ Experimental Human-Computer Interaction: A Practical Guide with Visual Examples (CUP, 2012), retrieved 25/08/2022.
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