Professor Draper was born in Indiana and raised in Michigan. From 1995 to 1997, he served as a volunteer missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bordeaux, France.
Education
PhD in Computer Science. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (2009)
MS in Computer Science. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (2002)
BS with University Honors in Computer Science. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (2000)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Geoffrey M. Draper, Aaron M. Curtis. Pixelated Prophets: A History and Analysis of Book of MormonThemed Video Games. Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, Volume 59 (2023), pages 303-354.
Yu-Hsien Jen, Geoffrey M. Draper. Talk Sketch: A Pen and Voice Interface for Free-form Drawing. Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2022.
Litian Zhang, Geoffrey M. Draper. Visualizing Temples Through Time. BYU Studies Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 4 (October 2021), pages 65–74.
Litian Zhang, Tsz Chin Lam, Geoffrey M. Draper. Interactive Spiral: A Radial Visualization for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Visualization 2021.
Geoffrey M. Draper, Aaron M. Curtis. Data Visualization as a Proving Ground for Graduate Studies. ACM Inroads, Vol. 10, Issue 3 (September 2019). Pages 33–38.
Iliesa S. K. Delai, Meilan Jin, Geoffrey M. Draper. Visualizing Time-Variant Sets on a Handheld Device. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2016), pages 140–141.
Meilan Jin, Iliesa S. K. Delai, Geoffrey M. Draper. Visualizing Apostolic Succession. BYU Studies Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 2 (May 2016), pages 115–126.
Minwook Kim, Geoffrey M. Draper. Radial vs. Cartesian Revisited: A Comparison of Space-Filling Visualizations. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2014), pages 196–199.
Hiroaki Nakano, Matthew G. Styles, Geoffrey M. Draper. A Call for Champions: Why some History of Computing courses are more successful than others. ACM Inroads, March 2013; Vol. 4, No. 1; pages 26– 28.
Matthew G. Styles, Shin-Young Jung, Chihiro Eto, Geoffrey M. Draper. An Approach to Hypertext Fiction for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Narrative and Hypertext Workshop, pages 1–5. Colocated with the 23rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT 2012).
Geoffrey M. Draper, Matthew G. Styles, Richard F. Riesenfeld. Radial Visualizations for Comparative Data Analysis. Proceedings of the SPIE 2012 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA 2012).
Geoffrey M. Draper, Baodong Liu, Richard F. Riesenfeld. Integrating Statistical Visualization Research into the Political Science Classroom. Information Systems Education Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug 2011), pages 83–94.
Tae Woo Kim and Geoffrey M. Draper. Know Your Ancestors Better: Demographic Visualization for Large Genealogical Data Sets. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research (FHTW 2010).
Geoffrey M. Draper, Yarden Livnat, Richard F. Riesenfeld. A Survey of Radial Methods for Information Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 15, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2009), pages 759–776.
Geoffrey M. Draper, Robert Kessler, Richard F. Riesenfeld. A History of Computing Course with a Technical Focus. Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2009), pages 458–462. (Acceptance rate: 33%)
Geoffrey M. Draper, Richard F. Riesenfeld. Who Votes For What? A Visual Query Language for Opinion Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of Visualization 2008), Vol. 14, No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2008), pages 1197–1204. (Acceptance rate: 26%)
Geoffrey M. Draper, Yarden Livnat, Richard F. Riesenfeld. A Visual Query Language for Correlation Discovery and Management. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Visual and Iconic Language Conference (VaIL 2008).
Geoffrey M. Draper, Richard F. Riesenfeld. Interactive Fan Charts: A Space-saving Technique for Genealogical Graph Exploration. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research (FHTW 2008).
Geoffrey M. Draper, Parris K. Egbert. A Gestural Interface to Free-Form Deformation. Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2003, pages 113–120. (Acceptance rate: 33%)
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
Meilan Jin, Iliesa S. K. Delai, Geoffrey M. Draper. Visualizing Apostolic Succession. Presented at the 2016 Mormon Media Studies Symposium, 3 November 2016. Laie, Hawaii, USA.
Joohan Lee, Geoffrey M. Draper. Timeline-Enhanced Portrait Charts. Presented at the 15th Annual Family History Technology Workshop (FHTW 2015). Provo, Utah, USA.
Other Publications
Created 3 cartoon illustrations (including the back cover artwork) for the textbook Automata and Computability: A Programmer's Perspective by Ganesh Gopalakrishnan. CRC Press, 2019.
Created 11 cartoon illustrations (including the cover artwork) for the textbook Computation Engineering: Applied Automata Theory and Logic by Ganesh Gopalakrishnan. Springer, 2005.
Published an article entitled The Art of Rewriting Old Games in the magazine Linux Journal, October 2003.
Professional Experience
- Professor, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, Faculty of Math & Computing (2020 – present)
- Associate Professor, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, Department of Computer and Information Sciences (2014 – 2020)
- Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, Department of Computer and Information Sciences (2009 – 2014)
- Research Assistant, University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (2008)
- Graduate Instructor, University of Utah School of Computing (2007 – 2008)
- Research Assistant, University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (2005 – 2007)
- Teaching Assistant, University of Utah School of Computing (2004 – 2005)
- Systems Programmer, Wal-Mart, Inc. Information Systems Division (Bentonville, Arkansas) (2002 – 2004)
- Research Assistant, Brigham Young University Department of Computer Science (1998 – 2002)
- Intern Field Technician, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (summer 1999)
Professional Certifications
Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer (2021)
Teaching Experience
- Human-Computer Interaction. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2016 – present)
- Introduction to Information Visualization. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2013 – present)
- Beginning Programming. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2013, 2016 – present)
- Algorithms and Complexity. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2010 – present)
- Object Oriented Programming I. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009– present)
- Object Oriented Programming II. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009– present)
- Discrete Mathematics I. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009– present)
- Discrete Mathematics II. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009– present)
- Introduction to Computer Graphics. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2011)
- Programming Languages. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009)
- Fundamentals of Web Design & Technology. Brigham Young University–Hawaii (2009–2012)
- History of Electronic Computing. University of Utah (2008)
- Introduction to Programming in C++. University of Utah (2007)
- Introduction to Programming in Java. University of Utah (2007)
Honors
Received Faculty Award for Teaching at BYUH in 2022 (only two were awarded that year)
Thesis Work
Interactive Radial Visualizations for Information Retrieval and Management. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Utah, 2009
Advisor: Richard F. Riesenfeld
A Gestural Interface to Free-Form Deformation.
Master of Science Thesis, Brigham Young University, 2002
Advisor: Parris K. Egbert
Automatic Extrusion of Three-Dimensional Buildings From Overhead Terrain Photography.
Bachelor of Science Honors Thesis, Brigham Young University, 2000
Advisor: Parris K. Egbert
Service
- Executive Council Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (2023 – present)
- Paper Reviewer, BMC Health Services Research (2022)
- Paper Reviewer, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2020)
- Chair, BYU–Hawaii Promotion and Review Committee (2017 — 2019)
- Faculty Advisor, BYU–Hawaii chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor society (2012 — present)
- Site organizer, International Collegiate Programming Contest (2009 – present).
- Program Committee Member, Narrative and Hypertext Workshop (2013, 2015 – 2019)
- Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2016)
- Paper Reviewer, ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (2016)
- Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2013)
- Paper Reviewer, IEEE Information Visualization Conference (2010, 2013)
- Paper Reviewer, IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Conference (2013)
- Paper Reviewer, IEEE Visualization for Cyber Security Conference (2013)
- Paper Reviewer, Social Behavior and Personality Journal (2012).
- Paper Reviewer and Session Chair, Information Systems Educators Conference (2010).
- Paper Reviewer, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (2009, 2010, 2013).
- Program Committee Member, Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research (2009, 2010).
- Paper Reviewer, IEEE Visualization Conference (2006, 2007).
- Student Volunteer, IEEE Visualization Conference (2000, 2008).
Professional Societies
- Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
- Member, ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).
- Member, IEEE Computer Society.
- Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon.
Creative Works (Mobile Apps)
- Outfox (for Android)
- Temples Timeline (for iOS and Android)
- Latter-day Apostles (for iOS and Android)
- U.S. Supreme Court (for Android)
- Tubular! (for Android)
- Jarnaby Reader (for Android)
- Frozen Cubes (for Android)
- Sea Strike (for Android)
- Thirsty Nellan (for Android)
- Hawaii Five in a Row (for iOS, Android, Windows)
CV Last Revised June 6, 2024