Jock D. Mackinlay

Jock D. Mackinlay
Born (1952-08-16) August 16, 1952
Nuremberg, Germany
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Known forInformation visualization, Interactive visual analysis, Information visualization reference model, Visual analytics
AwardsIEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award, ACM Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Visual Languages 1998 Best Paper Award
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, human–computer interaction, information visualization
Doctoral advisorMichael Genesereth

Jock D. Mackinlay (born August 16, 1952) is an American information visualization expert and Vice President of Research and Design at Tableau Software. With Stuart Card, George G. Robertson and others he invented a number of information visualization techniques.