Sheelagh Carpendale is a Canadian artist and computer scientist working in the field of information visualization and human-computer interaction.
Carpendale is a professor at the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, where she holds an NSERC/SMART Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies.
[2] Her research on information visualization, large interactive displays, and new media art draws on her dual background in Computer Science (BSc.
She is the recipient of several major awards including the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA) for Off-line Learning as well as academic and industrial grants from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Intel Inc., Canada Foundation for Innovation, and Forest Renewal British Columbia.
Steacie Memorial Fellowship,[4] which is given to the six top scientists nationally across all NSERC research areas and within 12 years of their PhD.