Work
Book
Visual Analytics of Movement
Many important planning decisions in society and business depend on proper knowledge and a correct understanding of movement, be it in transportation, logistics, biology, or the life sciences. Today the widespread use of mobile phones and technologies like GPS and RFID provides an immense amount of data on location and movement. What is needed are new methods of visualization and algorithmic data analysis that are tightly integrated and complement each other to allow end-users and analysts to extract useful knowledge from these extremely large data volumes.
This is exactly the topic of this book. As the authors show, modern visual analytics techniques are ready to tackle the enormous challenges brought about by movement data, and the technology and software needed to exploit them are available today.
Patents
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Detecting Positivity Violations in Multidimensional Data
US Patent US11354297B2

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Hierarchical Objects Linkage Data Visualization
US Patent US11055359B2

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Relative Signature Traits of Cohorts
US Patent US10818051B2

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Systems and Methods for Constructing Clinical Pathways within a GUI
US Patent US10692254B2

Articles
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Sensor Logs Using Growth Ring Maps

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Development of a Visual Analytics Tool for Polytrauma Patient

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Visual Analytics for Movement Behavior in Traffic and Transportation

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Understanding Customer Behavior Using Indoor Location Analysis and Visualization

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A conceptual framework and taxonomy of techniques for analyzing movement

Guest Talks
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2025, Feb.: Rafael
Introduction to Information Visualization, “Introduction to Visualization”.
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2025, Jan.: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Guest Lecture - “Visualization in Practice and Industry”.
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2025, April - University of Haifa
Guest Lecture - Information Systems Dept. “Spatial and Spatiotemporal Information Visualization
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2024, May: Meta
Customer meetup, “How to solve problems with data visualization”.
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2022, Dec.: Meta
Data Science department, “Introduction to Information Visualization”.
Peter Bak
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I am an information visualization expert with over 15 years of experience in the health, transportation, and defense industries. I have a strong track record of scientific publications and patents. I specialize in designing interactive visualizations that serve as a powerful interface between domain experts and their data. These solutions excel at uncovering hidden patterns and driving data-driven decision-making, particularly when dealing with large, complex, or multimodal datasets that traditional methods often struggle to handle.
My focus is on delivering innovative, web-based visualization tools as proof-of-concepts, enabling faster integration into existing systems and environments. I excel in client-facing interactions, data analysis, and the design and implementation of these tools, maximizing value for clients by offering comprehensive and adaptable solutions.
My background:
- Freelancing as an expert in visual analytics, since 2023 - on going
- Teaching Fellow a the Technion and lecturer at local universities, since 2010 - on going
- Head of information visualization at K Health R&D, AI-startup , 2020-2024
- Senior research staff member at IBM-Research and Watson Health, 2010-2020
- Post Doctoral fellow at the University of Konstanz / Germany, 2007-2010
- PhD in Human Factors Engineering at the Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev / Israel, 2002-2007
- MBA (Magister der Wirtschaftsinformatik) at the J. Kepler Univ. Linz / Austria.

