Paul Lapides is a Computer Science PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary supervised by Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale. His research in Information Visualization involves exploring how visualizations can change possible interaction in social media – in particular he is creating alternate visualization for personal Facebook data. His work has received recognition in the form of scholarship awards including the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Program (NSERC CGS D) and the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Scholarship (AITF).