The Launch of a New Tool, the Trans News…
In an article titled “Visualizing Trans Coverage: A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions,” Columbia Journalism Review author Carolina Abbott Galvão looked at The Trans News Initiative’s (TNI) “collection of 190,000 articles organized under 13 themes.” Read more “The Launch of a New Tool, the Trans News Initiative Sheds Light on Coverage”
The Housing Games: Alberto Cairo Helps Map Europe’s Housing…
A first-of-its-kind European project “The Housing Games” investigated whether the people essential to keep their cities running could still afford to live in them. From nurses and cleaners to teachers, drivers and first responders, they analyzed the cities’ key staff with the help of IDSC Visualization Director Dr. Alberto Cairo. Read more “The Housing Games: Alberto Cairo Helps Map Europe’s Housing Affordability”
EU High-Value Data Project Helps to Educate Readers on…
All countries within the European Union (EU) are required to generate special “high-value data sets” and to make them publicly available under the official portal for European data: data.europa.eu. These data sets include things like level of risk, such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, etc. Read more “EU High-Value Data Project Helps to Educate Readers on the Power of Visualization”
EU High-Value Data Project Helps to Educate Readers on…
All countries within the European Union (EU) are required to generate special “high-value data sets” and to make them publicly available under the official portal for European data: data.europa.eu. These data sets include things like level of risk, such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, etc. Read more “EU High-Value Data Project Helps to Educate Readers on the Power of Visualization”
Did you miss VizUM 2024? Catch the Replay on…
VizUM 2024: Beyond Data Visualization was held on Monday afternoon, November 11 (4:00-7:00 PM), at the Newman Alumni Center. The guest speakers were: Santiago Ortiz, Rahul Bhargava, and Lauren F. Klein who spoke on new or more inclusive ways of looking at or understanding visualization. This event was free and open to the public.
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Santiago Ortiz Teaches VizUM Intelligences Workshop 11/12-15
Following VizUM 2024, a workshop led by Santiago Ortiz of Moebio Labs will be held Tuesday-Friday, November 12-15, 4:00-8:00 PM each day (content not repeated) at the Newman Alumni Center. Investigating how data is a part of our lives, the workshop will explore all forms intelligence through activities and experiments punctuated by videos and interactive projects. Read more “Santiago Ortiz Teaches VizUM Intelligences Workshop 11/12-15”
Alberto Cairo Discusses the Present and Future of Visualization…
Alberto Cairo recently appeared on The PolicyBiz Podcast and shared that talking to Jon Schwabish is always a pleasure. Jon, he says, is one of the most active and knowledgeable people in the visualization world, author of a few really good books—Alberto’s favorite is Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks, and, Alberto added, Jon is a great popularizer of their craft. Read more “Alberto Cairo Discusses the Present and Future of Visualization with Jon Schwabish”
Great Graphics and the Great Minds Behind Them
IDSC Visualization Director Alberto Cairo, PhD, was recently interviewed for the Royal Statistical Society magazine “Significance” about his new book and why bravery, reason, and anarchy are intrinsic to all the best data visualization. Read more “Great Graphics and the Great Minds Behind Them”
Available Now: “The Art of Insight: How Great Visualization…
With a fascinating career that has “tracked alongside the major technological developments in and out of the newsroom that brought us to the current point in data visualization,” Prof. Alberto Cairo was described in a Microsoft / Story Labs profile as “always in the vanguard of visual journalism.” Read more “Available Now: “The Art of Insight: How Great Visualization Designers Think””