Events - Past
On November 15th, 2018, the University of Miami hosted its fifth annual VizUM Symposium. This year’s event was coupled with its first ever Visualization Competition. Read more “VizUM 2018 Recap and Visualization Competition Results”
News - Archived
The goal of the “Your City, Your Neighborhood, and You” Visualization for Civic Engagement Competition is to challenge designers, journalists, data scientists, statisticians, and professionals and scholars in any other field to design either: A data visualization essay, story, or infographic based on publicly available data about Miami, or an exploratory data visualization. Read more “VizUM Visualization Competition Deadline Extended to 7/23/2018”
Events - Past
Join us for the inaugural meeting of the Spatial+ Data Visualization Group. The mission of the Spatial+ Data Visualization Group is to provide GIS and Visualization professionals, educators, enthusiasts, and other users with opportunities to exchange information and ideas, share best practices, and stay up to date with the latest tools, approaches, and more. Read more “Spatial+ Data Visualization Inaugural Meeting 2/23/2018”
News - Archived
Thomas Kohnstamm’s interview of Alberto Cairo for Microsoft is entitled “Show, don’t tell: Alberto Cairo, Power BI & the rise of data journalism“ (what is Power BI). This comes on the heels of the first Digital Humanities + Data Journalism Symposium, organized by Dr. Cairo, and held on September 29-October 1, 2016, here at UM. Kohnstamm’s article illuminates the history of Visualization as visualizations themselves help to illuminate the rise of this fascinating approach. “Visualization no longer just complements a written story. It is the story. In our increasingly data-driven world, visualization is becoming an essential tool for journalists from national papers to blogs with a staff of one.” Read more “MICROSOFT profile of Visualization Director Alberto Cairo”
Events - Past
The Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (then the Center for Computational Science), the School of Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences held the second VizUM Annual Symposium on Thursday, November 12th, 2015, from 4:00-7:00 PM. The theme was “A Celebration of Infographics and Data Visualization”. The invited speakers Fernanda Viegas, Martin Wattendberg, and Lynn Cherny were pioneers in the field of Visualization. Their vision drove the products and styles we see around us daily, and they continue to forge new ground in this domain. Read more “2nd VizUM Annual Symposium, Thursday 11/12/2015”
Community Outreach - Archived
Join us for a networking event with the speakers from our 2nd VizUM Annual Symposium Fernanda Viegas PhD and Martin Wattenberg PhD of Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization group, plus UM faculty in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Successful women from different backgrounds will be a part of this event, and can questions about your career goals. Read more “Women in Tech Careers Mentoring Lunch 11/12/2015”
News - Archived
The University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing is at the heart of data research, big and otherwise, on all three campuses and beyond. The University hosts one of the largest, centralized, academic cyber infrastructures in the country, providing the research community with the computational power it needs for top-notch research. Read more “IDSC Resources Overview Session”
News - Archived
Tableau has rapidly become one of the most popular data visualization tools on the market. The School of Communication and IDSC are hosting two duplicate workshops featuring Tableau. Both sessions will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. If you wish to learn how to use it, sign up for one of the sessions offered below. This workshop is open to UM faculty, staff, and students. No previous experience using Tableau is required. Read more “Tableau Workshop, Wednesday 2/11/2015”
Community Outreach - Archived
Join the University of Miami for the launch of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, a semester-long celebration of science, art, and data visualization 6:00-8:00 PM on September 4, 2014, at Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Hall at UM’s School of Architecture. Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science in the Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing at the University of Indiana and curator of the international Places & Spaces exhibit, will deliver the keynote talk. A reception will follow the event. Read more “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit opens 9/4/2014”