Dear all,
We hope you can join us this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 from 12.00 - 1.30 pm
in CGIS Knafel Room 354 for the Applied Statistics Workshop. Alyssa
Goodman<https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~agoodman/>n/>,
a Professor of Astronomy from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, will give a presentation entitled "Seeing More in Data". A
light lunch will be served at 12 pm and the talk will begin at 12.15.
Abstract:
Some scientists still think that good data
visualization is only necessary
when presenting work to "the public." In truth, thinking hard about how to
learn the most from any data set should always involve some form of graph,
map, chart, or other visual statistical display. This talk will demonstrate
how visualization techniques that include so-called "linked views" offer
new insights to researchers visualizing large and/or diverse data sets. In
particular, the talk will highlight a few high-dimensional visualization
examples where ideas about linked views first put forth by John Tukey are
extended beyond two-dimensional displays and point clouds. Examples will be
principally drawn from astronomy and medical imaging, and software
highlighted will include the Universe Information System known as
"WorldWide Telescope" (
worldwidetelescope.org) and a new python-based
linked-view system called "Glue" (
glueviz.org).
An up-to-date schedule for the workshop is available at
http://events.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/1208.
Best,
Konstantin
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Konstantin Kashin
Ph.D. Candidate in Government
Harvard University
Mobile: 978-844-0538
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