Visual Data: Picture This!
Maps, scatter plots, histograms, contour plots....
Visualization is a powerful way to use data to tell a scientific story. However poor visualizations can confound and even mislead your audience.
We will study examples of good and bad visualizations and derive techniques for ensuring that our visualizations are compelling and scientifically meaningful. We will then apply these techniques to real data sets in oceanography and biology arising from research at the Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (CMOP). You will evaluate and critique existing visualizations and design your own, which will be permanently posted on the CMOP web site.
Class is co-offered by CMOP and Saturday Academy.
Bill Howe, Ph.D.Instructor: Bill Howe
Bill Howe, Senior Research Associate, studies data management issues in oceanography, computational modeling, and microbiology. Bill also serves as Data Architect for the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS). Bill earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science specializing in Scientific Data Management, having previously acted as a data management consultant in the telecommunications, oil services, and software industries.
Dates: Three Saturdays, November 8 - 22
Time: 10:00 AM - NOON
Course #: 9114
