Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

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  • Phase 3 (Final) Project, due Dec 15 Develop a polished, accessible, interactive visualization(s) of the data set(s) that you chose with your community partner. In addition to explaining tools and graphics like you did in Phase 1, in Phase 3 I’d like you to explain the process of developing the…

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  • Announcements NEW: PDF of course reserves How to Find the Right Chart Type for your Data (From Kevin M) Electronic Visualization and the Arts conference in London. Submissions now open. Meetup: MLB VR/AR/360 A+E Digital Storytelling Fellowship Digital Humanities Convocation (including CS, English, Draper), Nov 11, 10-11AM. 1st floor of…

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  • Announcements GIS Day @ Bobst, November 16 Office Hours on Sunday, 3pm (e-mail me for location, will be either MAGNET or Dibner) Final Community Partner List Anna Bialas: MindRider Sara Camnasio: Global Action Project? Jasmine Chabra: NYU Ability Lab Nicole Cote: Prof. Arthur Spirling, NYU CDS Jing Huang: NYSCI Koji…

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  • Announcements Dibner Library Project Shhh design contest. Kickoff on October 20. Ekphrasis: A Symposium on Data and Information Visualization in the Arts and Sciences on Friday, November 18. Organized by the Graduate Student Society and NYU Data Studio. To submit your vis, please send the following information by Friday, October…

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  • Announcements Now up: Phase 2 requirements and list of confirmed community partners. Headcount: NYSCI activity. Let me know your choice now! Spring class: Digital Humanities Analysis and Visualization. Data Visualization Clinics at NYU Library. Qualitative Data Analysis workshops at NYU Library. Tomorrow: NYU Digital Humanities Networking meeting. 10.00-11.30 in the…

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  • Phase 2 Paper. Full draft due November 17. (Final paper due in Phase 3) Note: Keywords are highlighted in orange.  Please write a 1250+ word research article, creative nonfiction, or ethnography (series of interviews) that critically examines issues faced by your community partner in the process of data visualization. If…

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  • Confirmed Partners Be More America. Topics: Healthcare and health equity Contact: Anurag Gupta, anurag [at] bemoreamerica [dot] org NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. Topics: Trafficking and migration of construction workers. Contact: April Gu & David Segall Brown Dwarf NYC. Topic: Astrophysics data, particularly on brown dwarfs Contact:…

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  • Announcements NSF Grad Fellowships. Applications due soon. To discuss: Phase 2 due date. Agenda 4:30-5:30 Rahul Bharghava, MIT. 5:30-6:00 April Gu and David Segall, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights (BHR). http://people.stern.nyu.edu/twadhwa/bangladesh/ https://www.sam.gov https://www.fapiis.gov/fapiis/datareports.action https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/index.php/en/ 6:00-6:10 Break 6:10-7:20 Data Exploration Exercise with BHR data and DataBasic.io. Next Week’s…

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  • Since we have no class on October 13 and I will be away on October 20, I’d like you to visit New York Hall of Science to participate in one of the following activities: October 1 or 2: A two-hour Maker Faire volunteer session Catherine Cramer, Senior Program Developer at…

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  • Announcements Be More America is looking for a paid PT data vis intern Upcoming Events SUBMERGE ocean science festival, September 24 NBA Basketball Analytics Hackathon, September 24 Bloomberg Data for Good Exchange, September 25 (wait list only) Make it in Brooklyn Innovation Summit, September 28 (get a free pass at…

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