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.

Contact: see syllabi

Category: NYU

  • listed alphabetically by last name Choe, Christine Choi, Sean Kwong, Joris Lee, Isaac Li, Dan Lim, Ray Lim, Ying Ying Liu, Jax Modzelewski, Eric Parada, Nic Quek, Jonathan Schlossman, Laura Smith, Nathan Swinn, Phoebe Verghese, David Wang, Wentao Yeow, Petrina Yusong, Wang Peh, Zhi Jia

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  • Phase 3 Final Presentations 3:30 Lindsay 3:50 Shuai/Jade/Albert 4:10 Parvez 4:30 Will/Hayeon 4:50 Meshal 5:10 Garima 5:30 Alex 5:50 H1-B (Grafiti) group Final Reminders I will submit grades next Tuesday, so it’s best to make sure that all your assignments are finalized on your blog by Monday. Please be sure…

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  • Agenda: Viacom Agenda here. Address: 1515 Broadway, NYC Be prepared to present 3 minutes per person, in this order. 5:20: Grafiti group (Hasan Ansari, Brian (Chi-Hin) Hui, Akash Kumar, Harsh Trivedi) + 2 feedback/questions 5:39: Alex Lotsos 5:42: Garima Negi + 1 feedback/question 5:46: Meshal Alhathal + 1 feedback/question 5:51: Lindsay Abrams AP groups 5:54: Mona…

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  • Phase 3 (Final) Project, due Dec 14 Develop a polished, accessible, interactive visualization(s) of the data set(s) that you chose with your community partner (CP). 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…

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  • GOOD VIS Easy to understand Clean Interactivity Appropriate use of color/shape/intensity Clarity with simple coherent view Fulfills business requirement Real-time depiction of events Titles, Annotations, short description BAD VIS Incorrect information Lack of uniformity Wrong scale Lack of context Unfit for the “business” (audience) requirement They’re trying to do too…

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  • Announcements NIH Human Subjects Training Agenda for Viacom visit AP data update: experience levels Phase 1 resubmissions Agenda Good vis exercise Bad vis exercise Break Color discussion Open discussion Next Week’s Assignments Start your Phase 3 assignment and post an update to your blog. Straighten out any issues around meeting…

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  • Announcements Please fill out this 2-question survey to help prepare the agenda for our visit to Viacom on December 7. Please fill out this 3-question survey to help with room booking for our last day of class. If you haven’t already, I strongly suggest that you share your Phase 2…

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  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. Data Services Research Day celebration at NYU is coming up.  Please invite your colleagues and students to participate in this event, submit an entry for visualization competition, and spread the word.…

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  • Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. Job opportunity: Educational Data Analyst at BrainPOP. NYCDH Graduate Student Awards Nicholas Belmonte from Uber Visualization (past event at ITP) Data Services Research Day celebration at NYU is coming up.  Please…

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  • Phase 2 Paper. Full draft due November 9. (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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