DataVis | Sense & Scale

Data Vis Session 7: BrainPOP and Multimer.

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 invite your colleagues and students […]

Data Vis 2017 Phase 2 Project Requirements

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 you need a community partner, […]

Data Vis Session 6: Grafiti and Global Action Project.

Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. Talk at The Frick Collection on Tuesday, October 17 for a lecture at 4 p.m. by Dr. Paul Jaskot, Professor of Art History and Director of the Wired! Lab, Duke University. Prof. Jaskot’s presentation will address […]

Data Vis Session 5: Phase 1 Projects.

Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. Associated Press VR Immersive Media Report: http://bit.ly/2wTY9kG Metrolex Meetups:The Dictionary Society of North America has partnered with local organizations in the New York City area to establish a series of meetups called MetroLex. MetroLex meetups bring […]

Data Vis Session 03/4: Associated Press.

Data Vis 2017 Phase 1 Project Requirements

Phase 1 Project, due October 5 Note: Keywords are highlighted in orange. Develop a polished, accessible interactive visualization(s) of a pre-approved dataset for a general audience with no previous knowledge of the data. CHECKLIST: Dataset approved: You must receive approval to use the dataset by September 30 OR use a dataset from the class’s pre-approved […]

Data Vis Session 02: Toolkits, Library of Congress.

Announcements While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today. Prepping for the Library of Congress case study Julia Kim’s article about the Storycorps collection Storycorps Sample Data (JSON files) Storycorps access repository Similar Example: LC Data Exploration repository Chronicling America repository Tools Jupyter NB viewer […]

NYSCI Activities 2017

Please visit New York Hall of Science on September 21 or October 19 (during class time) to participate in one of the following activities. Please let me know your choice of activity by ASAP so that free admission will be reserved for you. While you’re at NYSCI, take notes/photos on the “4D” and “interactive” elements […]

NYU Data Vis 2017 Class Blogs

Class Projects and Blogs (in alphabetical order by last name): Matter NYC: Through the Eyes of an Entrepreneur Community Partner: Matter by Lindsay Abrams StoryCorps Visualization Community Partner: Library of Congress by Meshal Alhathal Analyzing H-1B Petitions Community Partner: Grafiti by Hasan Ansari, Brian (Chi-Hin) Hui, Akash Kumar, & Harsh Trivedi VR & Immersive Media (with sentiment vis and […]

2017 Community Partners – Updated Frequently!

Confirmed Partners Library of Congress American Folklife Center Topic: Visualizing the Storycorps project. Contact: Julia Kim New York Hall of Science Topic: Science Ambassadors Contact: Catherine Cramer Associated Press Topic: Virtual reality and Immersive Media (with Multimer) Contact: Arlene Ducao Data is here. Global Action Project. Topic: visualizing information regarding the Queens Hate-Free Zone. Contact: […]