📊 IEEE VIS 2024 is fast approaching! The conference will feature an exciting lineup of invited speakers, which we preview below. Check out the conference website for updates on the program! ieeevis.org/year/2024/info…

When you’re trying to learn something, it can be better to struggle with it rather than asking ChatGPT.

cartokit v0.5.0 is out with a big new feature—channels! Channels allow you to map multiple attributes to different visual channels. Here we take 10k powerplants, size them by MW output, and color them by energy source. This was a 2017 WaPo graphic, made in <40 secs in cartokit!

Crowdsourcing always had a data quality problems, but it sounds like things are getting worse.

Amazing opportunity!

As a sparkly citizen of the world, you must defend yourself against research. You need it, but you can't assume peer review works. But a little knowledge goes a long way. Here is a 15 min video of me explaining one of the most common fallacies, "TABLE 2": youtu.be/uanZZLlzKHw?t=…

How would a prof go about paying for an in-house software engineer? I’d love to do something like this if I could figure out how to fund a long-term position with competitive compensation. This would really expand capacity for student mentoring and building/maintaining software.

it is amazing to me how hesitant folks can be to look at and dive into their data. the problems, answers, and opportunities are all right there!

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An incredibly clear, concise, and sharp summary of all the issues around big tech’s headfirst dive into generativeAI, from the amazing Karla Ortiz. If you work in the tech industry or research and don’t yet know about the challenges with genAI, I urge you to take a look and dig in

The leading causes of AI project failure: "Industry stakeholders miscommunicate what problem needs to be solved using AI” and: “The organization focuses more on using the latest and greatest technology than on solving real problems for their intended users.”

I’m so glad someone made this joke. What a mess! Context: The day of the CHI abstract deadline people were unable to submit due to a bug reminiscent of Y2K.

Are you interested in what the academic world is doing in terms of accessibility and visualization? Well, I recently compiled a reading list (and guide for how to read) for a student who will be working with me. I figured I'd share this broadly too. docs.google.com/document/d/1f4…

Jon Froehlich I love this. I have a small folder called "best vis in vis papers" for a similar reason! I especially love figures that effectively interweave prose/annotations. Folks like Matthew Kay Lane Harrison @[email protected] Fumeng Yang Alex Kale pop up a lot in this space.

The Data Cognition Lab at UChicagoCS Data Science Institute just wrapped up our first ever conference submission of PhD student-led projects. Congrats to Danni Liu and Krisha Mehta on their hard work! Thanks to our collaborators Raul Castro Fernandez, Steven Xia, and Gordon Kindlmann

On August 1st, our beloved friend and collaborator Mike Katell passed away suddenly in London. Dr Mike Katell @[email protected] was the most loving, radiant human being. He always had the courage to stand up for what is right. He changed my life and many of our lives forever.

“Remember that rest and recovery are just as important to elite performance as hard training is.” 👏😴💤