It's becoming an annual event - DataFest. This is a cross-Scotland showcase of data talent with contributors from the public, private, 3rd and academic sectors. This year Edinburgh University are hosting a weekend event at the Edinburgh College of Art called DataVisFest. It looks to be an excellent programe with data contributors involved too. Places... Continue Reading →
The SEFARI visualisation workshop had two sessions using data from Statistics Scotland. You can access prepared versions of these data and a sample script in this github repository. To view a quick summary of these data, go straight to this link. This shows how the below plot was created.
This poster shows how workshop attendees are connected via their skills. This is useful as people can use it to find people to speak to about learning skills. The networks were visualised in R and the poster created in Scribus. https://cloudup.com/cxi2Ut8DO_d
Here is a poster showing some basic statistics about attendees at the SEFARI data visualisation workshop. https://cloudup.com/cvewsSZlmnw
Here are the slides from Sophie's keynote: https://cloudup.com/cES_9-3TSiR
Here are some links to resources on data visualisation: The little of visualisation design Fundamentals of visualisation Rainbows colour scales don't work Impact of colour scales on colour blindness Pre-defined colour scales Martin Krzywinski Biological Visualisation Data visualization: A view of every Points of View column
Agenda for the Workshop Venue: New Seminar Room, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee 09:30 Arrival and coffee 09:50 Welcome 10:00 Invited speaker: Sophie Warnes (ONS) – “Creating Effective Data Visualizations” 10:45 Q & A 11:00 Group work: Visualisation mock-up using census data 12:00 Feedback on group work 12:30 Buffet lunch with posters 13:30 Invited... Continue Reading →
Sophie Warnes from the Office for National Statistics will be opening the Visualization Workshop on Tuesday 6 February with her talk: Creating Effective Data Visualizations Data visualization is a key way to present data to people, and it's all around us today, in reports, presentations, and articles. But not all visualizations are created equally, and... Continue Reading →
Registration is now open for the Imaginative Tools for Visualizing Complexity workshop funded by SEFARI! Click here to register The feature image is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:442_dundee_header.png
This post announces our workshop, which will be held in February 2018.
Visualising Complexity 
