BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//University of Illinois//Web Services Calendar//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T131101Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080313T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080313T103000
SUMMARY:Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas (IBM)
CREATED:20080122T130000Z
DESCRIPTION:Many Eyes: Democratizing Visualization  Data visualization ha
 s historically been accessible only to the elite in academia\, business\
 , and government. But in recent years web-based visualizations--ranging 
 from political art projects to news stories--have reached audiences of m
 illions. Unfortunately\, while lay users can view many sophisticated vis
 ualizations\, they have few ways to create them. In order to "democratiz
 e" visualization\, we have built Many Eyes\, a web site where people may
  upload their own data\, create interactive visualizations\, and carry o
 n conversations. The goal is to foster a social style of data analysis i
 n which visualizations serve not only as a discovery tool for individual
 s but also as a means to spur discussion and collaboration. We will prov
 ide an overview of Many Eyes\, patterns of usage on the site\, and what 
 those patterns suggest about the future of visualization.  BIO: Fernanda
  Vigas and Martin Wattenberg are research scientists in IBM's Visual Com
 munication Lab. Vigas is known for her pioneering work on depicting chat
  histories and email. Wattenberg's visualizations of the stock market an
 d baby names are considered internet classics. Both Vigas and Wattenberg
  are also known for their visualization-based artwork\, which has been e
 xhibited in venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York\, London
  Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 
 The two became a team in 2003 when they decided to visualize Wikipedia\,
  leading to the "history flow" project that revealed the self-healing na
 ture of the online encyclopedia. They are currently exploring the power 
 of web-based visualization and the social forms of data analysis it enab
 les.
LAST-MODIFIED:20080312T120000Z
LOCATION:3401 Siebel Center
ORGANIZER:kkarahal@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1436?key=200001012000010181179
UID:81179@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR