Tag: viz

  • Visual Data Computing Unleashed

    A new startup from MIT and Brown lets users transform, visualize, and model data through a graphical user interface. In a recent post we described the use of AI and machine learning to expand the user…

    Visual Data Computing Unleashed
  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data: Alibaba ♥ Spark: Next time someone asks you if Apache Spark scales, point them to this recent post by Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba. What particularly caught my eye…

  • Bits from the Data Store

    Semi-regular field notes from the world of data (gathered from Scifoo 2014): Filtergraph and the power of visual exploration: A web-based tool for exploring high-dimensional data sets, Filtergraph came out of the lab of Astrophysicist Keivan…

  • Network Science Dashboards

    Networks graphs can be used as primary visual objects with conventional charts used to supply detailed views [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog.] With Network Science well on its way to…

  • 2013 Revenue of some startup companies

    The chart below is from Wikibon’s estimates1 of the 2013 revenue2 of some Big Data companies. Using d3 I drew a chart that shows 2013 revenue (in millions) from Big Data products and services, as well…

  • Graphs, Time-series, Dataviz, and Crowdsourcing at Strata Santa Clara 2014

    There are many fantastic talks at Strata and it can be overwhelming to navigate the schedule. I plan to list talks I’m hoping to catch in a series of “time-turner” posts (check this blog on Wed/Thu…

  • 11 Essential Features that Visual Analysis Tools Should Have

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog.] After recently playing with SAS Visual Analytics, I’ve been thinking about tools for visual analysis. By visual analysis I mean the type of analysis most…

  • 2012 Revenue of some Big Data companies

    The chart below is from Wikibon’s estimates1 of the 2012 revenue of some Big Data companies. Using d3 I drew a chart that shows 2012 revenue in millions, as well as the share of revenue derived…