Bristol DataViz Group

This is a group for individuals interested in data visualisation, where members can skill-share, discuss data visualisation topics and highlight great examples.

The current format is an (almost) monthly meeting, either a scheduled speaker, tutorial or a more informal discussion session. “Data visualisation” in this group is focused on representing large scale data in interesting and innovative ways: more than just a graph!

  • Announcing our upcoming talks

    Announcing our upcoming talks

    We’re taking a break this month! We’ll be returning on Wednesday 1st May, 2-3pm  in-person in the 2nd Floor Seminar Room (2.04) of the Fry Building, School of Mathematics. More details nearer the time. And announcing a special edition meeting of the Bristol DataViz Group during Bristol Data Week (w/c 3rd June). The programme for…

  • 6th March 2024 – AR, VR: Augmented Reality for Vector Representations from Deep Learning Models

    6th March 2024 – AR, VR: Augmented Reality for Vector Representations from Deep Learning Models

    We are pleased to welcome Alex Davies, a PhD student with the Interactive AI CDT at the University of Bristol. In this talk, Alex will present his work on using new augmented reality hardware to gain real insight into how AI models understand data. Wednesday 6th March, 2-3pmIn-person in seminar room SM4 of the Ada Lovelace Building on…

  • 7th February 2024 – Logging the pandemic

    7th February 2024 – Logging the pandemic

    During the pandemic, Oliver spent a fair amount of time tweeting graphs of COVID data from his account @BristOliver. In this talk, Oliver will share some thoughts and experiences about data visualisation from this time. In Particular, Oliver will explain his love for logarithmic scales and try to justify his use of basic plotting tools…