Meeting archive

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…

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…

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…

In this talk i will discuss some fundamental principles of data visualisation, along with practical tips, with examples from my own PhD research, as well as some examples from other organisations and publications. Wednesday 10th January, 2-3pmIn-person in Room 2.04 of the Fry Building on Woodland Road, Bristol. Oscar Davy I am a data scientist…

This talk will explore different ways in which data can be presented. The amount of data which can be represented using a graph on a screen will be pushed to its limits, and other ways in which our remaining senses can be used to take in information will be investigated. Wednesday 6th December, 2-3pmIn-person in…

In our first session of 2023, we welcome Hen Wilkinson, Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. She will lead an interactive session presenting how data viz was used to analyse shifts in energy during group discussion, and what we can learn to help with our own data visualisation. Tuesday 7th February, 3-4pmRoom G.11, Fry…