Meeting archive

  • Meeting 13th September 2018

    13th September 2018 In this session we watched a TEDtalk and had some flash presentations. For those who weren’t able to make it, here’s the link to the TED talk by Beau Lotto that we discussed: https://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see Thanks for the really interesting discussion of how visual perception and optical illusions interact with data vis! Related to this, we highlighted artist…

  • Atmospheric quality data visualisation labs – May and June 2018

    Our second data lab for 2018 used Atmospheric quality data provided by Guy Barkley from Atmotech. 24th May 2018 – Atmospheric quality data visualisation lab (1) Guy Barkley from Atmotech introduced us to the work they do and the time-series data he kindly provided for the group on atmospheric quality. Atmotech is an air quality services business. They deploy…

  • Data Visualisation Labs – February and March 2018

    We held some data visualisation labs in 2018, these were two part sessions. In the first part the datasets were introduced and in the second any resulting visualisations were presented. The labs were to work as follows: One or two datasets, which lend themselves well for visualisation, will be introduced to the working group. Over…

  • Meeting 15th January 2018 – Data Realisation

    15th January 2018 – Data realisation 13:00 – 14:00 Room G1, 7 Priory Road Prof Anthony Head from Bath Spa University visited us to discuss approaches to data visualisation, multi sensory representation of data, art and audience. He also explained his recent data vis project for SPHERE, where he created a 3D representation of the house…

  • Meeting 28th November 2017

    28th November 2017 – Visualisation lab 13.00-14.00  – Seminar Room, Beacon House Study Centre This session was a visualisation lab. This type of session gives the group space for us to all talk or work on ideas, form groups or chat generally about all things “viz”. In addition to this we explored if there was any interest to…

  • Meeting 2nd November 2017

    2nd November 2017 – The art of the possible in data visualisation 13.00-14.00 – Seminar Room, Beacon House Study Centre Run by John Kellas This session included a presentation on cutting-edge visualisation technologies and open source frameworks that can enrich the aesthetic and information communication possibilities. Through horizon scanning, and insight into D3, Cesium, Visual.Tools and Noomap – a range of…