"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers." (R. Hamming)

The purpose of visualization is insight, not pretty pictures.

 

Welcome to the VDA (Visualization and Data Analysis) group!

We are a group of diverse people with the aim to create better tools and algorithms for analyzing and displaying data.
Our roots can be found in areas such as computer graphics, image processing, and human-computer interaction, our current focus aligns well with the challenges presented by the field of data science.

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 News & Events

Congratulations to Regina Schuster, Kathleen Gregory, Torsten Möller, and Laura Koesten, whose paper on climate visualization just got published in the IEEE Transactions on...

Congratulations to Kathleen Gregory, Laura Koesten, Regina Schuster, Torsten Möller, and Sarah Davies, whose paper was recently published by the Harvard Data Science Review.

On June 24th Nils Gehlenborg from the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School will talk on how 3D Spatial and Single-Cell Data can be visualized.

We are happy to announce that Siming Chen from the School of Data Science at Fudan University will be giving a talk on May 15th, 10:15.

We are happy to share that Laura Koesten has been interviewed by Markus Hengstschläger about her work in the program "Spontan gefragt".

Our research group is currently looking for a PhD researcher with a background in computer science, information science, or a related field.