Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carleton College. Researcher of data visualization and visual approaches to text analysis. Ultimate frisbee coach.
Saint Paul, MN
Joined January 2011
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~3 days left ⏳ to submit a provocation or lab talk for #vis4dh at @ieeevis!
Submissions only need a short abstract (300words) along with optional links to any other supporting material.
Find the form here: bit.ly/vis4dh23exhibits
ALT Text reading: 'storytelling and narrative in Visualisation for the humanities' drawn in a green and blue gradient
Eric Alexander retweeted
Last paper of the session:
Word Clouds in the Wild
Rebecca M. M. Hicke*, Maanya Goenka, Eric Alexander @EricCAlexander
ALT A speaker stands by a large screen. She wears an orange shirt and black jacket. She smiles while presenting. The screen shows the title 'Word clouds in the wild'. Under it is the names of the Authors, then a sample word cloud using different colors and font sizes
Eric Alexander retweeted
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Eric Alexander retweeted
If I could ask the ulti-world just one thing, it would be…that you list your score first, then your opponent.
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Vision twitter! I'm looking for a zoom guest lecturer to discuss *color vision in animals* for this class. Are dogs colorblind? What's the deal with mantis shrimp? etc! Can offer eager undergrads who will ask lots of questions and an honorarium. DM for more info! RTs appreciated!
Prepping a new team-taught class for the spring at @CarletonCollege with two wonderful colleagues (in Physics and Philosophy) and I am PUMPED about it! 🎨
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You don't have to be an MIT undergraduate to intern with us this summer! The deadline's been extended to Feb 1.
Are you a first-gen, BIPOC, or disabled undergraduate student interested in visualization research? Intern with us through MIT's Summer Research Program (MSRP). Deadline: Jan 10 2021. More info: mit.edu/msrp. $5400 stipend, travel + housing included.
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WordHack is TONIGHT with @xfoml @_ojack_ and @shanfinnegan. Join us on the @Babycastles twitch stream starting at 7PM ET! twitch.tv/babycastles
Yikes. Could no one writing this headline have paused to ask “I wonder what else might correspond with having hours and hours to play video games, and how those other things might affect well being?”
There is a lack of robust evidence for many of the supposed harmful effects of video games, according to a new study econ.st/3qiLQLS
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For @VIS4DH, @Birdbassador and I spent a few weeks talking about Jeremy Bentham and Guy DeBord and our new normal of dashboard watching. Here's what we think about this whole process: mcorrell.medium.com/the-spec…
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Really good tutorial on colour.
@dalbersszafir @kbschloss
FrancescaSamsel
Try out cu-visualab.org/ColorCrafter…
vrl.cs.brown.edu/color
youtu.be/M_eA66NOSik
ALT Colorgorical
ALT Color Crafter
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Great Take-Home Message by @laurenfklein
Join the Q&A now: youtube.com/watch?v=6U5RUwXk…
#ieeevis #vis4dh #datafeminism #digitalhumanities
From @laurenfklein: If we expand our definition of what data work means, we will see how much of it is being done by people outside the typical characterization of a "data scientist" #vis4dh #ieeevis #digitalhumanities