Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. One of the most powerful ways through which we convey the results of ...

One of the most common clichés in the viz space is that “data visualizations are only as effective as the insights they reveal.” In this context, effectiveness is a function of careful planning. Any ...

Few will deny that these days we’re all feeling pretty much overwhelmed by Big Data, even if it’s really only a ‘little’ bit of data. Every day, we’re bombarded with Facebook updates, tweets, emails, ...

When linguist Lauren Gawne roams the valleys of Nepal documenting endangered Tibetan languages, she takes pains to distinguish each dialect's geographical origin. But when it came to producing maps of ...

"Wow us with your best data!" That was the challenge issued by the journal Science for its second annual data-visualization competition, called Data Stories. And today (May 4), Science announced the ...

The social science data analysis and visualization minor introduces students to the fundamentals and current innovations of research and data analysis across social science disciplines. It equips ...

A team has developed FlowSense, which lets those who may not be experts in machine learning create highly flexible visualizations from almost any data. The ubiquity and sheer volume of data generated ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M Science, the pioneer in data-driven research and analytics, today launched a weather-based data and visualization solution offering granular visibility into weather trends ...