Alex Gurvich - Using Visual Perception to Find Patterns in Data and Drive Insight

For information on upcoming conferences, visit https://www.rstats.ai. Using Visual Perception to Find Patterns in Data and Drive Insight by Alex Gurvich Presentation Slides: https://rstatsnyc.blob.core.windows.net/misc/Using-Visual-Perception-to-Find-Patterns-in-Data-and-Drive-Insight_Alex-Gurvich.pdf Abstract: At the Data Visualization Society’s 2024 Outlier conference, communications and cognitive science researcher Dr. Steven Franconeri gave a keynote presentation on how the human brain is a super-charged pattern recognition machine. He demonstrated through interactive exercises how using principles of visual perception can reveal patterns in data almost instantly, while ignoring them can make them almost impossible to find. But my story begins earlier— almost 10 years ago, when I first saw a version of that presentation, which changed the way I think about data and the course of my life, inspiring me to become a data visualizer. In this talk, I'll summarize Dr. Franconeri's work and guide you through what I’ve learned about the core principles of using visual perception in data visualization. Bio: Dr. Alex Gurvich is a data visualization specialist in NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS). He received his Ph.D. in computational astrophysics from Northwestern University, focusing on high performance computing and interactive web-based visualization. At the SVS, his role is to develop interactive data visualizations for the Earth Information Center-- an ambitious NASA-led initiative to bring federal climate data to the public through interactive data applications in dedicated museum exhibits and at Earth.gov. When not storytelling with data, he spends his time relaxing with Pepper, his trusty basset hound. Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexbgurvich Presented at the 2024 Government & Public Sector R Conference (October 30, 2024) Hosted by Lander Analytics (https://www.landeranalytics.com)