26/1/2012 - 13/7/2012
Training course: Introduction to data visualisation
Exponential advances in technology have provided us with ubiquitous means for creating, recording and mobilising incredible amounts of data. Where once data was scarce, now it is captured in abundance. Our attitudes as consumers have also evolved. We demand transparency and openness and yearn for visual insight and understanding. Yet, whilst we have access to fantastic tools and widespread capabilities for storage, handling and analysis, the knowledge and techniques required to most effectively display and communicate data are somewhat neglected. In a cluttered, competitive world, a design approach based on intuition, instinct and personal taste is no longer sufficient to cope with, let alone exploit, this data overload.
This is where data visualisation comes in. Data visualisation is both an art and a science. It is an art concerned with unleashing creativity and innovation, designing communications that appeal on an aesthetic level and survive in the mind on an emotional one. It is a science aimed at understanding and exploiting the way our eyes and brains process information most efficiently, effectively and accurately.
This series of training courses on data visualisation starts on January 26 at the University of Ulster, Derry, and ends on July 13 in Amsterdam.
For more information on this series of data visualisation trainings and the different dates and locations, check the website Visualising Data.
