http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Strength in Numbers en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:12:54 +0000 http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/data-visualization-developer-%e2%80%93-london#post-2026 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:38:22 +0000 SamBrown 2026@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Data Visualization Developer required in central London to play a key role in visualizing vast (2 billion samples+) datasets. Joining a multidisciplinary team of software developers and statisticians, you will have sole responsibility for creating innovative web and desktop based 2D and 3D renders using a range of technologies including JavaScript, Photoshop, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, C++, DirectX/OpenGL, GWT/Google Maps API. 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To apply, please email your CV to <a href="mailto:sam.brown@engagepsg.co.uk" rel="nofollow">sam.brown@engagepsg.co.uk</a>. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/data-visualization-journalist#post-2004 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:00:49 +0000 robertobelo 2004@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>BBC World Service in London is hiring a Data Journalist with focus on visualization. 5-month fixed contract. Closes on 6 December. Full information here: <a href="http://bbc.in/wsdj2010" rel="nofollow">http://bbc.in/wsdj2010</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/learnings-from-scada#post-1603 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:21:28 +0000 jufemaiz 1603@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi all,<br /> I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of papers concerning SCADA systems as a starting point for data visualisation. Obviously this relates far more to real time information (transit systems, power/gas systems, aviation, maritime etc) than to data review post-event(s), however this is an area I have more interest in.</p> <p>Cheers all,<br /> Joel </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/seminar-on-innovative-approaches-to-turn-statistics-into-knowledge-15-16-july-2#post-628 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:34:18 +0000 Lars 628@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi, I am impressed by what I see in your site, and I would warmly welcome your active participation in a great event we are organising in Washington DC, see <a href="http://www.oecd.org/progress/ict/statknowledge" rel="nofollow">http://www.oecd.org/progress/ict/statknowledge</a> . I also hope this could be tempting to members of your community. It is a rather big event with some 350 participants.<br /> I would be interested in a proposal for a presentation, and also registrations. I am chairing the organising committee.<br /> Lars </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/best-method-of-visualizing-multiple-comorbidities#post-70 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:40:38 +0000 nathany 70@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>hey darin, thanks for sharing. admittedly i got a little lost on the elegant part of your suggestion. if only we had a visual... </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/best-method-of-visualizing-multiple-comorbidities#post-67 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:00:36 +0000 Darin 67@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>JulianF, are you using this visualization to tell a story? explore? display causality?</p> <p>You say that they can have up to 6 comorbidites (poor souls). I have a suggestion...</p> <p>a******<br /> ab*****<br /> abc****<br /> abcd***<br /> abcde**<br /> abcdef*<br /> abcdefg</p> <p>because you have set of 6 with the possible combinations (7 if you count no comorbidities, but I don't think that is where you are headed with this), there will be overlapping i.e. 6 with 2 and 3 (OR 2 with 6 and 3)</p> <p>Here's the hopefully elegant part of my suggestion. Let column a be 'diabetes', use very small color coded boxes to highlight a unit, make a line within the bar to segment and create a 1st part of column 'a' which will be just 'a'. Pick a 2nd comordities say b = 'heart disease' mark boxes by color that are similar to column b, continue ab, ac, ad, ae, af, ag as the set of all a with one other comorbidities. If each is one unit and a marker segments column a after a+1 other, then you have an area that highlights diabetes plus one other. Additionally, looking with in this area gives you a quick visual glance of what diabetes hangs out with. Repeat this process on up for a with 2, awith 3 up to 6.<br /> Do the same for b, but remove ba (the * at the top).</p> <p>There is a name for this kind of graph. I've seen it like twice, both times it was interactive and... beautiful. I don't know where I saw them or what software they used or the name of this kind of segmented bar graph.</p> <p>The graph could additionally modified where the x-axis is number of comorbidites, so column a would be 1 comorbidity with 6 segments and g column being the 6 comorbid. I have a gut feeling this turn ugly, but just a feeling...</p> <p>Just an idea</p> <p>Darin </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/best-method-of-visualizing-multiple-comorbidities#post-64 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:23:21 +0000 nathany 64@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>hey julian, there was actually a whole bunch of discussion around something like this a while back on all the stat blogs, so you might be in luck :)</p> <p>here's a summary of the "venn diagram challenge":</p> <p><a href="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/10/venn_diagram_ch.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/10/venn_diagram_ch.html</a></p> <p>and a little more:</p> <p><a href="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/10/venn_diagram_ch_1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/10/venn_diagram_ch_1.html</a></p> <p>here's the post that started it all:</p> <p><a href="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/09/redoing_venn_di.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/09/redoing_venn_di.html</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/best-method-of-visualizing-multiple-comorbidities#post-63 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:07:43 +0000 JulianF 63@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi All,<br /> I would like to do a graphic that would represent the number/percentage of patients with multiple comorbidities (diseases): e.g. patients who have diabetes and heart disease; or diabetes, asthma and heart disease. A patient can have up to 6 co-morbidities.</p> <p>I looked at something like Venn diagrams - where the intersection of 2 circles represents those patients with 2 diseases, and where 3 circles intersect are those with 3 diseases...but after 3 it gets a bit tricky, and the graphic somewhat ugly. </p> <p>My other option is a simple bar chart, but wondering if there are any creative options out there. </p> <p>TIA and Cheers,<br /> Julian F<br /> Australia </p>