Big data, open data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities have become commonplace words. Yet most government leaders find difficulty connecting these words to their day-to-day challenges like ...

Imagine watching an embryo form in real time, each cell dividing, moving, and finding its place. Today’s advanced microscopes can capture these frames—but turning them into accurate, usable maps of ...

Visual analytics and interactive visualization have emerged as critical tools for deciphering complex datasets in social media and digital humanities. These techniques blend computational methods with ...

Computer science researchers at RIT want to make it easier for people to understand how COVID-19 can spread. The researchers have turned complicated predictive COVID-19 models into interactive ...

The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...

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An interactive visualization depicting IMDC criteria was created, with the final version including data for more than 4,500 patients. Usability testing was performed with nonmedical lay-users and ...

If you are like us, you love data, especially when it is presented in an orderly and appealing manner – think elegant charts and graphs. Data imagery is so popular that there is even a subreddit ...

It’s time to add another treasure to our folder of enlightening scientific visualizations, which has grown thick over the past few years thanks in large part to researchers attempting to understand ...

Getting readers of a news story interested in numbers can be a challenge. But the benefits of engaging readers in data can lead to a better understanding, preventing misinformation and ...