Space Talk: Using Computational Astronomy Techniques to Solve Problems Here at Home
Space Talk: Using Computational Astronomy Techniques to Solve Problems Here at Home In-Person
Joining us from Vanderbilt University is Dan Burger who developed filtergraphs. Filtergraph is a web-based data visualization service that he developed at Vanderbilt that allows anyone to create visualization portals by uploading data. What started out as my master's thesis project at Vanderbilt is now used by over a thousand data professionals worldwide. While Filtergraph started out as a tool for astronomers - it was used to develop NASA’s recently launched TESS satellite, among other things - the technology has gotten interest from geologists analyzing soil in Bangladesh, journalists looking to understand the growth of short-term rentals in Nashville, and researchers looking to understand the visual skills and talents of people on the autism spectrum. Dan Burger will be talking about how our visualization techniques are being used to solve problems here at home, and discuss the possibilities for visualization ahead.
- Date:
- Sunday, January 12, 2020
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room A
- Categories:
- Adult Special Program Family Program Teen Program