[Neasis-l] Data Visualization Event 1/15/15: Get to know presenter Rob Erdmann!

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Workshops are already filling up at* Data Visualization: How to Do It and
Do It Well*. Should you register? Yes, because our presenters are amazing!
Look below for details about one great presenter, or check our website
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for
the rest.

*WHEN*: January 15, 2015 ||| Thursday ||| 9 AM - 2:30 PM
*WHERE*: Simmons College in Boston
*HOW MUCH*: Registration $45 |||  NEASIST/SLA members $35 ||| students $15
*SO*: Register today
<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-visualization-how-to-do-it-and-do-it-well-tickets-14838896539>
!

*Get to know your presenters: Rob Erdmann*
Rob is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at MIT.  He is a plant scientist who
routinely works with extremely large whole genome data sets in the course
of his research.  He is also very interested in education and data
visualization.

*Rob's workshop: **Circos <http://circos.ca/> – a round form of data
visualization*
Circos <http://circos.ca/> is a data visualization program that allows you
to display heat maps, histograms, scatter plots, and much more – all in a
round package!  It was originally developed as a way to display whole
genome datasets in Biology, but has started spreading into a wide range of
fields <http://circos.ca/intro/published_images/>.  Circos is ideal for
displaying connections or movement between data categories, and is a good
mechanism for displaying tabular data in a more visually accessible format
<http://circos.ca/guide/tables/>. In this workshop, we’ll walk step by step
through the basics of creating a Circos plot using simple sample data sets,
and will finish by exploring some of the more advanced possibilities that
the program makes possible.

This is an intermediate-to-advanced workshop; it's extremely helpful to be
familiar with the command line. You'll need a laptop with Perl and Circos
installed (preferably Mac/Unix environment; Windows will work, but there
may be more troubleshooting).
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