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Abstract:
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When is a graph not a graph? Bill Cleveland has made - and continues to make - profound contributions to many areas of Statistical Computing and Graphics. The research he has carried out, informed by a wide variety of important practical problems he has solved, have resulted in statistical tools and methods that are transforming our every-day approach to how we analyse data and display the results. One vital aspect of Bill's modus operandi has been his ability to assemble teams of outstanding collaborators who, collectively, have the requisite skills and knowledge to solve the whole problem, including practical implementation.
This talk focuses mainly (i.e. aside from personal digressions) on the small part of the vast canvas of Bill's work that relates to graphical perception, the subject of the first "silver book". The purpose of a graph is to display pattern. So, when is a graph not a graph .?
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