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Activity Number: 425
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics
Abstract - #300360
Title: Many Eyes: A Site for Social Data Analysis and Visualization
Author(s): Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg*+
Companies: IBM and IBM Research
Address: Visual Communication Lab, Cambridge, MA, 02142,
Keywords: visualization
Abstract:

"Many Eyes" is a web site that lets users collect data, create visualizations, and share questions and discoveries. By making this technology available for free to anyone on the internet, we seek to "democratize" visualization and to foster a new, open style of data analysis and statistical sensemaking. The site counts thousands of registered users who have contributed data sets on subjects ranging from bioinformatics, to the Bible, to the 2008 presidential campaign. At its core, Many Eyes is a bet on the power of visualization to spark statistical analysis--a bet that has paid off in a surprising number of ways, ranging from artistic creation to citizen activism and journalism.

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