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Visualising Data » Resources. Hans Rosling: The best stats you've ever seen. 80 eventos big data de aquí a septiembre. En el blog whatsthebigdata me encontré ayer con este listado, que a primera vista impresiona: 80 eventos* nada menos!

80 eventos big data de aquí a septiembre

De ellos destacaría la Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit que va a celebrarse en tres continentes, así como la Big Data Week (aparece como a ser celebrada en Berlín, pero el año pasado se hizo en ciudades de todo el mundo) y el CDO Summit en Londres. Y de nuestro país se mencionan dos eventos que tendrán lugar en Barcelona, el 3 de abril y del 13 al 18 de julio. Alguien quiere completar este calendario con más fechas que se le hayan pasado a Gil Press.

*(Actos o mítines, según la RAE. El uso que hacemos de eventos en castellano para esto es una traducción literal del inglés, pero en fín, está muy establecido ya…qué quieren que les diga señores académicos April ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, April 1-4, Glasgow, UK Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit, April 2-4, Las Vegas, NV May June July August Int. Big Data University. Going to Data Visualization School - World of Data.

With the never-ending expansion of online possibilities for quality learning, I got to the can’t-see-the-woods-for-trees phase quite a while ago and tend to forget about some of the high quality stuff out there.

Going to Data Visualization School - World of Data

Hence, I wanted to get some sort of overview of the possibilities I needed to look into. That used to be an Evernote note. By now I have attended a few of the courses, but there is still plenty out there I should be able to combine with a busy work schedule. Anyway, I have turned the note into this post, which is mainly for my own sanity’s sake, but might be of relevance for others. Aggregator I have only come across one aggregator of university level courses, and that is Class Central. Coursera have so many great courses that I can’t exactly say that I have checked them all. Data Visualization Alberto Cairo’s course “Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization” from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is absolutely top class. Visualization by Code Big Data.

News - push.conference. How to Become a Data Visualization Expert: A Recipe. In my previous post last week I complained about the state of infovis blogging, arguing that there is not enough freely available quality material around for novices who want to learn, despite new websites and little business pop up every day.

How to Become a Data Visualization Expert: A Recipe

Especially, there is not much guidance for people who want to become visualization experts. So I thought, what if one is attracted by visualization and wants to start? Is there anything on the web that helps taking at least the first few steps? So, I came up with the idea of writing a very small initial guide (recipe) to help people take these first steps. (Of course, I know there’s never one single right path. My recipe is simple: 1) Study a Lot 2) Steal 3) Criticize 4) Produce 5) Seek Discomfort Study a Lot Yes, I said “a lot”. Show Me the Numbers: Start from here. Read these books, take your time, reflect on their advice and techniques and be ready to refer back to them often.

Steal Stealing can be good if done with the right attitude and intent. TED Studies: Statistics - Visualizing Data.