Technology Perception

I recently gave a talk at the Wolfram Data Summit about the challenges of  human perception that new technologies reveal. The field of data visualization for decades has discovered these challenges and adapted to them. They are mere speed bumps in the road to improved data analysis, but they are interesting for what they reveal [...]

Playing Data Catch-Up

Each type of emergency has its own profile. Floods cause massive property damage and displace large numbers of people. Tsunamis leave few survivors or injured victims but an enormous amount of property and ecological damage. Earthquakes tend to result in both a large number of deaths and a large number of orthopedic injuries. It is [...]

The Joy of Population Pyramids

One of the first tools you learn in public health school is the population pyramid. It is a simple an effective way to see the distribution of a population by age and sex. These frequently are shown broken down by race and ethnic group, too. For example, look at the following two pyramids that show [...]