Learning to play the piano is a deeply rewarding journey, but it comes with a notoriously steep hurdle: sight-reading. Sight-reading is the ability to read and play a piece of sheet music fluently on the first look, much like reading a book out loud in your native language. While essential  ...Read More

We’ve all been there: you’re trying to use a new piece of software, but the buttons don’t make sense, the data looks like a confusing mess, and you’re starting to feel your blood boil. Usually, computers are oblivious to our “human” moments. They sit there silently while we get more and more  ...Read More

Navigating university can be overwhelming. Between picking prerequisites, balancing demanding course loads, and adjusting to campus life, many students find themselves in academic jeopardy. While academic advisors play a crucial role in keeping students on track to graduate, their time is limited  ...Read More

Sexual harassment in academia is an unusually overlooked component of the greater societal conversation around sexual assault and harassment. This is especially puzzling when you consider the intense power dynamics that exist in academic institutions, as well as the non-academic aspects of universit  ...Read More

This year at the IEEE VIS Conference (Oct 19–25), members of the Ontario Tech University visualization research group Vialab will be at the Vancouver Convention Centre to present research results across the entire spectrum of conference events. Starting on Saturday, visiting researcher Tommaso Elli  ...Read More

Empowering people across all disciplines and professions to understand their data is the enduring promise of visualization. When designing a visualization for a specific industry or discipline, visualization designers will consider the nature of the data and how it is used by that specific disciplin  ...Read More

Readers often find themselves lost in the sprawling geography of a great novel. While authors use real-world locations to set the scene, following a story that jumps between cities or across continents can be a challenge for even the most attentive reader. As Franco Moretti discusses in his work  ...Read More