Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, Google
Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, Google
Augmenting Human and Machine Intelligence with Data Visualization
Augmenting Human and Machine Intelligence with Data Visualization
Abstract: How data visualization serves to augment intelligence–human and machine alike. First, visualization can effectively make people smarter about data, boosting their individual and collective ability to process and understand complex information. Second, as machine learning becomes increasingly important, visualization can play a critical role in helping humans understand, build, and control systems based on machine intelligence. Will discuss a series of examples drawn from the worlds of business, computer science, and even art that illustrate both of these aspects.
Bio: Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg are the leaders of Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization research group, part of the Google Brain machine intelligence team. They are well known for their contributions to social and collaborative visualization, and the systems they’ve created are used daily by millions of people. Viégas holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab; Wattenberg has a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley. Their visualization-based artwork has been exhibited worldwide, and is part of the permanent collection of Museum of Modern Art in New York.
A buffet lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m., and the seminar will begin at 12:00 p.m.