Helping our global network do more with data
VIS at Northeastern is an interdisciplinary initiative to support the university’s efforts in visualization and to connect faculty, researchers, and students across our global network.
The Imperative
Northeastern is a leading institution in the world for data visualization and information design. No other school in the world embraces the cross-disciplinary translation of concepts quite like us.
Data visualization and information design is fueled by challenges borne from the imperative to translate data into actionable change. VIS at Northeastern is powered by opportunities to make impact.
Featured Projects
Curating Curation—Shenzen Biennale
Paolo Ciuccarelli, IDV faculty and director of the Northeastern Center for Design, has developed with IDV and CAMD students a massive 1 kilometer long public data display.
Datastories
A podcast on data visualization with Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner.
Human Data Interaction at the Roux Institute
Turning data into direction. Advancing technology. Pushing boundaries. Roux Institute researchers work across disciples to drive progress for companies and communities in Maine and beyond.
Simulated Dendrochronology of U.S. Immigration
1790-2016
Nature has its own ways of organizing information: organisms grow and register information from the environment. This is particularly notable in trees, which, through their rings, tell the story of their growth.
VIS Academic Programs and Lifelong Learning
Northeastern University’s interdisciplinary focus and structure is an ideal environment for an interdisciplinary VIS field of study. Here, prospective students can discover learning pathways.
Mapping Historical Racial Violence
The NuLawLab’s interdisciplinary team created a dynamic visualization and map of over 300 incidents to help identify communities and regions impacted by racial violence and drive community centered interventions that promote restorative justice.
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