Abstract: 

This beginner's data visualization workshop will introduce the fundamental concepts behind data visualization on the web using D3.js, a powerful, ubiquitous, client-side, JavaScript data visualization library. We'll go over the basics of web programming with JavaScript, go over foundational D3 concepts while providing meaningful code examples, and eventually build several cool, interactive visualizations on real data. Attendees should come with a laptop equipped with a modern browser. We'll be using Chrome and a GitHub repository that will be posted before the workshop. Please make sure to download the repository ahead of time. No other requirements necessary!

Bio: 

Morgane Ciot is a data visualization engineer at DataRobot, where she specializes in creating interactive and intuitive D3 visualizations for data analysis and machine learning. Morgane studied computer science and linguistics at McGill University in Montreal. Previously, she worked in the Network Dynamics Lab at McGill, answering questions about social media behavior using predictive models and statistical topic models.