A Hands-on Introduction to D3

Description:

Many organizations are turning to Data Visualization to communicate insights about data. D3 is an award-winning data-visualization library that has gained considerable adoption amongst these organizations. It uses data to drive the creation and control of dynamic and interactive visualizations that range from simple charts to sophisticated animated data visualizations, general HTML layouts, and geographic projections.

This hands-on tutorial will allow attendees to master the D3 essentials in order to make the climb of D3’s steep learning curve easier. We’ll look at and work through examples to illustrate how to load, clean, and wrangle data to produce visualizations.

Preparation:

All Attendees need a laptop with Chrome browser installed, a text editor and Python (2.7+ or 3.x) installed on their Path. Data sets will be provided. Awareness of basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript and a web browser works will be helpful.

Instructor Bio:

Sebastian Gutierrez is a Data Entrepreneur who has founded three data-related companies: DataYou (data science & data visualization consulting and education), LetsWombat (data-driven product sampling), and Acheevmo (athletic performance statistics). He was formerly an emerging markets risk manager at Scotia Capital and an FX options trader at JP Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank. He is the author of “Data Scientist at Work”, a collection of interviews with 16 of the world’s most influential and interesting data scientists from across the spectrum of public companies, private companies, startups, venture investors, and non-profits.

Gutierrez provides extensive training in Data Visualization and D3.js (a Data Visualization JavaScript Library) to a diverse client base – from corporations such as The New York Stock Exchange, The American Express Company and General Dynamics to Universities and Media Agencies, as well as many start-ups. He leads the 2200-plus-member NYC D3.js Meetup Group and is co-editor of Data Science Weekly, a weekly newsletter providing curated articles and videos on the latest developments in Data Science. He has spoken at multiple conferences (Strata + Hadoop World in NYC, Barcelona, and London) and Meetups. He holds a BS in Mathematics from MIT and an MA in Economics from the University of San Francisco. In his free time he enjoys being a moderator of http://reddit.com/r/datascience .

Event agenda:

10:00am - 12:00pm: Workshop

12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch will be provided

1:00pm - 4:00pm: Workshop