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The Role of Visualization in Computational Data Analysis

Room C205 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Creating effective data visualizations is an essential task at all stages of computational analysis. Visualization leverages the power of the human visual system to ensure data quality, detect interesting patterns, and communicate novel insights. However, many modern experiments generate raw data with size, dimensionality, or complexity that exceeds the capacity constraints imposed by neurobiology. The …

GCDI Sound Series: Music Performance Analysis

Room 9206 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Dr. Johanna Devaney Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents Dr. Johanna Devaney, who will introduce and teach her open-source software, Automatic Music Performance Analysis and Comparison Toolkit. Join us to learn about developing music software and to demo this toolkit for examining such things as intervals between notes, tempo and relative dynamic level between …

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How to See 1 Billion Images?

Room 9207 @ The GC 365 5th Ave., New York, NY

Today people around the world create, share and interact with billions of new digital artifacts every day. We need new methods for seeing culture at its new scale and velocity. Since 2008 our Cultural Analytics Lab (lab.culturalanalytics.info) has been addressing this challenge. We combine data visualization, design, machine learning, and statistics with concepts from humanities, …

Applications for the GC Digital Research Institute Due

GC DRI offers CUNY graduate students, faculty, and instructional staff an opportunity to develop digital research skills and to connect with others in an interdisciplinary environment. The week will begin with an introduction to the command line, git, Python, and databases for all students; participants will then have the opportunity to choose from a variety of more specific workshops on topics ranging from using APIs to the Natural Language Toolkit to machine learning.

The application will be open until 11:59pm on December 1st, 2017; however, we recommend that interested participants apply early, as space is limited.

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The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge

The Science Center (4th Floor) @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Join Manuel Lima for a fascinating tour through millennia of circular information design in architecture, urban planning, fine art, design, fashion, technology, religion, cartography, biology, astronomy and physics in a visual feast for infographics enthusiasts. From Venn diagrams and early celestial charts to the trefoil biohazard symbol and Target’s corporate logo, Lima provides a history …

R

R has become an indispensible tool for academics in a range of disciplines for analyzing data. Many users come to it though with limited programming experience which can often lead to many more headaches than anyone should reasonably suffer. This workshop attempts to make R a bit less painful. Fortunately the past few years have …

Python 201

Once you've learned to use basic Python syntax and programming concepts, what next? This workshop will address intermediate programming concepts that become critical as one moves from writing short scripts to more sophisticated programs. Topics will include programming paradigms such as functional and object-oriented programming, how to manage virtual environments, and structuring and sharing projects …

Memory, Erasure and Virtual Repatriation: The Zimbabwean Case

Room C197 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Nontsikelelo Mutiti, co-researchers of ReadingZimbabwe.com have been collecting, cataloging, digitizing, and making available information of as many publications about Zimbabwe from the 1950s to the present as …

GC Digital Scholarship Lab Open House

GC Digital Scholarship Lab, Room 7414 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Are you curious about the GC Digital Scholarship Lab, the Digital Fellows, and the services that we provide?  Come join us on Tuesday, February 27th, from 12pm-6pm for our first ever Digital Scholarship …

Field-Recording: Beyond Your Ears

Room C197 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents an interactive talk with Zach Poff, a New York area media artist, educator, and maker-of-things.  His artwork is rooted in open systems that eschew individual authorship in favor of collaborative or generative models. His algorithmic remixes of popular media uncover hidden subtexts lurking inside familiar forms (Parallel Rhetoric, …