Prediction vs. Prophecy,
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Harvard and Radcliffe College Reunions at Home Virtual Program,
Tuesday, May 26, 2020:
Visualization
New Perspectives on Star Formation, the Milky Way, and Isaac Newton,
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,
Friday, January 17, 2020:
These are Alyssa Goodman's presentation slides from the 6th annual New England Star Formation Meeting, held at the University Connecticut on January 18, 2020.
Largest Gaseous Structure Ever Seen In Our Galaxy Is Discovered
The Radcliffe Wave (AAS235 Press Conference Materials),
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235th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Tuesday, January 7, 2020:
Enhancing Astronomers’ Appreciation for High-Dimensional Data (Visualization),
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Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto,
Tuesday, October 22, 2019:
These are Alyssa Goodman's slides from her presentation at the 11th edition of
Seeing, Exploring, Explaining, and Sharing our Universe,
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American Museum of Natural History, New York City,
Monday, December 2, 2019:
Scientists show each other pictures. Sure, we also show each other equations, and words, but we communicate most rapidly using pictures. In modern science, these “pictures” can be used to understand and explore phenomena in...
These are Alyssa Goodman's slides from her presentation at the
Calypso to Calypso (Draft) and Mapping the Milky Way...,
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Winthrop House, Harvard University,
Tuesday, July 30, 2019:
This was an unscripted presentation/discussion about Alyssa Goodman's Milky Way work and career to the Harvard College PRISE students, in the "PRISE Distinguished Speaker Series" for 2019. It offered a preview of the "Calypso to Calypso" talk to be given to Harvard Alumni at...
Teasing Out the True Milky Way,
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Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ,
Tuesday, September 10, 2019:
Introduction to Visualization for Teachers,
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Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Tuesday, July 9, 2019:
Beyond-the-Book-Thinking in Modern (STEM) Education,
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Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Friday, April 12, 2019:
In teaching, I have found that introducing students to new concepts using new media, usually in conjunction with “old media” is an effective way to increase engagement, learning, and, perhaps most importantly, curiosity. In this talk, I will draw...
Next in Data Visualization (Introduction and Handouts),
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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Cambridge, MA,
Monday, April 1, 2019:
These are host Alyssa Goodman's introductory slides for the...
Thoughts on High-Dimensional Data Visualization, with glue,
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Steward Observatory, Arizona,
Friday, March 23, 2018:
A synopsis of how and why astronomers should and (easily) can adopt a more high-dimensional view of their data, followed by live demos of glue (http://glueviz.org) and WorldWide Telescope (http://worldwidetelescope.org).
"glue-ing together the Universe from Galileo to Gaia" (March 2 talk and March 1 demo),
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Visual Communication Symposium, Rice University, Houston, TX,
Friday, March 1, 2019:
March 2 Talk abstract (March 1 demo information is below): Astronomy has long been a field reliant on visualization. First, it was literal visualization—looking at the Sky. Today, though, astronomers are faced with the daunting task of understanding gigantic digital...
The Future of Data in Science (*postponed*),
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WiDS, Microsoft New England, Cambridge, MA,
Monday, March 4, 2019
Once upon a time, I was an astrophysicist. Then, about fifteen years ago, I started using medical imaging tools on high-dimensional astronomical data sets, and caring more than was normal about sharing and re-using data and software, and making online documents...