2016-12-12

Slides available at http://bit.ly/phd-defense

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Bio

  • Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University (2011-2015)
  • M.S. in Statistics, Iowa State University (2013)
  • Internships with AT&T (2013) and Google (2014)
  • Software Developer, plotly (2015 - Present)
  • Research Assistant, Monash University (Sept 2015 - June 2016)

Future plans

Freelance software developer & data scientist

  • My clients already include: plotly, NOAA
  • In addition to developing plotly, I plan on delivering "data products" (e.g. interactive web apps, dynamic reports/documents, etc.)
  • Businesses already building products around plotly: Omni Analytics, TCBD Analytics

Dissertation chapters

  • Taming PITCHf/x Data with XML2R and pitchRx
  • LDAvis: A method for visualizing and interpreting topics
  • Extending ggplot2’s grammar of graphics implementation for linked and dynamic graphics on the web
  • Interactive data visualization on the web using R
  • plotly for R
    • Multiple linked views
      • Linking views with shiny
      • Linking views without shiny

Why link views without shiny?

Linking as a database query