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DESCRIPTION:Title: Timelines Revisited: Considerations for Expressive Story
 telling\n\nSpeaker: Matthew Brehmer\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Human-Comp
 uter Interaction Group at Microsoft Research Lab - Redmond\, Washington\n\
 nLocation: Northeastern University\, 360 Huntington Avenue\, Snell Library
 \, Lower Level\, Room #090\, Boston\, Massachusetts 02115\n\nAbstract\n\nT
 imelines have been used for centuries to visually communicate stories abou
 t sequences of events\, from historical and biographical data to project p
 lans and medical records.  Depending on how a timeline is drawn\, differen
 t types of insights and temporal characteristics can be emphasized\, such 
 as those relating to event order\, periodicity\, or synchronicity.  In rec
 ent years\, we have seen the emergence of interactive timeline visualizati
 on tools for both data analysis and presentation.  With regards to the lat
 ter\, Matthew would argue that these presentation tools lack the expressiv
 ity to communicate a range of timeline narratives\, as most of them adopt 
 the strictly linear\, chronological timeline design popularized by Joseph 
 Priestley in the late 18th century.\n\nIn this talk\, Matthew will present
  a design space for expressive storytelling with timelines\, one grounded 
 in a survey of hundreds of timelines published over the course of history\
 , which includes timeline designs by Gerardus Mercator and Mark Twain\, as
  well as exemplary timelines drawn by contemporary infographic designers. 
  Finally\, he will introduce Timeline Storyteller\, a timeline storytellin
 g tool that Matthew and his colleagues have been developing\, one that rea
 lizes the expressive potential of the design space.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n
 \nMatthew Brehmer is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Human-Computer Int
 eraction Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond\, Washington\, where he sp
 ecializes in data visualization and its use in storytelling and journalism
 .  In early 2016 he completed a Computer Science PhD at the University of 
 British Columbia where he was a member of Tamara Munzner’s InfoVis Group
 .  During his PhD he conducted visualization design and evaluation project
 s in collaboration with Microsoft Research\, the Associated Press (Knight 
 Foundation’s Overview Project)\, and Pulse Energy (EnerNOC).  On the the
 oretical side\, he co-developed a visualization task typology that enables
  communication among researchers and promotes a cross-pollination of visua
 lization design across application domains.  Prior to specializing in visu
 alization\, he completed degrees in human-computer interaction and cogniti
 ve science and worked in user experience design.\n\n**** Coffee and pastri
 es will be served. ****
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SUMMARY:NUVis Speaker Series: Timelines Revisited: Considerations for Expre
 ssive Storytelling
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