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Make Data Work
September 11, 2018: Training & Tutorials
September 12–13, 2018: Keynotes & Sessions
New York, NY
Jeffrey Heer

Jeffrey Heer
Cofounder | Professor, Trifacta | University of Washington

Website | @jeffrey_heer

Jeffrey Heer is Trifacta’s chief experience officer and cofounder as well as a professor of computer science at the University of Washington, where he directs the Interactive Data Lab. Jeff’s passion is the design of novel user interfaces for exploring, managing, and communicating data. The data visualization tools developed by his lab (D3.js, Protovis, Prefuse) are used by thousands of data enthusiasts around the world. In 2009, Jeff was named to MIT Technology Review’s list of “top innovators under 35.”

Sessions

11:20am–12:00pm Thursday, 09/13/2018
The Vega project: Building an ecosystem of tools for interactive visualization
Location: 1A 12/14 Level: Beginner
Jeffrey Heer (Trifacta | University of Washington)
Average rating: ****.
(4.75, 4 ratings)
Jeffrey Heer offers an overview of Vega and Vega-Lite—high-level declarative languages for interactive visualization that support exploratory data analysis, communication, and the development of new visualization tools. Read more.