The Visual Scientist is the husband-and-wife team of Joshua Hailpern and Marina Danilevsky, two veterans of many papers, talks, posters, and conferences. Joshua and Marina hold PhDs in Computer Science, in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Data Mining, respectively.
While not often thought of as being extremely “visual,” tables can make documents, presentations, and posters look extremely cluttered and busy – or professional and crisp. This includes addressing major issues like, how to present headings vs. content, how to stress a point, and even when to use lines.
Creating better scientific posters was the original impetus for this website. This initial guide helps scientists organize their ideas, visually, on a poster. This includes addressing major questions like, how many columns to have, what size font to use, and even how to pick colors.
Creating better scientific graphs are the key to telling a compelling visual story. This guide helps scientists organize their data, visually, in a graph. This includes addressing major questions like, what style to choose, what to label, and even how to pick colors.
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