written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-16 | tags: nxviz data visualization data science software engineering
I have been developing network visualization implementations for Python, mostly because I needed them. I also believe in open source principles, that broadly useful and applicable code should be made freely available with their implementations made... (read more)
(186 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-16 | tags: data visualization data science nxviz graph visualization network science
I use networks as part of my research,
and visualization is a very important part of it.
The problem with network visualizations is that most people
default to node-link diagrams that end up looking like
written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-16 | tags: scipy conferences python
Like PyCon 2016, I ended up doing the Hallway Track at SciPy 2016, which really meant hanging out in the hallway, talking with people, fixing code bugs, and... (read more)
(720 words, approximately 4 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-14 | tags: scipy conferences python
And we’re done! Two days of fun, intense, and hopefully mind-expanding tutorials at SciPy 2016.
I led two sessions of my network analysis workshop. Originally, I was only going to lead one session, and I thought I’d get a niche crowd and a... (read more)
(266 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-12
On Thursday, 7 July 2016, I attended a workshop on effective mentoring by Bruce Birren at the Broad Institute. Bruce is an experienced... (read more)
(862 words, approximately 5 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-06
Unlike my other two posts on leadership (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of "The Shaping of an Effective Leader"), this one doesn't have a source from which I'm quoting. It comes more from experience.
There are many great qualities of... (read more)
(163 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-04 | tags: reading notes leadership
Some of my notes from Chapter 2 of the book.
Read on... (331 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-30 | tags: productivity
How simple visual decluttering can helped me work more effectively.
Read on... (190 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-24 | tags: network analysis teaching education tutorials
I made a new logo for the Network Analysis Made Simple tutorial!
Read on... (96 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-06-22 | tags: data science open science
I found an awesome slide deck by Jake Vanderplas. It's a great case for doing science in the open; highly recommended.
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