Visualization is an important tool for researchers in many fields, from data science to biology to the humanities.
Visualization researchers engage in projects with departments such as Industrial and Systems Engineering, Design Studies, Library and Information Studies, Nursing, Art, Dance as well as projects in Digital Humanities.
Visualization is a key component of WID’s Data Science Hub.
WID's Data Science Hub is part of the COVID-19 Data Science Research Group that is interpreting data, using that data to create models, and sharing information and findings.
Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery are co-Principal Investigators and co-Investigators on four UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative projects.
WID's new hubs—Data Science, Multi-Omics, and Illuminating Discovery—represent a new path forward for collaborative research projects and fields.
For WID's Kevin Ponto, virtual reality is more than a way of playing video games or simulating roller coaster rides. He thinks VR can be a tool for solving real-world problems.
Professor Karen Schloss of WID's Visual Reasoning Lab tells the Wall Street Journal about the pitfalls of the rainbow-colored maps used to communicate during storms like the recent Hurricane Florence.
Karen Schloss talks about the psychology behind color preferences in an interview for Artsy.
In a paper forthcoming in the journal Cognitive Science, Living Environments Lab professor Karen Schloss and her colleagues investigated whether and why color preferences change according to the season.
Discovery Fellow Rob Radwin uses blended learning and LEGO kits to solve real world problems.
WID Optimization teams with local wildlife agencies to improve Great Lakes basin habitat.
To better understand the cosmos, WID and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center researchers are examining activity at the world's largest neutrino detector in the Institute's immersive virtual reality environment.
Are your "virtual eyes" and real eyes located in the same spot? Probably not, says WID researcher Kevin Ponto, who's focusing on how to make 3D visualization more intuitive and realistic.
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