Josh Pollock
Josh is a sixth (and last!) year PhD student in the MIT Visualization Group. He builds new theories and libraries for charts and diagrams and is obsessed with how a well-designed picture can create a new insight. In his free time (any time really), Josh may be seen doing contact improv, singing, or playing guitar.
Session
Visualization libraries like Altair are based on the Grammar of Graphics (GoG), a theory of visualization that moved beyond fixed chart types towards a composable graphical language. But while the GoG makes simple charts easy, custom graphics still require low-level libraries like matplotlib. We present GoFish, a grammar of more graphics! GoFish formalizes patterns of visual structure (like connecting shapes with lines or spreading them out in space) letting you create diagrams, annotated charts, and infographics piece by declarative piece. In this talk, we'll see some fun and funky GoFish charts, and I'll uncover the hidden structure behind everyday visualizations.