Jen Lowe Explained

Jen Lowe is an American data scientist and professor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).^[1] Lowe has also researched at Columbia University's Spatial Information Design Laboratory, as well as co-founding the School for Poetic Computation in New York.^[2] She is a member of the collective Deep Lab.^{[3] [4]}

Lowe's work is primarily focused on human interactions with data technology, most notably her One Human Heartbeat project that visualizes Lowe's own heartbeat. Lowe currently lives in New York.^[5]

Notable work

• One Human Heartbeat, a project in which Lowe visualized her heartbeat in semi- real time. The data was on a 24-hour delay to allow for data upload, but it played in real time.^[6] The piece was described as "hopeful."^[7]
• Wind Flow
• Guayupia, a collaboration with Patricio González Vivo. The two created a map of their son's genealogy and heritage, flipping the typical direction of maps so South was at the top.^{[8] [9]}
• The Library Project, a collaboration between Laura Kurgan and the Spatial Information Design Lab, and visualization designers Annelie Berner and Derek Watkins.^{[10] [11]}

Published work

• The Book of Shaders^[12]
• Two-Component Horizontal Aerosol Motion Vectors in the Atmospheric Surface Layer from a Cross-Correlation Algorithm Applied to Scanning Elastic Backscatter Lidar Data^[13]
• Clearing Space

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brownstone. Sydney. 2014-04-08. This Woman's Online Heartbeat Will Make You Think About Big Data And The Quantified Self. 2021-03-22. Fast Company. en-US.
2. Web site: A Creative Coding School Run By Artists Opens In New York. 2021-05-13. www.vice.com. 2 July 2013 . en.
3. Web site: Founding Members. 2021-05-13. Deep Lab. en-US.
4. Web site: The All-Women Hacker Collective Making Art About the Post-Snowden Age. 2021-05-13. www.vice.com. 12 January 2015 . en.
5. Web site: STET Clearing space. 2021-04-02. stet.editorially.com.
6. Web site: 2019-03-18. One Human Heartbeat: The Pulse Of A Person, On The Web 24/7. 2021-05-13. Popular Science. en-US.
7. Web site: Yau. Nathan. 2014-03-26. Human heartbeat. 2021-05-13. FlowingData. en.
8. Web site: Patricio González Vivo & Jen Lowe - Guayupia. 2021-05-13. Territory. en-US.
9. Mattern. Shannon. 2017-09-26. Mapping's Intelligent Agents. Places Journal. 2017. en-US. 10.22269/170926. free.
10. Web site: http://spatialinformationdesignlab.org/project_sites/library/. 2021-05-13. spatialinformationdesignlab.org.
11. Web site: 2014-11-04. Columbia University Library's collection visualised. 2021-05-13. Visualising Data.
12. Web site: The Book of Shaders. 2021-04-02. The Book of Shaders.
13. Mayor. Shane D.. Lowe. Jennifer P.. Mauzey. Christopher F.. 2012-11-01. Two-Component Horizontal Aerosol Motion Vectors in the Atmospheric Surface Layer from a Cross-Correlation Algorithm Applied to Scanning Elastic Backscatter Lidar Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. EN. 29. 11. 1585–1602. 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00225.1. 2012JAtOT..29.1585M. 0739-0572. free.