Nathan Yau Explained

Nathan Yau
Birth Name:Nathan Chun-Yin Yau
Birth Place:Fresno, California
Known For:FlowingData blog
Workplaces:U.S. Census
Thesis Title:An Online Tool for Personal Data Collection and Exploration
Thesis Url:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/18h0j9xh
Thesis Year:2013
Doctoral Advisor:Mark Hansen

Nathan Yau is an American statistician and data visualization expert.

Early life

Nathan Chun-Yin Yau grew up in Fresno, California.[1] [2]

He received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He graduated in 2007 with a Master of Science and in 2013 with a PhD in statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] [3] [4]

His dissertation was titled "An Online Tool for Personal Data Collection and Exploration" and focused on self-surveillance techniques.[2] [5] Yau's earlier self-surveillance work on the "Personal Environmental Impact Report" was featured in Yau's chapter of the book Beautiful Data, published in 2009.[6] [7]

Career

Yau is known for his blog FlowingData in which he publishes writing and tutorials on information design and analytics, as well as visualizations and data science-related projects created by other professionals.[8] [9]

He is the author of books "Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics" (2011) and "Data Points: Visualization That Means Something" (2013).[10] [11]

Since 2014, Yau has worked at the U.S. Census as a research mathematical statistician.[5]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. . Extraordinary Minds . UCLA College Magazine . . . 2017 . . 31 . 2021-03-10.
  2. Web site: An Online Tool for Personal Data Collection and Exploration . 2013 . 2021-03-12.
  3. Web site: Here's how you're probably going to die – in a stunning visualisation . January 19, 2016 . . December 4, 2019.
  4. Web site: Visualizing Data And Telling Compelling Stories With OkCupid And FlowingData . August 8, 2011 . . December 4, 2019.
  5. Web site: Our Researchers Nathan Yau . . 2016-08-11 . 2021-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210310163217/https://www.census.gov/research/researchers/profile.php?cv_sub=div&cv_profile=3983 . 2021-03-10 . live.
  6. Web site: Chapter 1. Seeing Your Life in Data . . 2021-03-12.
  7. Book: Beautiful Data: the stories behind elegant data solutions . Segaran . Toby . Hammerbacher . Jeff . O'Reilly . Sebastopol, California . 2009 . 9780596157111 . First . 827947721.
  8. Web site: Visualize This: How to Tell Stories with Data . July 26, 2011 . . December 4, 2019.
  9. Web site: The Art of Flowing Data: An interview with Dr Nathan Yau . November 25, 2015 . Statistics Views . December 4, 2019.
  10. Web site: The Top 30 Best Data Visualization Books on Our Reading List . November 12, 2019 . Solutions Review . December 4, 2019.
  11. News: Infographics: Winds of Change . July 6, 2013 . . December 4, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130715051353/http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21580446-revolution-taking-place-how-visualise-information-winds-change . July 15, 2013.

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