The Gaia Space Telescope has been mapping the Milky Way since December 2013. In the interactive visualization Gaia’s Stellar Family Portrait, the European Space Agency (ESA) presents the results of the mission. We have chosen it as our visualization of the month March.
KielSCN Senior PI Hinrich Schulenburg, professor at Kiel University, has been awarded the Kiel Science Award 2023. The prize, which is endowed with 10,000 Euros, will be awarded at a ceremony on June 25.
For the course of a year, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec sent each other postcards with their personal data visualizations. The result is the book “Dear Data”. As an example, for our visualization of the month #8 we have chosen a week that is all about goodbyes.
Most theoretical descriptions struggle to bring mathematical procedures to life within one’s own imagination. However, Yi Zhe Ang’s translation of the K-Means algorithm into an explorable explainer does just that: it breathes life into an abstract logical concept. That is why we have chosen it as our Visualization of the Month #7.
Gulia Foscari & UNLESS has created a monumental work of science communication with the transdisciplinary project “Antarctic Resolution”. It is the most comprehensive documentation to date on the Antarctic continent and our Visualization of the Month #6.
The work Elements by the Greek mathematician Euclid is considered one of the most famous and successful textbooks of all time. We have chosen two adaptations as our visualization of the month #5.
On November 3rd and 4th, the TURN Conference 2022 took place in Kiel. We participated in the conference with a symposium on visual science communication and interactive learning.
During our visit to this year’s Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, we saw many attractive and inspiring exhibitions. Many impressive exhibits have stuck in our memories. One of them is the XR Tumor Evolution Project (XRTEP) – our choice for Visualization of the Month #4.
Throughout the entire City of Kiel, Science Day took place on Friday, September 30th, as part of the European Researcher’s Night. More than 300 representatives from scientific institutions in the KielRegion made this day a very special one.
Following the invitation of the Volkswagen Foundation, the kick-off event of the funding line Science Communication Cubed took place on September 19th and 20th in Hanover.