Biography:Scott Murray (author)
Scott Murray | |
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| Education | MassArt's Dynamic Media Institute (M.F.A. 2010) and Vassar College (A.B. 2001) |
| Occupation | Book author |
| Employer | O'Reilly Media |
Notable work | Author of "Interactive Data Visualization for the Web" |
| Website | web |
Scott Murray is a data visualization expert, author, software developer, statistician, data journalist and code artist from Portland, Oregon . Murray specializes in data visualization in web development.
Murray is the author of the book Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, a guide for creating data visualization on the web using the JavaScript plotting library D3.js.[1][2] He is also a contributor to the Processing programming language.[3] He leads many workshops on data visualization, at conferences such as the Eyeo festival.[4]
Early life and education
Scott Murray graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in environmental theory from Vassar College in 2001[5] and received his Master of Fine Arts in 2010 from MassArt's Dynamic Media Institute.[6][7] Murray's master thesis was titled Dynamic Systems of Engagement [8]. After graduation, Scott Murray became an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco teaching courses titled Introduction to Visual Communication for Static Media, Dynamic Media and Information Visualization and Interaction Design [9].
Books
Murray is primarily known for his book, Interactive Data Visualization, the first edition of which was first released by O'Reilly in November 2012.[10][11] The book is a guide for learning JavaScript and its plotting library D3.js as well as HTML, CSS and SVG, all of which are used for creating data visualizations and animations on web pages.
The second edition of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web was published in 2017. [12][13]
Murray is currently working on another book entitled "Creative Coding and Data Visualization with p5.js: Drawing on the Web with JavaScript."[14].
External links
References
- ↑ Murray, Scott (2017). Interactive data visualization for the web : an introduction to designing with D3 (Second ed.). Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 9781491921289. OCLC 1001253513. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1001253513.
- ↑ King, Timothy (2019-11-12). "The Top 30 Best Data Visualization Books on Our Reading List" (in en-US). https://solutionsreview.com/business-intelligence/best-data-visualization-books-on-amazon-you-should-read/.
- ↑ "People \ Processing.org". https://processing.org/people/.
- ↑ "Scott Murray | Eyeo Festival" (in en-US). http://eyeofestival.com/2015/speaker/scott-murray/.
- ↑ "Six questions with... Scott Murray". 2016-06-06. https://www.visualisingdata.com/2016/06/six-questions-scott-murray/.
- ↑ "Scott Murray" (in en). https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/5355.
- ↑ Spencer, Ann. "On becoming a code artist - O'Reilly Radar" (in en-US). http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/05/becoming-a-code-artist.html.
- ↑ "Dynamic Systems of Engagement" (in en-US). https://dynamicmediainstitute.org/thesis-abstract/dynamic-systems-of-engagement/.
- ↑ "Off the Charts: An Interview with Scott Murray, Code Artist" (in en-US). https://chartio.com/blog/scott-murray-interview/.
- ↑ Murray, Scott (2013). Interactive data visualization for the web (First ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4493-3973-9. OCLC 838647635. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/838647635.
- ↑ Hopkinson, Ian (2013-05-09). "Book review: Interactive Data Visualization for the web by Scott Murray" (in en-US). http://www.ianhopkinson.org.uk/2013/05/book-review-interactive-data-visualization-for-the-web-by-scott-murray/.
- ↑ Murray, Scott (2017). Interactive data visualization for the web : an introduction to designing with D3 (Second ed.). Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 9781491921289. OCLC 1001253513. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1001253513.
- ↑ Bremer, Nadieh. "Data Visualization Book Reviews" (in en-us). https://www.visualcinnamon.com/resources/learning-data-visualization/books/.
- ↑ "amazon.com/Scott-Murray/". https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Murray/e/B001HQ3R42/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0.
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