Martin Wattenberg (artist and programmer)

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Martin Wattenberg (b. 1970) is a digital artist and programmer famous for some of his visualizations of complex datasets. Among his more renowned work is the Map of the Market applet featured on SmartMoney's website and the IBM History Flow tool for visualizing changes to a document over time.

[edit] External links

  • Mappa Mundi article on the Map of the Market
  • Smartmoney website. See the "Map of the Market" link under the "Maps" section of the right-hand navigation. Hard to find, slow to load, but worth it.
  • List of research Wattenberg has contributed to
  • MW2MW, a running conversation between Wattenberg and architect/artist Marek Walczak in the form of a collection of project excerpts. He also holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California.