Judit Bekker
Bio: Judith Bekker is a data visualization specialist at Starschema ltd. in Budapest. She received her political science degree from the Corvinas University of Budapest, and landed a job as a leading pollster in the public sector. In the past years Judit was working in the FMCG industry in different marketing and analyst roles. Her main focus is turning complicated things both more digestible and attractive through data visualization. Judith won individual category 1st place and people’s choice award at the 2017 dataviz competition organised by OTP bank and Budapest BI forum.
Johannes Sorger
Title: The Visualisation Integration Design Space - Dealing with Multifaceted Data
Bio: Johannes Sorger is a postdoctoral researcher in Data Science and Visualisation at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. Johannes received his computer science degree in Visual Computing from the TU Wien at the Institute of Computergraphics and Algorithms where he also finished his PhD in a collaboration with the VRVis research centre. Johannes’ main research interests are centred around the application of visualisation as an enabling technology. For his work on the visualisation of neuronal networks Johannes received the 2014 OCG Incentive Award, as well as the Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualisation.
Tamer Khraisha
Title: How Interactive Visualisations are Created ? : The D3.js Force Layout
Bio: Tamer Khraisha is a Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Network Science at the Central European University. He holds a master’s degree in Economics and Economic Policy and a B.A. in Financial Economics from the University of Bologna in Italy. As research topics, Tamer is interested in the study of technological innovation, technological fitness landscapes, financial innovation and economic and financial networks. Given the power and importance of web visualisations, Tamer has worked on creating several interactive visualisations using the D3.js library. To see Tamer’s visualisations, visit his blog.
Krisztina Szucs
Bio: Kristina Szucs is a Budapest-based data visualisations designer. With a Masters degree in Graphic Design at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Krisztina is a specialist in information architecture, User Interface and User Experience design, and data visualisation, working on a wide variety of projects, from politics to health and market research. Kristina is successfully freelancing in a dynamic, demanding, and growing business environment around data visualisation.