Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social)

@srvanderplas

Data vis, data science, statistics, and occasional snark that I can't completely suppress. she/her.

Lincoln, NE srvanderplas.github.io Joined October 2010

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Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social) @srvanderplas Oct 24, 2025

The #statistics department at #UNL is proposed to be eliminated. Chancellor's recs in 2 weeks, then it goes to the #Regents.

I just wrote a letter: One Faculty, One #Nebraska: Stop the Harmful Budget Cuts!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-fa…

actionnetwork.org One Faculty, One Nebraska: Stop the Harmful Budget Cuts! Program closures hurt everyday working Nebraskans and threaten our students' futures. Budget cuts harm us all. Cutting academic programs puts key Nebraska industries at risk. We are demanding that...

Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social) @srvanderplas Jul 31, 2024

They can't drive with them, either 😂.

Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social) @srvanderplas Jul 21, 2023

This is amazing physical data visualization. And very relevant to my life, except that P(finishing projects | started since having kids) ~= 0.

Alyssa Fowers @alyssafowers Jul 20, 2023

The day I got into data visualization, I promised myself that someday, someone would pay me to crochet a chart.

That day is today.

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Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social) @srvanderplas May 18, 2023

So I'm off to the #AFTE (Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners) meeting in Austin next week. Whatever you may think about the topic, you have to admit they consistently have some pretty amazing conference logos...
I wish the #JSM logos were this creative.

A Dia de los Muertes style skull with pistols in the brain area, revolver cylinders for eyes, bullets for teeth, and various colorful swirls making up the rest of the skull decorations. AFTE is on the left side of the skull, ATX (Austin, TX) is on the right.

Susan VanderPlas (also @ vis.social) @srvanderplas Apr 24, 2023

Check out the new paper: Penguins Go Parallel: A Grammar of Graphics Framework for Generalized Parallel Coordinate Plots doi.org/10.1080/106186…

We talk about the ggpcp R package, new treatment for categorical variables with continuous variables, and cool examples!

www.tandfonline.com Penguins Go Parallel: A Grammar of Graphics Framework for Generalized Parallel Coordinate Plots Parallel Coordinate Plots (PCP) are a valuable tool for exploratory data analysis of high-dimensional numerical data. The use of PCPs is limited when working with categorical variables or a mix of ...