Dr Aidan Slingsby

Overview

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science as part of the giCentre Research Centre and have more information on my website.

I direct our MSc in Data Science programme and oversee our department's whole postgraduate offerings.

My research interests focus on the role of data visualisation in the analysis of data, particularly those that are spatial and temporal. My work involves creating, designing, applying and evaluating both static and interactive information visualisation for data exploration and analysis. I design and apply these techniques in a variety of application areas including insurance, population, human movement, animal movement and ecology. I use and combine techniques from cartography, GIS and information visualisation.

I have a background in Geography and GIS, holding a BSc (Hons) in Geology (Edinburgh), an MSc in GIS (Edinburgh) and a PhD in GIS (University College London).

Qualifications

• PhD Geography, University College London, United Kingdom, 2006
• MSc Geographical Information Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2002
• BSc (Hons) Geology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2001

Employment

• Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2018 - present
• Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2013 - July 2018
• Willis Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2006 - September 2013
• Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, June 2006 - September 2007
• Honorary Fellow, University College London, United Kingdom, June 2006 - June 2010

Research Interests

My research interests focus on the role of data visualisation in the analysis of data, particularly those that are spatial and temporal. My work involves creating, designing, applying and evaluating both static and interactive information visualisation for data exploration and analysis. I design and apply these techniques in a variety of application areas including insurance, population, human movement, animal movement and ecology. I use and combine techniques from cartography, GIS and information visualisation.

Research students

2^ndsupervisor

• Maeve Hutchinson, Research Student

Featured publications

1. Slingsby, A., Reeve, R. and Harris, C. (2023). Gridded Glyphmaps for Supporting Spatial COVID-19 Modelling. 2023 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS) 21-27 October.doi:10.1109/vis54172.2023.00009
2. Meulemans, W., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Turkay, C. and Wood, J. (2017). Small Multiples with Gaps. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(1), pp. 381-390. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2016.2598542

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3. Beecham, R., Dykes, J., Meulemans, W., Slingsby, A., Turkay, C. and Wood, J. (2017). Map LineUps: Effects of spatial structure on graphical inference. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(1), pp. 391-400. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2016.2598862

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4. Slingsby, A. and van Loon, E. (2016). Exploratory Visual Analysis for Animal Movement Ecology. Computer Graphics Forum: the international journal of the Eurographics Association, 35(3), pp. 471-480. doi:10.1111/cgf.12923

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5. Goodwin, S., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A. and Turkay, C. (2016). Visualizing Multiple Variables Across Scale and Geography. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 22(1), pp. 599-608. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2015.2467199

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6. Turkay, C., Slingsby, A., Hauser, H., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2014). Attribute Signatures: Dynamic Visual Summaries for Analyzing Multivariate Geographical Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2033-2042. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346265

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7. Slingsby, A., Kelly, M. and Dykes, J. (2014). OD maps for showing changes in Irish female migration between 1851 and 1911. Environment and Planning A, 46(12), pp. 2795-2797. doi:10.1068/a140112g

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8. Slingsby, A., Kelly, M. and Dykes, J. (2014). Featured graphic. OD maps for showing changes in Irish female migration between 1851 and 1911. Environment and Planning A, 46(12), pp. 2795-2797. doi:10.1068/a140112g
9. Walker, R., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Xu, K., Wood, J., Nguyen, P.... Zheng, Y. (2013). An Extensible Framework for Provenance in Human Terrain Visual Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

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10. Slingsby, A., Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2013). Visual analysis of social networks in space and time using smartphone logs. Pervasive and Mobile Computing. doi:10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.07.002

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11. Wood, J.D., Isenberg, P., Isenberg, T., Dykes, J., Boukhelifa, N. and Slingsby, A. (2012). Sketchy Rendering for Information Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 18(12), pp. 2749-2758

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12. Slingsby, A., Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2012). Visual analysis of social networks in space and time. Nokia Data Challenge Workshop, Pervasive 2012 20-22 June, Newcastle, UK.
13. Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2011). Exploring Uncertainty in Geodemographics with Interactive Graphics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(12), pp. 2545-2554. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2011.197

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14. Koh, L.C., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Kam, T.S. Developing and applying a user-centered model for the design and implementation of information visualization tools. .

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