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Rachel Binx Explores Data Physicalization

The Applied Computer Science Lecture Series features practitioners from a wide range of creative and scientific fields, all of whom incorporate applied computer science and technology at the core of their professional inquiry. Open to the entire 91³Ô¹ÏÍø community, the lectures aim to foster dialogue around the increasing role of technology in society, its application across a diverse range of professional practices, the resulting explosion of creative and expressive modes of production, and the ethical and moral dilemmas that have emerged as technology has evolved.

is a creative technologist, with a background in data visualization, art history, and interaction design. Her work explores the emotional, cultural, and aesthetic relationships between geo/location data and the physical world. Rachel has created seven small companies to explore these ideas, building co-creation interfaces that transform a user’s data into a custom-made object. Previously, she has worked at Stamen, the New York Times, and NASAJPL. She is currently a full-stack data visualization Engineer at Netflix, building internal tools to assist with content acquisition.