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| ⚫ | '''Antony Unwin''' is a German [[statistics]] professor, software developer, and author. Unwin works at the [[University of Augsburg]] in Germany, where he is |
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= Antony Unwin = |
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| ⚫ | '''Antony Unwin''' is a German [[statistics]] professor, [[software developer]], and author. Unwin works at the [[University of Augsburg]] in [[Germany]], where he is recognized for being the first computer-oriented statistics professor. He is known for his work with ''[[R (programming language)|R]]'' and his contribution of ''[[R (programming language)|R]]'' packages. |
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== Work == |
== Work == |
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Unwin is |
Unwin is an author of numerous books and articles on [[data visualization]]. He has worked with [[Andrew Gelman]], who is the applied statistics director at [[Columbia University]]. In January 2020, Unwin spoke out against the latest [[AIGA]] Design Census, saying, "it’s very disappointing. I would expect something better from such an august body." Unwin was the PhD advisor for [[Heike Hofmann]], who is another statistician known for her work on [[data visualization]]. |
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== Notable works == |
== Notable works == |
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Some of Unwin's best-known works include: |
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* ''Graphics of Large Datasets'' |
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* ''Graphics of Large Datasets''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Unwin, Antony.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/209923341|title=Graphics of large datasets : visualizing a million|date=2006|publisher=Springer|others=Theus, Martin., Hofmann, Heike.|isbn=0-387-32906-4|location=New York|oclc=209923341}}</ref> |
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* ''Handbook of Data Visualization'' |
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* ''Handbook of Data Visualization''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233973125|title=Handbook of data visualization|date=2007|publisher=Springer|others=Chen, Chun-houh., Härdle, Wolfgang., Unwin, Antony.|isbn=978-3-540-33037-0|location=Berlin|oclc=233973125}}</ref> |
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* ''Graphical Data Analysis with [[R (programming language)|R]]'' |
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* ''Graphical Data Analysis with R''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Unwin, Antony|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/949422669|title=Graphical data analysis with R|date=25 March 2015|isbn=978-1-4987-1524-9|location=Boca Raton, FL|oclc=949422669}}</ref> |
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== Recognition == |
== Recognition == |
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Unwin was elected as a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]] in 2007. |
Unwin was elected as a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]] in 2007. |
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Unwin was a judge for the The Statistical Computing and Graphics Award in 2010. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 18:21, 13 May 2021
Antony Unwin
Antony Unwin is a German statistics professor, software developer, and author. Unwin works at the University of Augsburg in Germany, where he is recognized for being the first computer-oriented statistics professor. He is known for his work with R and his contribution of R packages.
Work
Unwin is an author of numerous books and articles on data visualization. He has worked with Andrew Gelman, who is the applied statistics director at Columbia University. In January 2020, Unwin spoke out against the latest AIGA Design Census, saying, "it’s very disappointing. I would expect something better from such an august body." Unwin was the PhD advisor for Heike Hofmann, who is another statistician known for her work on data visualization.
Notable works
Some of Unwin's best-known works include:
- Graphics of Large Datasets
- Handbook of Data Visualization
- Graphical Data Analysis with R
Recognition
Unwin was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2007.
Unwin was a judge for the The Statistical Computing and Graphics Award in 2010.