Martin Wattenberg (artist and programmer)

Martin Wattenberg (born 1970) is a software artist and engineer known for his interactive visualizations of complex datasets. He is known for such works as the "Map of the Market" applet featured on SmartMoney's website; the "Baby Name Voyager" applet for browsing trends in American baby names; and the IBM History Flow tool for visualizing changes to a document over time.

External links

* [http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_023/ Mappa Mundi] article on the Map of the Market
* [http://www.smartmoney.com Smartmoney website] . See the "Map of the Market" link under the "Maps" section of the right-hand navigation. Hard to find, slow to load, but worth it.
* [http://www.bewitched.com/research.html List of research] Wattenberg has contributed to
* [http://www.mw2mw.com/ MW2MW] , a running conversation between Wattenberg and architect/artist Marek Walczak in the form of a collection of project excerpts. He also holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California.