He was one of the founders of the Office for Creative Research, with Jer Thorp and Ben Rubin.
(meta data) TITLE: This Brooklyn data and design studio is calling it quits - Technical.ly Brooklyn Jun. 2, 2017 12:03 pm # This Brooklyn data and design studio is calling it quits The Office for Creative Research posted a farewell letter on its site Thursday. This Brooklyn data and design studio is calling it quits By Tyler Woods / contributor Fresh jobs served straight to your inbox TOP ARTICLES The Office for Creative Research announced it's ending operations this month. (Courtesy image) Brooklyn data studio The Office for Creative Research announced it will shut down this month, posting a goodbye letter in the past tense on its website yesterday. The company created data visualizations and art installations for editorial and tech companies, mostly. Projects included visualizing Einstein's theory of relativity for Scientific American, and data analysis on counterfeit medication in Nigeria for the venture fund Acumen, among many others. A full catalogue of their work exists on their site. The Office for Creative Research was founded in 2013 by Mark Hansen, Ben Rubin and Jer Thorp. We're very proud of the work that we've done to advance equality in data systems 1/2 — The O.C.R. (@The_O_C_R) June 1, 2017 Poynter had a very good interview with Thorp last year, in which he explained what the OCR was trying to do. This bit about the subjectivity of algorithms stood out: We use algorithms as a means to process data, to generate visual forms, to create scripts for performers, to create soundscapes. Some of these algorithms are "off the shelf," in which case there's editorial judgement that goes into which algorithm makes sense to use. Other algorithms we create ourselves, in which case we try to be mindful of how our subjectivity gets baked into the code. A two-word definition for an algorithm is "do until" — and it's that until that gets us into trouble, as any quiet communication can be amplified into a loud one. You can find the whole interview here. -30- JOIN THE COMMUNITY, BECOME A MEMBER Already a member? Sign in here ### 'Accidental masterpieces': New book explores history of world's first 176 emoji ### Interesting facts on the state of indoor farming ### 1776NY loses space and shuts down, plans to reopen next year ## Brooklyn ### You can win up to $360,000 at the WeWork Creator Awards Baltimore, MD 21201 ### 14 West Senior Software Engineer (Java + Apache Spark) Apply Now Remote ### Crossbeam Full Stack Engineer Apply Now Remote ### Crossbeam Senior Software Engineer Apply Now Business ### Meet Qucit, a French urban-tech startup in Greenpoint ### Design and manufacturing startups: A/D/O and Futureworks wanna give you free space ### 10 Brooklyn makers you should know ## Brooklyn ### Explore how diverse teams build dynamic products with Dev Bootcamp Sign-up for daily news updates from Technical.ly Brooklyn V. 3.4.0 February 10, 2019 / © 2019 Technically Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!
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Mark Henry Hansen
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After getting his PhD in 1994, Hansen went on to be a Member of the Technical Staff at the Statistics Research Department of Bell Laboratories. After 8 years at Bell, he became a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, teaching there for 9 years in the Department of Statistics, the Department of Design|Media Arts, and the Department of Electrical Engineering. While at UCLA, he studied sensor networks as a Co-Principal Investigator for the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing,  He is known for being the graduate advisor for statistics students including Nathan Yau of FlowingData and Jake Porway of The Numbers Game and DataKind.