Like most people, there is nothing worse to listen to than the sound of your own voice after recording it. As such I can’t see myself recording any audio or video as part of my research. Some research projects and topics are more video/audio friendly such as those in the performing arts. Other projects, like those in the physical sciences, might not be so easily and readily turned into an audio or video. An audio accompanying a power-point presentation is something that would be extremely useful for any research topic.
My project is quite heavily computational based, so a screen capture would be a very applicable method of presenting some of my research, as my simulations are running. This is not something that I have done before and could be a good way to present my research as it is running. For this to be appealing it would first have to be made a bit more snazzy though.
Nothing beats the look of a very appealing graph, chart, or other presentation of data. I spend a fair amount of time trying to work out the best ways to present the data that I produce. This is so that not only it looks nice to look at, but also explains what the data means and represents in a sufficient way.
With a primarily computational project have become adept at using code to turn millions of data entries into different types of graphs and plots, utilizing the different functionalities of the language. This allows me to have a lot of freedom with what, and how I plot and present my data.
Tableau is a piece of software that I have some small experience with, introduced to me via a friend who works for the company that makes it. It is very good for presenting any and all types of different data in a manner of different ways. Graphs, and charts presents the data in a very nice and presentable manner that is easy to read and show the relationships that are intended to be presented.
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