Maya Krishnan, “Data Visualization for the Humanities”

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Maya Krishnan, ’15, shows how data visualization can bring the humanities and technology spheres together to bring meaning to complex problems.

Maya Krishnan, ’15, is a 2015 Rhodes Scholarship recipient working at the intersection of philosophy and technology. She is a senior from Rockville, Maryland majoring in philosophy and minoring in computer science. As the lead technical developer for the POLIS project, she helped users generate maps and statistics relating to Greek and Roman history. She is currently writing her thesis on the relationship between mathematics, meaning and history in Kant. Maya received the 2014 Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement, given to extraordinary undergraduates for their intellectual accomplishments. She is an oboist who has performed with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra.

This Stanford+Connects micro lecture was filmed on location in Sacramento, California. Stanford+Connects is a program of the Stanford Alumni Association.

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