On Tuesday 9th April,2019,the first workshop with REI (Resource Exchange International) entitled
“Data Visualization: Story telling” was successfully held at B502 with the participation of Faculty of
Business Administration ’s lecturer,students and honoured guest speakers from REI: Mr. Minyoung
Sohn and Ms. Jill Vernon.
Data and information have been very familiar with students so far yet in an era of information,
understanding data visualization tools is essential for career success today. Big Data is here but we
need to know what it says.
Mr. Minyoung Sohn from REI passionately shared his experiences in collecting,
managing,representing data using visual elements like charts,graphs and maps to provide accessible
way to see and understand the trends, outliers,patterns in data. Besides, he also provided students
basic skill and understanding to analyse massive amount of information that helps make data-driven
decisions. He emphasized that a good data visualization tells a story, removing the unnecessary and
highlights the useful information. At the end of the session, students eagerly raised questions about
data privacy, machine learning and data analytics.