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Weidong Yang

CEO, Kineviz

Weidong Yang is the founder and CEO of Kineviz. He holds a doctorate in Physics and a Masters in Computer and Information Science. After conducting theoretical and experimental research on quantum dots, he worked for 10 years as a product manager and R&D scientist in the Semiconductor industry. He has been awarded 11 US patents and contributed to 20+ peer review publications. Prior to Kineviz, Wei co-founded Kinetech Arts, a non-profit that brings dancers and engineers together to explore the creative potential of new technologies in making art.


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When Graph Meets Big Data: Obstacles and Opportunities for Visualization

Love the buzzword or hate it, “big data” is an inescapable reality. Whether it’s for business intelligence or bioinformatics, recommendation engines or risk analysis, the volume, variety and velocity of data is only going to increase. Graph is an undeniably powerful tool for working with... read more