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Shirley Wu
Shirley Wu is a data scientist, who specializes in art and visualizations.

Education
Shirley Wu got her Business Administration degree at the University of California, Berkeley.

Career
With her data art and visualizations career focus, she writes, speaks at conferences and teaches classes.

Recent conferences:


 * JSConf JP 2019 in Tokyo, Japan (11/30/19-12/1/19)


 * Web Unleashed 2019 in Toronto, Canada (9/13/19-9/14/19)
 * J on the Beach 2019 in Marbella, Spain (5/16/19-5/17/19)

Shirley Wu began freelancing in the summer of 2016 and provides courses on Frontend Masters.

Notable Works

 * Co-author of Data Sketches Article on Medium announcing the publication and details of the book.
 * People of the Pandemic: a simulation game to represent how to slow the spread of a pandemic. Interview with Medium

Awards

 * Best Data Visualization - North American Digital Media Awards (2018) For "Bussed Out: How America Moves its Homeless."


 * Silver in Features - Malofiej 26 (2018) For "Bussed Out: How America Moves its Homeless."
 * Bronze in Art, Entertainment & Pop Culture - Information is Beautiful Awards (2017) For "An Interactive Visualization of Every Line in Hamilton."
 * Gold in Unusual - Information is Beautiful Awards (2017) For "Data Sketches in Twelve Installments."