Till Nagel

Visual Analytics

Till Nagel is a Research Professor of Visual Analytics at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, where he heads the Human Data Interaction Lab, which investigates new ways of supporting different target groups with interactive data representations. He is a co-editor of the book Making with Data (2023), a member of the Center of Applied Research (BW-CAR) of the Doctoral Association of Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg, and an associated member of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University. His interests are in information visualization, interaction design and data literacy. A major focus of his research is around the themes of urban data and mobility visualizations, and in the democratization of visualization methods.

Dr. Nagel has a background in media and computer science, and received his PhD at the Human Computer Interaction group at KU Leuven. He was a visiting scholar at the MIT Senseable City Lab in Boston and Singapore, a postdoctoral fellow at the FHP Urban Complexity Lab, and a guest professor at Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design Halle. He served as General Chair of the IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP) 2018 and 2019, and on the VISAP Steering Committee from 2020-2024. His work has been exhibited at Venice Biennale of Architecture, Shanghai Design Exhibition, National Museum of Singapore, and featured in The Guardian, Esquire, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and many more.

Projects

Crafting Futures

Embedded AR Visualizations for Transforming Urban Spaces.

  • visualization
  • situated
  • modelling
  • generative ai
  • augmented reality

AR DXP

Embedded temporal data visualizations in an urban environment for casual...

  • visualization
  • smart city
  • situated
  • augmented reality

HeatHub

A visualization system for heat meter data for the urban...

  • visualization
  • smart city
  • energy
  • climate

UDV Card Deck

A tool for ideation and reflection of urban data visualization...

  • smart city
  • visualization
  • urban data
  • methodology
  • data literacy

sMArt roots

A deeply rooted strategy for a connected and thriving city...

  • urban mobility
  • smart city
  • visualization
  • exhibition
  • climate

MIRACUM

Visual Analytics for healthcare professionals and researchers

  • medical informatics
  • health care
  • visualization

modal - Data Literacy Education

Data literacy is as a key competence for responsible action...

  • data literacy
  • project-based learning
  • methodology

PAXmotion

A visualization system for public transit planners and policy makers...

  • multitouch
  • urban mobility
  • flow maps
  • visualization
  • smart city

WanderVis

An interactive visualization tool for urban administration and city planners...

  • urban data
  • visualization
  • population
  • movement
  • project-based learning

Via Velox

Visualizing GPS-tracked bike rides to better understand cycling behaviour

  • cycling
  • visualization
  • urban mobility
  • exhibition
  • flow maps

cf. city flows

cf. city flows is a comparative visualization environment of urban...

  • visualization
  • urban mobility
  • cycling
  • exhibition
  • data literacy

Publications