Cédric Scherer

Data Visualization & Computational Ecology

Visualizing Temperatures in Berlin with Bar Chart Races

You have seen Bar Chart Races. You have seen Bar Chart Races of Bar Chart Races. Here are some more visualizing monthly temperatures in Berlin! Yes, I jumped on the hype train. Of course, using {ggplot2} and {gganimate}.

Posted by Cédric Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Workshop Announcements 2019/20

I got the opportunity to teach some workshops in the next few months—one 1-day and two 1-week workshops on data exploration and visualization in Berlin and Sicily! 🎉

Posted by Cédric Scherer Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A ggplot2 Tutorial for Beautiful Plotting in R

An extensive tutorial containing a general introduction to ggplot2 as well as many examples how to modify a ggplot, step by step. It covers several topics such as different chart types, themes, design choices, plot combinations, and modification of axes, labels, and legends, custom fonts, interactive charts and many more.

Posted by Cédric Monday, August 5, 2019

The Evolution of a ggplot (Ep. 1)

In this series of blog posts, I provide step-by-step tutorials explaining how my visualizations have evolved from a typical basic ggplot. In the first episode, I transform a basic boxplot into a colorful and self-explanatory combination of a jittered dot stripplot and a lollipop plot.

Posted by Cédric Friday, May 17, 2019

Hello, TidyTuesday!

During my after-thesis-vacation, I managed to tick off two long-term todo's on my list - set up a homepage and to participate in the #TidyTuesday challenge!

Posted by Cédric Monday, May 6, 2019

Hello, World!

Hi, I am glad you found your way here! Come in, have a look. I finally managed to set up a personal homepage - and how easy it was!

Posted by Cédric Sunday, May 5, 2019