Cédric Scherer

Computational Ecology & Data Visualization

The Worst Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 or simply Corona—what started as an epidemic in China’ has become a global pandemic. I created an animated timeseries of daily deaths relative to each country's worst day so far to visualize the first wave of COVID-19.

Posted by Cédric Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Comparing the Extent of the Australian Bushfires 2019/20

The massive bushfires in Australia are in the news worldwide. The incredible extent of burnt land and plume of smoke is hard to imagine so I have compared the areas to countries in Europe and worldwide.

Posted by Cédric Thursday, January 9, 2020

Best TidyTuesday 2019

Here are my favorite visualizations of the #TidyTuesday challenge in 2019 (from those I've seen and which I remember). I present my personal top 3 in terms of design and storytelling.

Posted by Cédric Monday, December 30, 2019

Merry (White?) Christmas!

At the end of the year, I explore the history of snow cover and white Christmas in Berlin. I wish you a merry Christmas and wonderful holidays 2019!

Posted by Cédric Tuesday, December 24, 2019

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

This is a rework of the blog entry called 'Beautiful plotting in R: A ggplot2 cheatsheet' by Zev Ross, posted in 2014 and updated last in 2016. Most changes were made to have an updated version, to follow code style guides, to change style and aesthetics of plots to be (more) beautiful and meaningful and to include additional tipps.

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