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ViVA is a joint research institute between Simon Fraser University (SFU), the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), dedicated to effective and innovative education and knowledge enrichment.

ViVA was created to promote visual analytics, to provide training on visual analytics tools, techniques, and theory. There are training courses for students, researchers, and individuals from small, medium and large organizations from various industries, so anyone can learn to solve problems with the help of visual analytics, and from each other!

You can watch a free online ViVA overview and learn about...

  • what visual analytics is and why it is useful
  • the relationship between Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, and Visual Analytics
  • how visual analytics can facilitate analytics maturity in your organization

The overview lasts about an hour. Click this link to check it out: https://viva-viva.ca/index.php/training/vabrkfst

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