Congratulating Dr Vane

Prof Stephen Boyd Davis, Olivia Vane, Prof Jane Winters, and Prof Marian Dörk (on screen)

On 22 November 2019, Olivia Vane, PhD candidate in Innovation Design Engineering at the RCA, passed her viva – with no revisions required. She will graduate formally at the College’s Winter Convocation in February.

The examiners were:

• Jane Winters, Professor of Digital Humanities & Pro-Dean for Libraries at the School of Advanced Study University of London.
• Marian Dörk, Research Professor for Information Visualisation at the Urban Futures Institute of Fachhochschule Potsdam and co-director of UCLAB (via Skype)

The chair was my colleague Dr Sarah Cheang. I am very grateful to her and to the examiners. Thank you also to my fellow-supervisor, Dr John Stevens.

As observing supervisor, I was privileged to witness a fascinating discussion of key topics in the visualisation of cultural data, focused on value and trust.  

The full text of Olivia’s thesis is available here: Timeline Design For Visualising Cultural Heritage Data.

You can learn more about Olivia here.