Commons Visualization Lab Open House

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Commons Visualization Lab, Commons D119 (directions), Ivy Lane
Admission: Free and open to the Princeton University community

The Commons Visualization Lab is a new space dedicated to collaborative data discovery, high-resolution visualization, teaching, and engaging events.

Throughout our Open House, you are welcome to drop in, explore the lab, and chat with our visualization support staff. At the top of each hour, there will be a brief, 10-minute presentation from a community member, highlighting a project that suits the large-scale display. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 12:00 PM. 

No registration is required, please stop by at any time. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing this new resource with the community.

Schedule

• Schedule

• 10:00 am | Open House Begins

  • 10:00 - 10:20 am  |  Understanding Lhasa Through Declassified Spy Satellite Images
    by Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Library-Data, Research and Teaching Services, 

  • 11:00 - 11:20 am  |  Crafting and Configuring Digital Art for Immersion 
    by Tim Szetela, Program in Visual Arts

  • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm  |  Light lunch, cafe area outside the Commons Vis Lab  

  • 12:00 - 12:45 pm  |  Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Short Remarks 

    • Jen Rexford, Provost

    • Peter Schiffer, Dean for Research 

    • Matthew Tomaszewski, Vice Provost for Space Programming and Planning

    • Curt Hillegas, Senior Associate Dean, Research Computing

    • Eliot Feibush & Carolina Roe-Raymond, Visualization Team, Research Computing

    • Q&A 

  • 1:00 - 1:20 pm  |  A Technical, Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Commons Visualization Lab 
    by Eliot Feibush, Research Computing

  • 2:00 - 2:20 pm | Science as Exhibition
    by Shruti Sharma, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Yuchen Shi, Art and Archaeology

  • 3:00 - 3:20 pm  |  Exploring Galaxies
    by Romain Teyssier, Astrophysical Sciences

• 4:00 pm  |  Open House Ends
  Next up: As our event wraps up, our Commons Library colleagues will be starting their Open House right at 4pm. We encourage you to stop by and check it out, in addition to their additional Love Data week events!