http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Strength in Numbers en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:05:53 +0000 http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/visualization-and-problem-solving#post-844 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:37:23 +0000 xerond 844@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hey there I wanted to drop in and say how awesome it is to have all of these project examples referenced to and described here in one place. I've learned a lot and continue to follow everything here. All in all, thanks Nathan. =)</p> <p>On a second note I have a request for anyone who might be interested. I little while ago a concept for a web application appeared to me, and so I've been researching and trying to educate myself as much as I can about the subject. The project is barely in an infant stage as we're trying to get the design details together about how we might attempt this project, here is a small explanation of it:</p> <p>What?<br /> The Synergy Project aims to create a free, open-source web application used for collaborative problem solving.</p> <p>Features:<br /> For issues to be submitted within a local context, yet available globally.<br /> Specifically and generally relating user profiles to problems submitted to the system.<br /> To render these "issues" to users based on user concern. We would like to use various 3d models to display the population of these issues as they relate to each-other, and the concern factor they hold.<br /> To attach real world events and source material to these issues as they evolve.<br /> To show concern trending with each problem to give users an idea what kind of attention it is attracting.<br /> To create a proposal system for users to submit comprehensive suggestions for fixes. This proposal system would ask the user to address as much source material as possible.</p> <p>How?<br /> Currently we're in the process of nailing down which platforms to attack. We're considering modifying MediaWiki and using it as an initial platform with which to launch development. Since we hope to integrate some more advanced visualizations compared to a standard wiki page, we're looking to figure out the best way to achieve that.</p> <p>Why?<br /> In practicality there are already models in place that are proving the proficiency of collaborative organizations. The biggest example being Wikipedia. So why not step it up and test the bounds of this type of organization? Some positive possibilities would be fast and diverse reporting of world events as they happen. Just as we see how fast Wikipedia pages manifest and update, we could see that here. We could witness open discussions that encourages users from diverse geographic areas and different fields of experience. The kind of data that could be received from such diverse input would be publicly available to anyone. And possibly, to translate any positive conclusions found within the system into the real world.</p> <p>There are a ton of other little details we're contemplating, but at the moment we're just trying to figure out how it might work. I'm looking for advice on this as it is much bigger than me. I'm not a programmer(yet!) at the moment but am learning vigorously. My goals are centered around human-computer interaction, but in terms of time, I feel limited. (a little kid who wants to drive a race car) I'm humble in knowing this is bigger than me, but I want to figure it out regardless. Any advice is golden to me. Thanks for your time. =)</p> <p><a href="http://www.OneSynergy.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.OneSynergy.org</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/diseasome-explore-the-human-disease-network#post-820 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:56:28 +0000 nathany 820@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>I haven't had a chance to look at this in depth, but on the surface it's looking very good </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/diseasome-explore-the-human-disease-network#post-817 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:29:00 +0000 seb 817@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Gephi team presents a science-mapping project: <a href="http://diseasome.eu/" rel="nofollow">Diseasome</a>. Asked by Magali Roux, Senior Scientist at CNRS, to create a website to come with the publication of her book, Biology - The digital era, we worked on the “Human Disease Network” dataset and built a network exploration platform.</p> <p>“On a unique place, one can find information about the book, the dataset related to the writings, an online data exploration framework and the file to manipulate these data with Gephi.”</p> <p>The HDN (Human Disease Network) and the GDN (Gene Disease Network) were extracted from the original dataset and treated with Gephi. From the results, an interactive map has been created with the help of RTGI/<a href="http://linkfluence.net/" rel="nofollow">Linkfluence</a> tools. A poster is also available, with the full network and some useful statistics.</p> <p>Although this work is experimental, we hope it can help scientists to explore and search in this complexity. The Diseasome is above all an innovative way to present a scientific work. The importance of complex data in science and particularly network graphs brings a lot of challenges. As well as computational issues, many things can be done with graphic design and interaction.</p> <p><a href="http://diseasome.eu/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://gephi.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/diseasome_button.png" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gephi/3701631674/" title="Diseasome interactive map de gephi_org, sur Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3701631674_f26cf59581.jpg" width="500" height="346" alt="Diseasome interactive map" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gephi/3701631678/" title="Diseasome printable poster de gephi_org, sur Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3701631678_aae9b1079e.jpg" width="500" height="378" alt="Diseasome printable poster" /></a> </p>