Post on 25-May-2015
New Data Visualization Projects fromMicrosoft Research
Lee Dirks | Director—Portfolio Strategy Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research
• Expand the state of the art in each of the areas in which we do research
• Rapidly transfer innovative technologies into Microsoft products
• Ensure that Microsoft products have a future
http://research.microsoft.com/
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• Division within Microsoft Research focused on partnerships between academia, industry and government to advance computer science, education, and research in fields that rely heavily upon advanced computing
• Supporting groundbreaking research to help advance human potential and the wellbeing of our planet
• Developing advanced technologies and services to support every stage of the research process
• Microsoft Research Connections is committed to interoperability and to providing open access, open tools, and open technology
http://research.microsoft.com/collaboration/
Microsoft Research Connections
Work with the worldwide
academic research community to
speed research, improve
education, and foster innovation.
Advance the State of the
Art
Accelerate Discovery and Exploration
Inspire Researchers &
Scientists
Engagement and Collaboration Focus
Core ComputerScience
Natural UserInterface
Earth,Energy &
Environment
Health &Wellbeing
Education & Scholarly
Communication
Research Accelerators
http://research.microsoft.com/accelerators
Research Manageme
nt
Publishing
Scientific Computing
Learning and Exploration
Data-Intensive Research
Data
Acquisition & modelling
Collaboration and
visualisation
Analysis & data mining
Dissemination & sharing
Archiving and
preserving
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
Launched February 2008
Earth Mode allows users to view a 3D model of the Earth, with a default data set with near global coverage and resolution down to sub-meter in high-population centers. Unlike most Earth viewers, WorldWide Telescope supports many different map projections including Mercator, Equirectangular and TOAST. There are also map layers for seasonal, night, streets, hybrid and science oriented MODIS imagery. The new layer manger can be used to add data visualization on the Earth or other planets.
demo
http://www.layerscape.org/
What you need to remember…• Layerscape is a website for publishing, sharing/finding and
visualizing geo-specific data• Built on top of Worldwide Telescope (WWT) as the
visualization engine [Windows rich client]• It is a free service—hosted on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud offering• Not just flat maps
– Powerful, interactive “experience engine”– Easy to build tours – Developing communities around data
big history with big data
http://www.chronozoomproject.org/
What you need to remember about ChronoZoomhttp://www.chronozoomproject.org/
• “Zoomable” interface that allows users to navigate quickly through multiple rich media sources, sifting though astounding amounts of embedded data in a variety of different formats – Mash-up of video (YouTube, Vimeo); PDF; scanned documents; photos; maps; charts/figures;
live documents, etc.– Coming soon – an open authoring platform
• Limited, trusted partners now• Opening up to curated sets in V1.0• Broad public access in ~1 year
• Facilitates learning across traditional silos– Simultaneous learning, across time, across geographies, and spanning domains– Opportunity to glean new insights – In the near future, more powerful tools for permitting comparative research
• Enhances discovery: make bookmarks, build tours, powerful search– Upload your content into private Chronozoom spaces – for individuals, domains, families,
organization, etc. • A free web service (all HTML5), as well as an open source project managed through
the Outercurve Foundation at http://www.outercurve.org/Galleries/ResearchAccelerators/ChronoZoom
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Thank you!
Lee DirksDirector, Portfolio Strategy
Microsoft Research | Connections
ldirks@microsoft.com or scholar@microsoft.comURL – http://www.microsoft.com/scholarlycomm/Facebook: Scholarly Communication at Microsoft
@ldirks