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Healthscapes.org is a project being developed at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. It is a browser-based research platform for finding, sharing, and analyzing global environmental health data.
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PRESTONNicholas David
OCTOBER
2010
Center for SustainabilityAnd the GlobalEnvironment
Friday
HEALTHSCAPES
PRESTONNicholas David
OCTOBER
2010
Center for SustainabilityAnd the GlobalEnvironment
HEALTHSCAPES.ORG
“Intelligent” Map Detector
“Online”Data Analysis
“Collective”Knowledge Base
[email protected] 29Friday
ECOHEALTH
ECOLOGY HEALTH
ECOHEALTH
ECOLOGY HEALTH
COMPUTING
1E-SCIENCE
IV Pardigm of Scienceth
Emperical
Theoretical
Computational
e-science
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II
III
IV
(J. Gray)
IV Pardigm of Scienceth
Observing Natural Phenomena
Building Models & Generalizations
Simulating Complex Phenomena
Synthesizing theory, experiments and computation with advanced data management and statistics
( A. Szalay)
Emperical
Theoretical
Computational
e-science
I
II
III
IV
(J. Gray)
2CHALLENGES
G
photo - http://intellicomcommunications.com
<FIND>
... finding the right [map] is often more of a challenge than using it
disease filetype:geojson
- Scott Davis -(GIS for Web Developers 2007)
<ANALYZE>LE
ARN
Licen$e
Format.xyz
Curate
accept
X-disciplines
<COLLABORATE>
3SOLUTIONS
Open Source
Free as in speech, not as in
beer
Customize
Collaborate
Converge
Open Source
(Tux - the Linux mascot)
Relevance to Global Health Research
Open SourceThe Internet
Mozilla Manifesto
Transparency
Participation
Accountability
Trust
4HEALTHSCAPES
WWW
Disease Environment ImageryMaps News
Solutions
<FIND>
<ANALYZE>
<SHARE>
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How can we help?
WWWHow can we help?
Disease Environment ImageryMaps NewsSolutions
“Intelligent” Map Detector
“Embedded”Data Analysis
“Collective”Knowledge Base
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5<FIND>
Literature Tool: training the intelligent map detector
<AbstractText> ... patterns of temperature and precipitation, potentially affecting regions of malaria transmission ... areas of the Amazon Basin ...
</AbstractText>
<Affiliation>University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. [email protected]</Affiliation>
Co-occurence: keywords & locations
Affiliation: building networks
6<ANALYZE>
Embedded statistical
tools
Data Analysts Captivated by R’s
Power
- Jan 2009
Python 2.6.2In [1]: import rpy2In [2]: r.libary(“epitools”)
Mean(precip) vs Brazil States
7<COLLABORATE>
Knowledge is widely dispersed
in society
Presidential Memorandum on Transparent and Open Government - B. Obama
Image - Shepard Fairey
CrowdsourceEveryone has something to
contribute
A process,not product
LowerbarriersTools for
scholarship
Transcendborders
Shareresources
Cholera (ICD9-001) DASHBOARD
Collective Guided Automated
Analyses
Maps
Tools
UsersBox Plot
London Cholera death (J. Snow)
Euclidean Distance nicopresto
cburreson
zkrejci
Cholera (ICD9-001) DASHBOARD
Collective Guided Automated
Analyses
Maps
Tools
UsersBox Plot
London Cholera death (J. Snow)
Euclidean Distance nicopresto
cburreson
zkrejci
openstreetmap
healthscapes
wikipedia
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
EXPERT COUNSEL
MALARIA:USERS WHO VIEWED
RAINFALLALSO VIEWED
FOREST
AFFILIATION: BUILDING NETWORKS
num: 63LAT: -8.83000000000LON: -69.26000000000MUNICIP: 1200344Institution: Universityof Wisconsin MadisonContact: [email protected]
RECOMMEND ...
PARTNERS
Raster AnalysisHazard Information System
Satellite imageryTime series
Development CommunityEmergency Management
Advanced Web ArchitectureExpertise & Experience
Partners across scales
UW (Vet Sci, Pop Health, Comp Sci, Wildlife Node)
NOAA
Respond / Track
Sahana
HEALTHSCAPES
Train / Research
Train / Research
Prevent / Predict
Slide source - NOAA
Slide source - NOAA
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
Slide source - Sahana Foundation
HEALTHSCAPES
Summary
DeployableIntelligent
OpenCollaborative
Analysis
Web PlatformGlobal HealthEnvironment
Society(Disease & Disaster)
Acknowledgements
SAGE advisors: Jonathan Patz, Mutlu Ozdogan, Annemarie Schneider, and Tony Goldberg
Postdocs: Sarah Olson, Nico Preston
Programmers: Colin Burrenson and Zack Krejci
Collaboration: Sahana Foundation & NOAA
ContactProject Director: Nico Preston
Support
Technology
UW Global Health InitiativeGottesman Fund
Amazon Web Services
PRESTONNicholas David
OCTOBER
2010
Center for SustainabilityAnd the GlobalEnvironment
HEALTHSCAPES.ORG
“Intelligent” Map Detector
“Online”Data Analysis
“Collective”Knowledge Base
[email protected] 29Friday
