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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PRESTON
Nicholas
David
OCTOBER
2010
Center
for
Sustainability
And
the
Global
Environment
Friday
HEALTHSCAPES

2. PRESTON
Nicholas
David
OCTOBER
2010
Center
for
Sustainability
And
the
Global
Environment
HEALTHSCAPES.ORG
“Intelligent”
Map Detector
“Online”
Data Analysis
“Collective”
Knowledge Base
NICOPRESTO@GMAIL.COM
29
Friday

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ECOLOGY HEALTH

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ECOLOGY HEALTH
COMPUTING

5. 1
E-SCIENCE

6. IV Pardigm of Science
th
Emperical
Theoretical
Computational
e-science
I
II
III
IV
(J. Gray)

7. IV Pardigm of Science
th
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)

8. 2
CHALLENGES

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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)

10. <ANALYZE>
LEARN Licen$e
Format.xyz
Curate
accept
X-disciplines

11. <COLLABORATE>

12. 3
SOLUTIONS

13. Open Source
Free as in
speech,
not as in
beer

14. Customize
Collaborate
Converge
Open Source
(Tux - the Linux mascot)
Relevance to Global Health Research

15. Open Source
The Internet
Mozilla Manifesto
Transparency
Participation
Accountability
Trust

16. 4
HEALTHSCAPES

17. WWW
Disease Environment ImageryMaps News
Solutions
<FIND>
<ANALYZE>
<SHARE>
1
2
3
How can
we help?

18. WWWHow can
we help?
Disease Environment ImageryMaps News
Solutions
“Intelligent”
Map Detector
“Embedded”
Data Analysis
“Collective”
Knowledge Base
1
2
3

19. http://www.healthscapes.org

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<FIND>

21. 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.
sholson1@wisc.edu</Affiliation>
Co-occurence: keywords & locations
Affiliation: building networks

23. 6
<ANALYZE>

24. Embedded
statistical
tools
Data Analysts
Captivated by R’s
Power
- Jan 2009
Python 2.6.2
In [1]: import rpy2
In [2]: r.libary(“epitools”)

27. Mean(precip) vs Brazil States

29. 7
<COLLABORATE>

30. Knowledge is
widely dispersed
in society
Presidential Memorandum on Transparent and Open Government - B. Obama
Image - Shepard Fairey

31. Crowdsource
Everyone has
something to
contribute
A process,
not product
Lower
barriersTools for
scholarship
Transcend
borders
Share
resources

32. Cholera (ICD9-001) DASHBOARD
Collective Guided Automated
Analyses
Maps
Tools
Users
Box Plot
London Cholera death (J. Snow)
Euclidean Distance nicopresto
cburreson
zkrejci

33. Cholera (ICD9-001) DASHBOARD
Collective Guided Automated
Analyses
Maps
Tools
Users
Box Plot
London Cholera death (J. Snow)
Euclidean Distance nicopresto
cburreson
zkrejci
openstreetmap
healthscapes
wikipedia

34. COLLECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE
EXPERT COUNSEL
MALARIA:
USERS WHO VIEWED
RAINFALL
ALSO VIEWED
FOREST
AFFILIATION: BUILDING NETWORKS
num: 63
LAT: -8.83000000000
LON: -69.26000000000
MUNICIP: 1200344
Institution: University
of Wisconsin Madison
Contact: Olson
sholson1@wisc.edu
RECOMMEND ...

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Raster Analysis
Hazard Information System
Satellite imagery
Time series
Development Community
Emergency Management
Advanced Web Architecture
Expertise & Experience

36. Partners across scales
UW (Vet Sci, Pop Health,
Comp Sci, Wildlife Node)
NOAA
Respond / Track
Sahana
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Train / Research
Train / Research
Prevent / Predict

37. Slide source - NOAA

38. Slide source - NOAA

39. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

40. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

41. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

42. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

43. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

44. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

45. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

46. Slide source - Sahana Foundation

47. HEALTHSCAPES

48. Summary
Deployable
Intelligent
Open
Collaborative
Analysis
Web Platform
Global Health
Environment
Society
(Disease & Disaster)

49. 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
Contact
Project Director: Nico Preston
nicopresto@gmail.com

50. Support
Technology
UW Global Health Initiative
Gottesman Fund
Amazon Web Services

51. PRESTON
Nicholas
David
OCTOBER
2010
Center
for
Sustainability
And
the
Global
Environment
HEALTHSCAPES.ORG
“Intelligent”
Map Detector
“Online”
Data Analysis
“Collective”
Knowledge Base
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Friday