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Presented at Solstice 2011 (http://www.isb.edu/solstice/) at ISB on 16 December 2011 as part of Prof. Galit Shmueli's workshop on Visual Analytics (http://www.isb.edu/VisualAnalytics/)
Presented at Solstice 2011 (http://www.isb.edu/solstice/) at ISB on 16 December 2011 as part of Prof. Galit Shmueli's workshop on Visual Analytics (http://www.isb.edu/VisualAnalytics/)
This is the output for Index valuation of sensex previously uploaded.
This shows the average market or what I think is 'Ideal' value of Sensex taking into account present earnings.
A key challenge faced by social organisations is the last mile gap -- communicating the insights and actions to the masses.
The problem is one of attention. Very few people spend time on anything that appears unengaging.
The problem is also one of complexity. Most of the audience is lost if the message is not communicated in the form of a simple story.
Data visualisation provides a mechanism for visually engaging stories that can can explain complex results in a simple fashion. It is seeing widespread adoption among the media, NGOs and the Government.
This Webinar discusses examples of how data visualisation has provided insights in areas of social interest, and has communicated these to a broader audience. We will what techniques and support mechanisms are available in the market today to enable visual storytelling.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-visualization-for-social-problems-tickets-15044842529
This Slideshare presentation is a partial preview of the full business document. To view and download the full document, please go here:
http://flevy.com/browse/business-document/Vacation-Tally-137
Hey - How much vacation do I have? Now you can answer in a mouse click. This easy to use spreadsheet will keep track of up to 40 employees for over 20 years. Includes GL total for Vacation Accrued, and easy to use request form. Be accurate, be quick - tally those bananas!
Gramener's Shravan Kumar took a virtual session with the students of IIM Shillong. It was a fantastic interaction and the participants were keen to understand how data and storytelling are making a difference to new-age businesses. Check out the slides from the session
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For more data on key economic indicators, have a look at
http://www.finalaya.com/Secure/KeyEconomicIndicators.aspx
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In this presentation you will find out 6 methods how you can improve your manufacturing process with computer vision.
Download our E-book
bit.ly/ebookcomputervision
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In this presentation you will find out the use of computer vision for defect detection in manufacturing which aids in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the production process, leading to higher quality products and lower costs.
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The problem is also one of complexity. Most of the audience is lost if the message is not communicated in the form of a simple story.
Data visualisation provides a mechanism for visually engaging stories that can can explain complex results in a simple fashion. It is seeing widespread adoption among the media, NGOs and the Government.
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http://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-visualization-for-social-problems-tickets-15044842529
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Gramener's Shravan Kumar took a virtual session with the students of IIM Shillong. It was a fantastic interaction and the participants were keen to understand how data and storytelling are making a difference to new-age businesses. Check out the slides from the session
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For more data on key economic indicators, have a look at
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bit.ly/ebookcomputervision
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In this presentation you will find out the use of computer vision for defect detection in manufacturing which aids in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the production process, leading to higher quality products and lower costs.
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We know meter readings are
incorrect, for various reasons.
We don’t, however, have the
concrete proof we need to start the
process of meter reading
ENERGY UTILITY automation.
Part of our problem is the volume
of data that needs to be analysed.
The other is the inexperience in
tools or analyses to identify such
patterns.
11. SECURITIES FINDING PATTERNS
Which securities move together?
How should I diversify?
What should I sell to reduce risk?
What’s a reliable predictor of a security?
12. 68% correlation
between AUD & EUR
Plot of 6 month daily
AUD - EUR values
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14. PREDICTING MARKS
What determines a child’s marks?
Do girls score better than boys?
Does the choice of subject matter?
EDUCATION Does the medium of instruction matter?
Does community or religion matter?
Does the first letter of their name matter?
Does their sun sign matter?
15. … and peaks
Based on the results of the 20 lakh for Sep-borns
students taking the Class XII exams The marks
at Tamil Nadu over the last 3 years, shoot up for Aug
borns
it appears that the month you were
born in can make a difference of as
much as 120 marks out of 1,200. 120 marks out of
1200 explainable
by month of birth
June borns
score the lowest
An identical pattern was observed in 2009 and 2010…
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cutoff for age-class hockey is January 1. A
boy who turns ten on January 2, then,
could be playing alongside someone who
doesn’t turn ten until the end of the year—
and at that age, in preadolescence, a
twelve-month gap in age represents an
enormous difference in physical maturity.”
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follower network at Github.com – a
Facebook for developers.
Each circle represents a coder. The size
shows their number of followers. The
colour shows the language they develop in.
NETWORKS The lines show whom they follow.
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One day, a senior electricity board official said to us, “We know our meter readings have a lot of fraud in them.But when we go to the Union, they ask for proof. It’s sure to be there somewhere in our data. But it’s too large, and we don’t know how to analyse it.Can YOU help us?
We plotted each of the 200 billionreadings, and got what looks like a smooth lognormal curve.But with spikes – at exactly the slab boundaries. People with a reading of 100 pay bills at a lower rate than those with a reading of 101.
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The Tamil Nadu education department shared with us the marks of every single student over the last 3 years.I tried to see if I could predict their marks. Does gender make a difference? Does subject matter?Also silly things like whether the first letter of the name matters, and whether the sun sign matters.
The sun sign matters a LOT. August borns score a good 10% more than June borns, and this is statistically extremely significant.You can see the same pattern every year, in every district, in every class, in every subject.The reason was clear in retrospect, but I’ll let you guess it.
We plotted that across a number of cities.Bangalore – dense network with a central connected component.Chennai and Pune – not so well connected, but not too bad either.The other cities barely have a network.And you can FEEL this if you visit the cities and talk to geeks.
Who’s the best Indian one-daybatsman? The size represents every run ever scored. The colour represents speed. Red is slow, green is fast.Sehwag’s very fast – but so was Kapil, especially for his time.
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All of these visualisations, and the picture stories they told, were generated purely using numbers, and only using programs, with not one bit of manual adjustment.For more such, andmore details about these, here are the links.