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IS428 Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence

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To be a Visual Detective

The assignments require you to put the concepts, methods and techniques you had learned in class to solve real world problem using visual analytics techniques. Students should also use the assignments to gain hands-on experience on using the data visualisation toolkits I had shared with you to complate the assignment.

The assignment topics are based on VAST Challenge 2019. You are required to choose one of the challenge topic provided below and work out the solution.

Overview

St. Himark is a vibrant community located in the Oceanus Sea. Home to the world-renowned St. Himark Museum, beautiful beaches, and the Wilson Forest Nature Preserve, St. Himark is one of the region’s best cities for raising a family and provides employment across a number of industries including the Always Safe Nuclear Power Plant. Well, all that was true before the disastrous earthquake that hits the area during the course of this year’s challenge. Mayor Jordan, city officials, and emergency services are overwhelmed and are desperate for assistance in understanding the true situation on the ground and how best to deploy the limited resources available to this relatively small community.

Mini-Challenge 1

In a prescient move, the city of St. Himark released a new damage reporting mobile application shortly before the earthquake. This app allows citizens to provide more timely information to the city to help them understand damage and prioritize their response. In this mini-challenge, use app responses in conjunction with shake maps of the earthquake strength to identify areas of concern and advise emergency planners.

Please visit VAST Challenge 2019: Mini-Challenge 1 for more information and to download the data.

Mini-Challenge 2

While St. Himark is proud of its Always Safe nuclear power plant, it was not quite built to be compliant with the recommended safety standards developed by international organizations. The nuclear plant sustained moderate (but not life-threatening) damage during the earthquake resulting in some contamination being released. The city has installed stationary sensors which could be used to determine effected areas but they don’t cover all parts of the city. Luckily, the Himark Science Society has stepped in with citizen scientists to help crowd source this important task. Utilize these various sensors to understand which parts of the city are most effected.

Please visit VAST Challenge 2019: Mini-Challenge 2 for more information and to download the data.

Mini-Challenge 3

In disasters, people reach out to friends and family to check in and discuss what they see happening around them. The city and its emergency response teams are hoping to gain an understanding of the issues facing the citizenry they can’t get through seismic readings and survey responses. They are looking to you to help them turn social media posts into an information source helping guide them as to where to focus efforts and what the concerns of the populace are.

Please visit VAST Challenge 2019: Mini-Challenge 3 for more information and to download the data.

Grand Challenge

St. Himark’s limited resources must be brought to bear as efficiently as possible. They are looking to you to provide them with as complete a picture as can be constructed from all the data available. Provide an overall view on the situation in the city by providing a unified visualization of the data.

Please visit VAST Challenge 2019: Grand Challenge for more information and to download the data.

Visualisation Software

To perform the visual analysis, students are encouraged to explore any one or a combination of the following software:

• Tableau
• JMP Pro
• Qlik Sense
• Microsoft Power BI

One of the goals of this assignment is for you to learn to use and evaluate the effectiveness of these visual analytics tools.

Submission details

This is an individual assignment. You are required to work on the assignment and prepare submission individually. Your completed assignment is due on 7th July 2019, by 11.59pm mid-night.

You need to edit your assignment in the appropriate wiki page of the Assignment Dropbox. The title of the wiki page should be in the form of: ISS608_2017-18_T3_Gx_Assign_FullName.

The assignment wiki page should include the URL link to the web-based interactive data visualization system prepared.

Reference

Past Assignment Page

• AY2015-16 Term 3
• AY2016-17 Term 3 Assignment
• AY2017-18 Term 3 Assignment
• AY2018-19 Term 1 Assignment

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Assignment Q&A

Need more clarification, please feel free to pen down your questions.