The Visualization of Big Data

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Title
The Visualization of Big Data
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Video recording
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http://hdl.handle.net/1961/muislandora:2984
Created
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract
Ever since the Internet age, companies and researchers have been looking for ways to evaluate and understand the large sets of data they collect. I am researching ways to efficiently and effectively display these large data sets visually. Our specific data set consists of research conference data attendees and topics that were discussed, and I will be working on writing software that displays these large data sets as well as the links between them. This topic is important because it can help others understand the links between large datasets. The challenge in sifting through big data is finding an effective way to visualize what you are analyzing. In our case, we will be looking at millions of inter-connected data records. Visualizing this data via software can be a quick and effective way to immediately see these connections. We intend to write a program that visualizes our dataset of research conference data. We will be using a Javascript library of visualization tools. Though these have already been written, they were not designed for large datasets. I will be researching ways to integrate these tools with large datasets so that they may be used to help people understand the links between large sets of data. I feel this project will be an important exercise in bringing data to life. It will allow us to view large datasets in a unique manner that could possibly allow for a greater understanding between links, as well as potentially uncovering unknown associations. Big datasets are common in almost every industry now, yet the technology that helps us understand them is just beginning to catch up. Visualization is an important and necessary technique for bringing data to life, and the effectiveness and efficiency is still being explored.

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