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This ppt introduced Many Eyes, a visualization tool from IBM and shows how to create visualizations.TRANSCRIPT
Vinod Gupta School of ManagementIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Name Roll No
Ramya Krishna P 10BM60056
Soujanya Kodati 10BM60039
Vinod Gupta School of ManagementIIT Kharagpur
IBM’s MANY EYES Click here for Tutorial
MANY EYESAgenda
• Many Eyes
• Visualizations
•Creating your own visualization
• Data sets
• Visualization
• Pros and Cons
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• Visualization tool – backed by IBM
• Generic data visualization techniques adapted to
heterogeneous data sources
• More than 100,000 data visualizations and 270,000 data
sets
• Visual representation of large amounts of data
• Collaborative platform for sharing knowledge
• Easy to use, interactive, time saving
• Many Eyes in 60 seconds
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VisualizationsPurpose Visualization type
Relationships among data points Scatter plot, Matrix chart, network diagram
Comparing a set of values Bar chart, Histogram, Bubble chart
Tracking rises and falls over time Line graph, Stack graph
See the parts of a whole Pie chart, Tree map
Analyzing text Word tree, Tag cloud, Phrase net, Word Cloud generator
See the world World map
MANY EYESCreating your own
visualizations• Many Eyes is an online tool available at http://www-958.ibm.com
• Create a login account
• Now, you can create a visualization in three easy steps
• Demo
Choose a data set
Choose a
visualization
Customize and
publish
MANY EYESChoosing a data set
• Go to ‘upload a data set’ under ‘Participate’ tab• Prepare your data
• Paste the data
• Check for correctness
• Describe the data
• Disclaimer : anything you upload will be visible to everyone on the
internet!
MANY EYESDot your ‘i’s, Cross your ‘t’s
Fruit Cost
Apple $ 1.00
Banana $ 1.40
Fruit Cost ($)
Apple $ 1.00
Banana $ 1.40
Cheese Bread
Cost($) Calories Cost($) Calories
3.24 200 1.29 120
3.31 200 1.91 130
Cheese:Cost($)
Cheese:Calorie
Bread:Cost($)
Bread:Calorie
3.24 200 1.29 120
3.31 200 1.91 130
MANY EYESChoose a visualization
MANY EYESChoose a visualization
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MANY EYESCustomize and publish!!
• Customize your visualizations based upon
various attributes in the data set.
• Publish your visualization
• Get rated for your visualization and data set
MANY EYESPros and cons
Pros• Huge variety of visualizations• Explore others’ data sets and
visualizations• Allows analysis of complex data• Community based • Just needs a java-enabled
browser• No softwares to download, no
softwares to install• To top it all, it is FREE!
Cons
• Eats up your memory
• Might crash your browser
• Garbage In, Garbage Out!
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