Flutrack.org Real-time tracking of flu symptoms Karolos Talvis, Kostantinos Chorianopoulos
Motivation Deaths – WWI 21 million – 1918 flu pandemic million – WWII million – 1957 Asian flu million – 1968 Hong Kong flu million – USA yearly Interaction design for epidemics?
Case study: Cholera outbreak
Interaction Design for Epidemics Epidemiology task flow: User requirements: – Open-data, Geo-located, Real-time SymptomsAnalysisReporting
Mappyhealth.com
GermTracker.org
Flu epidemic 2012 December 3, December 27,
Accuracy
December 15 th, 2013 Google Flu Trends
Comparison to related Work Flutrack.orgFlutrackingFlu trendsMappyhealthGermtracker Geo locationYesCity Yes FilteringYes No Real-time20 min1 week1 day1 hourYes MapInteractive FixedNoInteractive SymptomsTweets sSearchTweets Open DataReal-timeNoSummary No Open SourceGitHubNo
Ongoing Work Personal reports, alerts, aggravation Weather Mobile App Prediction Flights Plug-in architecture – Scalability: Cloud hosting – Data source: Facebook, SMS – Localization (Languages)