1. Flutrack.org Real-time tracking of flu symptoms Karolos Talvis, Kostantinos Chorianopoulos

2. Motivation Deaths – WWI 21 million – 1918 flu pandemic 50-100 million – WWII 60-85 million – 1957 Asian flu 1-1.5 million – 1968 Hong Kong flu 0.75-1 million – USA 3.300-49.000 yearly Interaction design for epidemics?

3. Case study: Cholera outbreak

4. Interaction Design for Epidemics Epidemiology task flow: User requirements: – Open-data, Geo-located, Real-time SymptomsAnalysisReporting

5. www.flutracking.net

6. Mappyhealth.com

7. GermTracker.org

12. Flu epidemic 2012 December 3, 2012. December 27, 2012. http://flutrack.org

13. Accuracy

14. December 15 th, 2013 Google Flu Trends

15. Comparison to related Work Flutrack.orgFlutrackingFlu trendsMappyhealthGermtracker Geo locationYesCity Yes FilteringYes No Real-time20 min1 week1 day1 hourYes MapInteractive FixedNoInteractive SymptomsTweetsEmailsSearchTweets Open DataReal-timeNoSummary No Open SourceGitHubNo

16. Ongoing Work Personal reports, alerts, aggravation Weather Mobile App Prediction Flights Plug-in architecture – Scalability: Cloud hosting – Data source: Facebook, SMS – Localization (Languages) http://flutrack.org