1. Welcome!

2. Intro to EventFlow
hcil.umd.edu/eventflow Catherine Plaiant

3. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies

6. One record per row

7.  Alignment

8. Constructing the EventFlow OverviewA B C E D

18. Time
Number of Records

19. DEMO!

21. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies

22. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies
To: Find problems in data, devise strategies

23. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies
To: Find records that match known pattern

24. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies
To: Discover surprising patterns, understand prevalence of patterns

25. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies
To: sharpen analytical focus

26. EventFlow
a visual analytics tool
to analyze temporal event sequence data
provides a way to:
review the data from individual records
search for temporal patterns of interest
summarize all the event sequences
perform data transformations
select cohorts of interest for further studies