Data Samples for the VAST Challenge 2010
(Posted March 14)
Data provided in these challenges are synthetic and
should not be construed as involving any real people or events. There may be similarities to real events you
may have heard of, but the information you need to puzzle out the challenges
are contained in the dataset provided.
The VAST 2010 Challenge features a rather strange tale in
the general topic areas of arms dealing and public health. You will be given three datasets each
representing a mini-challenge, which can be integrated to form an overall
picture of what is transpiring with a certain set of people of interest.
Mini-Challenge
1:
The first dataset focuses on some suspected arms deals
that have multi-national implications.
You will be provided several different types of text reports from “US
Government Intelligence Sources”, newspaper reports, web sites and blogs, and
so on. The following is an example of
the data that will be provided in this mini-challenge:
10. US GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE INTERCEPT:
Translated from Russian, from an Internet Café in Moscow to a pre-paid cell
phone in Yemen, 4 February 2009.
The
caller says, “Your brother is dead, but I will be like a brother to you.” The
person receiving the call says in Russian, but with an Arabic accent, “I am
truly blessed for your friendship. I
will need your support to continue to build the family farm. Shall we plan a
family reunion?” The caller says, “Soon,
my brother, very soon.”
Mini-Challenge
2:
The second dataset looks at tracking and characterizing
the outbreak of a disease in disparate locations. Health officials have pooled their data for
these locations in the hopes of learning more about the disease and its
causes. We will provide hospital
admittance and records of death for various cities, and participants will be
asked to generate visualizations of the course of the disease over the time
span of the data. The following is an
example of the data that will be provided:
Hospital Admittance:
|
USER_WARNING |
DATE |
GENDER |
AGE |
SYNDROME |
ID |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
M |
53 |
LEFT KNEE PAIN |
1 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
55 |
HEAD ACHE |
2 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
57 |
NAUSEA, VOMITING |
3 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
40 |
R ANKLE INJ |
4 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
55 |
STOMACH CRAMPS |
5 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
81 |
TREMORS |
6 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
45 |
LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN |
7 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
M |
28 |
SKIN RASHABCESS |
8 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
M |
38 |
LEFT KNEE PAIN |
9 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
F |
40 |
LACERATION TO FOREHEAD |
10 |
Patient Death Records:
|
USER_WARNING |
DATE |
ID |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
2 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
3 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
23 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
32 |
|
SYNTHETIC_DATA |
4/15/2005 |
101 |
Mini-Challenge
3:
This challenge focuses on medical information
collected from some hospital patients that is relevant to the overall
scenario. For this mini-challenge, you
will be asked to analyze some genetic data and provide visualizations of
sequence variations and their evolution.
The data consists of multiple text files
containing genetic sequences collected from viral mutants present in human blood
samples.
Each sequence is composed of hundreds to
several thousands of bases. Each base is encoded as A, T, C, or G.
A genetic sequence file looks like this:
>Sequence24
ATGGATTCCAACACTGTGTCAAGTTTCCAGGACATACTATTGAGGATGTCAAAAATGCAATTGGGGTCCTATGGTTCATACATGTTGGAAAGGGAACTGGTCCGCAAAACCAGATTCCTACCGGTAGCAGGCGGAACAAGCAGTGTGTACATTGAGGTATTGCATCTGACTCAAGGGACCTGCTGGGAACAGATGTACACTCCAGGCGGCATCGGAGGGCTTGAATGGAATGATAACACAGTTCGAGTCTCTAAAAATCTACAGAGATTCGCTTGGTAA
>Sequence32
ATGAGTAATGAGAATGGGGGACCTCCACTTACTCCAAAACAGAAACGGAAAATGGCGAGAACAGCTAGGTGTATCAGCGGATCCACTGGCATCACTGCTGGAGATGTGTCACAGCACACAAATCGGTGGGATAAGGATGGTGGACATCCTTAGGCAAAATCCAACTGAGGAACAAGCTGTGGATATATGCAAAGCAGCAATGGGTCTGAGCAAAAGTTTGAAGAGATAAGATGGCTGATTGAAGAAGTGAGACACAGACTAAGAACAACTGAGAATAGTTTTGAGCAAATAACATTCATGCTAG