0207 - Visualizing Your Graph

Visualizing your Graph Max De Marzi

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About Me

maxdemarzi.com

@maxdemarzi

maxdemarzi@gmail.com

maxdemarzi on skype

github.com/maxdemarzi

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What to Visualize?

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A Node

Decorated by sneaking a peak at its relationships

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Nodes

See a path, but focus on one node at a time

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Key Nodes

Highlight themost important nodes

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Node Properties

Sometimes size matters

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Relationships

Relationships between members

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Relationship Strength

Ribbon width based on strength of relationships

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Connections over Time

Time is hard in a still picture

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Paths

Individual relationships important, but path is the message

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Cliques

Identify groups and how tightly they connect internally

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Clusters

Identify groups and how they connect to other groups

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Subgraphs

Compare related parts of the graph

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Graphs

Graphs in 3D

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Multiple Graphs

Beyond the hairball

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How to Visualize?

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Gephi

Photoshop for Graphs

http://gephi.org/Friday, February 8, 13

Sigma.js

Gephi on the web

http://sigmajs.org/Friday, February 8, 13

Linkurio.us

http://linkurio.usFriday, February 8, 13

Processing

Software for visual art

http://processing.org/ http://max-planck-research-networks.net/

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Processing.js

Processing on the web

http://www.flinklabs.com/projects/afl/aflflags.htmlhttp://processingjs.org/Friday, February 8, 13

D3.js

Data Driven Documents

http://d3js.org/ http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/force.html

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Cinder

Powerful toolbox for creative coding

http://planetary.bloom.io/libcinder.org

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VivaGraph.js

https://github.com/anvaka/VivaGraphJS

Graphs in WebGL

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Tons more...

VVVVVVVV.jsGraphStream

...and tons more

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Why Visualize?

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Knowledge

Capture knowledge from the graph

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Understanding

Understand relations

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Insight

See what you’ve been missing

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Beauty

Delight in its aesthetic

h"p://burak-­‐arikan.com

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Integrating with Neo4j

See the technical details on maxdemarzi.com

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Thank you!

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