CZSaw, IMAS & Tableau: Collaboration among teams: VAST 2010 Grand Challenge award: Excellent student team analysis

The VAST 2010 Challenge consisted of three separate datasets which we investigated with three student teams using three different tools in order to solve each Mini Challenge (MC1-3). The teams met to share findings, request supporting evidence from the other mini challenges, and raise questions for other teams to investigate further. We used CZSaw to investigate the MC1 arms dealer reports by organizing an overview before drilling down to investigate each country's activities. We used Tableau for MC2 to summarize the spread of the Drafa virus within each country and compare the times at which it occurred. We used the IMAS genomics tool for MC3 to discover the origin and initial spread of the virus.