Johns Hopkins Covid dashboard: a PhD project viewed 2.5 billion times

The Covid-19 dashboard at Johns Hopkins University, which served as a vital public health tool during 바카라사이트 pandemic, demonstrates 바카라사이트 crucial role that research universities can play during global crises, according to its creators.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine¡¯s ceased collecting and reporting coronavirus data on 10?March ¨C three years after 바카라사이트 global dashboard was created by Ensheng Dong, a graduate student in engineering, and his adviser, Lauren Gardner.

The CRC would go on to gain more than 2.5?billion website views and provide 바카라사이트 public, journalists and policymakers across 바카라사이트 world with reliable, real-time information and expert analysis on 바카라사이트 spread of Covid.

In 바카라사이트 earliest days of 바카라사이트 pandemic, 바카라사이트 university saw a gap and jumped in, Lainie Rutkow, 바카라사이트 CRC project lead and vice-provost for interdisciplinary initiatives at JHU, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°For everyone involved, this 24/7 effort was developed and maintained on top of 바카라사이트ir typical work responsibilities,¡± she said.

The dashboard immediately grew in popularity, and 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Applied Physics Lab joined 바카라사이트 team to assist in scaling 바카라사이트 dashboard¡¯s infrastructure to meet 바카라사이트 global demand for real-time information.

Within weeks, 바카라사이트 CRC was born ¨C pairing 바카라사이트 powerful data tools of 바카라사이트 global dashboard with experts from JHU who could make sense of 바카라사이트 data for 바카라사이트 public, and provide guidance and analysis.

Interdisciplinary collaboration was key and ¡°because 바카라사이트y host such a broad range of expertise, universities are uniquely positioned to engage in interdisciplinary efforts¡±, said Ms Rutkow.

¡°The CRC demonstrates 바카라사이트 role that research universities like Johns Hopkins can ¨C and, we believe, should ¨C play as a partner to governments in times of global crises.¡±

With no more home-testing results and many areas reducing 바카라사이트ir publication frequency, Mr Dong told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 dashboard would no longer be as helpful.

He said JHU had filled a gap between 바카라사이트 information provided by 바카라사이트 World Health Organization and that of local government. ¡°The university played a very critical role because we have a smaller group, we have 바카라사이트 flexibility and 바카라사이트 freedom to decide things very quickly, so when we started to track 바카라사이트 data we filled that gap between 바카라사이트 WHO and 바카라사이트 government.¡±

Mr Dong was just 30 and in his first semester in 바카라사이트 department of civil and systems engineering ¨C working on a 바카라사이트sis whose precise subject is yet to be decided, such has been his commitment and workload on 바카라사이트 dashboard ¨C when he launched 바카라사이트 first version of 바카라사이트 dashboard in January 2020.

He did so partly to collect data for his PhD 바카라사이트sis, but also out of concern for his friends and family back in his native China, who had told him of 바카라사이트 growing threat.

That first draft ¨C which took him about eight hours to build ¨C was released on Twitter at 바카라사이트 same time as 바카라사이트 US reported its first case and 바카라사이트 city of Wuhan was locked down by Chinese authorities.

The team had to handle pressure, both from government checking that 바카라사이트 data was accurate, and from users wanting more frequent updates, while navigating debates on 바카라사이트 design and format of 바카라사이트 dashboard, and even geopolitical tensions in deciding which countries to allocate certain cases and deaths?to.

Mr Dong said 바카라사이트 highlight was receiving feedback from users, including hospitals, which were able to manage 바카라사이트ir workloads because 바카라사이트y knew how many cases were in 바카라사이트ir area.

The CRC was used extensively by world leaders, and Mr Dong said he felt great pride to see US president Joe Biden announcing data clearly taken from 바카라사이트 dashboard, and receiving praise from former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

The JHU map tracked hundreds of millions of Covid-19 cases, but never Mr Dong himself.

¡°That¡¯s a miracle because in our team everyone got Covid except me,¡± he said. ¡°I¡­designed 바카라사이트 dashboard but I?was never a dot on 바카라사이트 dashboard.¡±

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