Rapid development of a data visualization service in an emergency response

Khan, S., Nguyen, P. H., Abdul-Rahman, A., Freeman, E. , Turkay, C. and Chen, M. (2022) Rapid development of a data visualization service in an emergency response. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 15(3), pp. 1251-1264. (doi: 10.1109/TSC.2022.3164146)

Abstract

We present the design and development of a data visualization service (RAMPVIS) in response to the urgent need to support epidemiological modeling workflows during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facing a set of demanding requirements and several practical challenges, our small team of volunteers had to rely on existing knowledge and components of services computing, while thinking on our feet in configuring services composition and adopting suitable approaches to services engineering. Through developing the RAMPVIS service, we have gained useful experience of ensuring conformation to services computing standards, enabling rapid development and early deployment, and facilitating effective and efficient maintenance and operation with limited resources. This experience can be valuable to the ongoing effort for combating the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides a blueprint for visualization service development when future needs for visual analytics arise during emergency response.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The second phase of this work (February 2021 - January 2022) was supported by EPSRC under Grant EP/V054236/1.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Freeman, Dr Euan
• Authors: Khan, S., Nguyen, P. H., Abdul-Rahman, A., Freeman, E., Turkay, C., and Chen, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
• Publisher: IEEE
• ISSN: 1939-1374
• ISSN (Online): 1939-1374
• Published Online: 01 April 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 IEEE
• First Published: First published in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing 15(3):1251-1264
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher