Visual Analytics

The goal of the Visual Analytics Working Group is the generation, adaptation, and integration of visualization tools capable of displaying diverse types of data from laboratory, field, in silico analyses and simulations, and other sources specific to genotype-to-phenotype research. The displays are being designed to reveal underlying patterns, lead to novel hypotheses, provide concise syntheses, and support publication, collaborations, education, and other forms of dissemination (web, podcast, etc.).

Presentations should include capabilities for both static and (increasingly) dynamic/kinetic displays of plant biology information (e.g. -omics, ecophysiological data). The iPlant CI will provide the necessary infrastructure to combine or overlay data from computational analysis or virtual databases to permit deeper insights, the generation of testable hypotheses, the evaluation of models, and the practical application of such insights.