Turning Open Data into Digital Innovations: Hacking with Social Impact.

1. Turning Open Data into Digital Innovations: Hacking with Social Impact
Prof. Sabine Brunswicker | Pooja Shevade | Priyank Jain | Jia Lin Cheoh | Danny Sierra
September 2016
RESEARCHCENTER
Open Digital Innovation
RCODI PRESENTS
Purdue Ironhack Fall ’16
- Gold Ironhack – A Hack in Class
- Black Ironhack – An Open Hack focused on Virus Tracking

2. CONTENTS
§ Open Data: A Source of Digital Innovation with Social Impact
§ The IronHack
§ What’s Purdue IronHack
§ Black IronHack: Sep 21 to Oct 11
§ Gold IronHack: Sep 14 to Oct 4
§ Awards and Sponsors: What is in for you?
§ The Process and Rules: How does it work?
§ Insights from the past
Table of content

3. § Open Data: A Source of Innovation

4. INTRODUCTION
§ Initiative to create openness in Government to ensure public trust and establish a system of
transparency, public participation, and collaboration (President Obama, 2009).
WHAT IS OPEN GOVERNMENT ANDOPEN DATA?
The Open Data Movement is here… just search

5. OPENDATA: A SOURCEOF INNOVATION
Today, governmental data can be accessed viathe internet and have become a
source of novel digital apps that are created by savvy developers
Alternative fueling location locator
College affordability rater
www.data.gov

6. OPENDATA: A SOURCEOF INNOVATION
The alternative fueling web app let’s you find fueling stations that offer alternative
fuel

7. This mobile app makes you feel save in Washington; it uses open crime data and
makes them actionable through visualization
Example of a mobile app
using open crime data
OPENDATA: A SOURCEOF INNOVATION

8. It is time to join the open data
movement at Purdue!
Let’s make open data actionable
and develop an app that solves
day-to-day challenges of
citizens in West-
Lafayette/Lafayette

9. § The PurdueIronHack

10. INNOVATE WITH OPEN DATA: Create a novel,
cool, and performative mash-up embedded in a
website that helps users to solve their problem
OUTPERFORM OTHERS AND LEARN FROM
OTHERS: IronHacks is about competition but you
get also feedback and learn from others’ work
HACK VIRTUALLY BUT ALSO MEET PHYSICALLY: We
offer a training on open data, using the required
API, and learning about the programming tools.
GAIN & FAME IN MULTIPLE WAYS: Improve your
score on the way, gain reputation, learn (GitHub,
JSSFIDDLE, etc.) and win a prize
PURDUE IRONHACK operates in 4 cycles for hackers: hack, breathe, learn, and iterate
THE PURDUEIRONHACK

11. AWARDS
THERE ARE 3 WINNINGCATEGORIES
“A mashup is a technique by which a website or Web
application uses data, presentation or functionality from two or
more sources to create a new service. Mashups are made
possible via Web services or publicAPIs that (generally) allow
free access. Most mashups are visual and interactive in
nature.”
- Technopedia
“A web-mashup are web applications generated by combining
content, presentation, or application functionality from disparate
Web sources. They aim to combine these sources to create useful
new applications or services. ”
Yu & Casati (2006) IEEE Internet
Computing
What is a mash-up?

12. § The Black IronHack

13. BLACK IRONHACK
You can check out our website:
If you signed up, go to:
www.BlackIronHack.com
to participate

14. Diseases and viruses are common in the U.S. media landscape and public mindset. Therefore, public awareness and knowledge
tends to be tainted by the media’s fear-filled reports. News about the Zika virus is a perfect example for that. The Black Iron
Hack’s aim is to support citizens from the state of Indiana, particularly in the Lafayette area, in making more informed
decisions for travel inside the U.S. by providing them with information about the current state, spread, and risk of a virus and
disease - using open data from the Center for Chronic Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and mapping virus presence with
respects to environment and travel conditions.
Your friends invite you to go on trip to Florida, but some say that they wouldn’t go because they’re afraid of getting infected
by a virus they heard on the news this morning. However, some other friends insist that "it depends on how you go there and
where you go exactly" and "nothing is going to happen to anyone!". Wouldn't it be great to have a Web App to explore the
potential spread and risks of contracting viruses and disease in the area you are planning to travel to? Indeed, there are so
many factors that affect the risk of viral infection such as the types of viruses, the number of people affected in the area, the
geography and landscape of the area (mountains, lakes, and plains, mosquitos transmitting it), social interaction intensity
(e.g. because of high population density, high traffic), they way you are planning to get to your destination, much more. If you
had such an app, you could optimize your travel decisions based on accurate data of potential risks.
TASK:
• Develop a website with a mashup that can help individuals make more informed decisions and better act upon the news they
receive.
• The website should optimize the value for the consumer in evaluating her/his travel options relative to the virus presence and
whether it is safe.
• Examples of features: “safety scale”, risk scale, integration with Google Maps/Open Maps, type of land, type of environment,
“impact Scale”, etc..
BLACK IRONHACK
The Black IronHack is about virus tracking
“VIRUS & DISEASE TRACKER:Trackdisease probabilitythroughmovement
andgeography”

15. BLACK IRONHACK
We revealed the problem statement on September 21, and the first submission is due
September 23
Training
session
and survey
Training
session &
Survey -
Hacking
phase 1
Evaluati
on
phase 1
Hacking
phase 2
Evaluati
on
phase 2
Hacking
phase 3
Evaluati
on
phase 3
21 days
Sep 14
Sep 24-Sep 26,
done by 8 pm
Sep 21 –Sep 23
submission by
Sep 23 at
Midnight
Sep 27 –Sep 29
Submission by
Sep 29 at
Midnight
Sep 30-Oct 2,
done by 8pm
Oct 3 –Oct 5,
third
submission
by Oct 5.
Midnight
Oct 6 – Oct 8
done by 8pm
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard, be
creative,
compete
Check out scores Check out scores
Wait…
Final winners and
awards
ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/m
etrics
Oct 19 in
class
Complete the post
survey (before
Oct 19)
Check out
scores
Hacking
phase 4
Evaluati
on
phase 4
Oct 9 – Oct 11
submission by
Oct 11 at
midnight
Oct 12 – Oct 14
by 8pm
Work hard,
final push!

16. § The Gold IronHack

17. THE GOLDIRONHACK
The gold Ironhack is about finding healthy food; it is run in a class
“I want myvegetables to be cheap andfresh”
We’re all savvy consumers and need to know when to get the cheapest vegetables and
produce from local vendors. With the ever changing weather we need to know when we can
get the best and cheapest produce throughout the seasons.
Imagine you are trying to figure out when and where you can get the cheapest and best
local produce from local markets in Indianapolis or Chicago.
TASK:
• Develop a website with a mashup that combines local farmer’s markets data along with weather and
seasonal data.
• You are also encouraged to look at other types of market data such as Walmart, Pay-Less, Aldi,
Meijer, etc. to compare regular prices or somehow combine freshness and cheapness – think what
would be beneficial to the consumer!
• Examples of features: ‘freshness scale’, price, list of vendors, integration with Google Maps/Open
Maps, distance, comparison of prices etc.

18. THE GOLDIRONHACK
The problem statement was revealed on September 14;the final award ceremony is
on October 12
Training
session
and
survey
Training
session &
Survey -
Hacking
phase 1
Evaluati
on
phase 1
Hacking
phase 2
Evaluati
on
phase 2
Hacking
phase 3
Evaluati
on
phase 3
21 days
Sep 7
Sep 17-Sep 19,
done by 8 pm
Sep
14(8.30am) –
Sep 16
submission
by Sep 16 at
Midnight
Sep 20
(8.30am) –
Sep 22
Submission
by Sep 22 at
Midnight
Sep 23-25,
done by
8pm
Sep 26-
Sep28 , third
submission
by Sep 28.
Midnight
Sep 29 –
Oct 1 done
by 8pm
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard,
be creative
Work hard,
be creative,
compete
Check out
scores
Check out
scores Wait…
Final winners
and awards
ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/
metrics
Oct 12 in
class
Complete the
post survey
(before Oct 12)
Check out
scores
Hacking
phase 4
Evaluati
on
phase 4
Oct 2 – Oct
4
submission
by Oct 4 at
midnight
Oct 5 – Oct
12
Work hard,
final push!

19. § Awards, Requirements, and Rules

20. Our industry sponsors actively participate in the hacks
3 Winners per Hack
• Best Solution ($500)
• Greatest Improvement ($250)
• Greatest Community Spirit ($150)
Prizes:
1) A Cool Analytics Internship with IN-
ISAC Security Operations Center
(SOC)
2) Internship opportunity with Socrata
3) Amazon Voucher up to $500
4) Feature in magazine of Purdue
Polytechnic
5) Certificate & Trophy
AWARDS: WHAT’S INIT FOR YOU?
Technical
Experts &
Company Sponsors
DesignExperts
andDay-to-Day
Users

21. AWARDS: WHAT’S INIT FOR YOU?
There are three winning categories
Best Solution ($500Amazon Gift Card):
The best solution was evaluated based on the submission submitted in the final
round. 4 equally weighted criteria (Technology, User Requirements, Usability,
and Novelty) applied The highest aggregate score won.
Greatest Improvement ($250)Amazon GiftCard):
Those who were among the top 20 percent in each of the three hacking phases
qualified for this award: Among those who met these criterion we ranked them
in terms of number of GitHub submissions with significant changes (changes
related to all categories).
Greatest Community Spirit ($150)AmazonGift Card):
Those who made the most valuable contributions to the discussion qualified
for this award (number of posts, number of other people that found that
comment useful, and expert judgment).

22. REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory technological requirements make sure that we have a fair competition
1. One dataset is Mandatory: Climate Data Online
2. The application uses at least one dataset from Data.gov or Open Indy Portal that
were released by the State of Indiana
3. The application should be written in JavaScript language
4. The website should integrate a mashup (A mashup is a web page or application
created by combining data or functionality from different sources)
4. The code submission should be complemented with a README file: Keywords,
brief description, a unique identifier of the author, browser within which it was
tested
5.The application should use a visualization library (arbor.js, D3.Js, sigmajs, other
libraries)

23. Technology: Is your application error free?
• Major Errors: prevent application from working properly
• Moderate errors: impede application from being fully functional
• Minor errors: that are cosmetic
User Requirements
• Does the app improve decisions of a user in West Lafayette?
• Does it present more decision alternatives
Information Visualization
• System Affordance: Does the application offer recognizable elements and interactions that can be
understood by the user?
• Cognitive Workload: Is the number of alternatives from which the user can choose appropriate?
• Minimal Memory: Would a potential user have to memorize a lot of information to carry out the task?
Novelty
• Does the application combine different datasets in a novel way?
• Does the application move beyond standard visualizations?
JUDGING
Judging Criteria: We assess the app in four dimensions

24. 1. Submit at least one application at each of the 4 hacking phases
2. Discuss general questions on the IronHack forum only to increase the chances to qualify for
award category 3 (prevent communication about solutions with competitors face-to-face)
3. Do not work in teams as IronHack is an individual competition
4. It is about getting started: The code you submit in the first phase does NOT have to be a full
working application; it can be a non-interactive prototype (even an image)
5. You need to be the originator of the code (Be ethical) – otherwise you will be disqualified.
Follow the Purdue IronHack Honor Code!
6. To qualify for an award you have to fill in a short IronHack survey at the beginning and after
the hack as requested by NSF and Purdue (your data will remain anonymous)
Guidelines to help you toqualify for an award
GUIDELINESANDRULES

25. WE USEA COMMUNITY PLATFORM TO KEEPYOUINFORMED

26. § Prior hacks

27. EXAMPLES FROM PRIORHACKS
In Fall 2015 we ran Blue IronHack: it’s always difficult to move to a new city…
“Finda safe place to rent”
Which neighborhoods are considered ‘safe’ and ‘green’? Incoming residents, especially
students, have little knowledge about the communities and neighborhoods in a new town.
Many students only look at campus apartments because it can be difficult to find out
information about safety and they are unsure of where to live.
Imagine you were moving to West Lafayette/Lafayette as a new resident and had no idea
where to move but knew that you wanted a safe or green area to live in
TASK:
• Develop a website with a mashup that uses local climate and societal data to visualize where it would
be best to move in Lafayette/West Lafayette based on how ‘green’ or ‘safe’ an area is.
• The website should optimize the value for the consumer in saving money by giving more alternatives
• Examples of features: parks and recreation, how many services, schools, alternative modes of
transportation if you do not have a car, street lighting, closeness to highway, crime rates and types of
crime, closeness to police/fire stations and education, real estate prices, criminal/offender registry,
scales that have the user describe preferences in terms of importance, and addresses etc.

28. EXAMPLES FROM PRIORHACKS
Used and recombined over
7 open data sets (!!!)
These included: local apartment
websites to determine rental
prices
And flooding data
This generated novel
visualization features such
as crime locations, PD & FD
locations, restaurants, etc.
The winner of Ironhack 2015 (Blue IronHack) created a novel ‘housing’ and renting
solution mashing up 7 datasets

29. EXAMPLES FROM PRIORHACKS
Prior participants HAD FUN …

30. BLACK IRONHACK
You can check on our website:
Go to
www.BlackIronHack.com
to participate

31. CONTACT
Prof. Sabine Brunswicker
Research Center for Open Digital Innovation
Discovery Park, DLRC Room 492
Purdue University
Email: sbrunswi@purdue.edu
Skype: spark-1122
RCODI team:
opendigital@purdue.edu
Contact
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