Pathways to identity: using visualization to aid law enforcement in identification tasks

The nature of identity has changed dramatically in recent years and has grown in complexity. Identities are defined in multiple domains: biological and psychological elements strongly contribute, but biographical and cyber elements also are necessary to complete the picture. Law enforcement is beginning to adjust to these changes, recognizing identity’s importance in criminal justice. The SuperIdentity project seeks to aid law enforcement officials in their identification tasks through research of techniques for discovering identity traits, generation of statistical models of identity and analysis of identity traits through visualization. We present use cases compiled through user interviews in multiple fields, including law enforcement, and describe the modeling and visualization tools design to aid in those use cases

Web-Based Visual Analytics for Social Media

Social media provides a rich source of data that reflects current trends on a multitude of topics. The data can be harvested from Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other social applications. The high rate of adoption of social media has created a domain that is difficult to analyze, due to the ever-expanding volume of data. Information visualization is key in drawing out features of interest in social media. The Scalable Reasoning System is an application that couples a back-end server equipped with analysis algorithms and an intuitive visual in- terface to allow for investigation. We provide a componentized system that can be rapidly adapted to user needs. The in- formation in which they are most interested is featured prominently in the application. As an example, we have developed a weather and traffic monitoring application for use by emergency operators in the city of Seattle

Tools for Understanding Identity

We present two tools for analysing identity in support of homeland security. Both are based upon the Superi-dentity model that brings together cyber and physical spaces into a single understanding of identity. Between them, the tools provide support for defensive, information gathering and capability planning operations. The first tool allows an analyst to explore and understand the model, and to apply it to risk-exposure assessment activities for a particular individual, e.g. an influential person in the intelligence or government community, or a commercial company board member. It can also be used to understand critical capabilities in an organization's identity-attribution process, and so used to plan resource investment. The second tool, referred to as Identity Map, is designed to support investigations requiring enrichment of identities and the making of attributions. Both are currently working prototypes

Analysis of Outcomes in Ischemic vs Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Report From the GARFIELD-AF Registry

IMPORTANCE Congestive heart failure (CHF) is commonly associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), and their combination may affect treatment strategies and outcomes