Research + Entrepreneurship = Innovation

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1 Research + Entrepreneurship = Innovation Professor Mikael Jern InfoVis and Geovisual Analytics Mountain of numbers turned into Interactive pictures NCVA carries out research - Visualization och Storytelling for statistics while NComVA became the commercial part acquired by Qlik in May

2 From research to top industry 33-list in 3 years We know that NComVA is the most innovative technical company with Statistics Visualization and now accepted for the 33-list is a proof that others see us and that we have changed the rules within our branch says Patrik Lundblad innovation chief at NComVA We are the Rock stars in statistics Let s start from the beginning at Lund University The world s first ink jet plotter controlled by software is developed Mikael Jern 25 years old Professor Helmuth Hertz 2

3 The World s first Colour Raster Pictures My Visualization Software creates the World s first Colour Raster Images World s first commercial Ink Jet Plotter from Applicon Boston

4 Raster Visualization Software from UNIRAS employees 140 million turnover 1999, return to Research as Professor at Linkoping University Involved in EC project I control 15 million Skr.; 5 selected PhD students and several research engineers are engaged; I teach Information Visualisation at master level; My PhD students Quan, Tobias, Sara, Patrik, Jimmy and me in the background 4

5 EC Financed Projects Flooding River Arno Firenze Exploring the best tooth brush Road Temperature Mobile Communication Networks NCVA/LiU is established 2007 with 10 million Skr. in financial support National Center Visual Analytics Focus on applied research in collaboration with experience of knowledge within both government and business creating interesting synergies; Interactive Visualization of BIG regional statistical data; 5

6 2007: We start our research in Statistical Visualization Collaboration with SCB Has data och expertise NCVA collaborates with two Swedish cities. 6

7 Geovisual Analytics toolkit for customizing prototypes The BIG commercial jump with OECD " Innovative Approaches to Turning Statistics into Knowledge" Internationell statistik konferens i Stockholm maj, 2008 organiserad av SCB och OECD More than10,000 visitors in the first week OECD announcing collaboration with at their web site explorer now becomes a commercial trademark It is a wonderful new animation service that OECD provides with the Linköping made Flash visualisation and shows the necessity for enjoying this beauty of statistics in the future. Hans Rosling 7

8 The BIG commercial jump with OECD " The BIG commercial jump with OECD " The code of practice for European statistics with regard to dissemination, states that European Statistics should be presented in a clear and understandable form, disseminated in a suitable and convenient manner, available and accessible on an impartial basis with supporting metadata and guidance. This is a principle of accessibility and clarity. To comply with this, OECD in collaboration with NCVA have developed the interactive Web report Regions-at-a-Glance presenting statistical indicators ranging from economic, social, demographic and environmental fields for more than 2000 local OECD regions from all over the world The result represents an innovative solution from the statistical point of view, and offers a dynamic and interactive method for the visualization of spatio-temporal regional data, and the ability to link metatext to such a model. 8

9 The BIG commercial jump with OECD " Spinoff NComVA May 2010 Maintain a commercial business within the university? Owner responsibility, what happens if a researcher leave regarding support etc.? In a Swedish university, the right to technology and product remains with the developer - However if you plan to: sell your technology into a foreign company important to have your ownership documented from the university; NCVA continues with research while NComVA does development, support and commercialization; research commercial 9

10 Spinoff NComVA May 2010 NComVA is registered and becomes a LEAD coached company focusing on Statistical Visualization with integrated Storytelling research commercial LEAD Our Strategy for a Successful Business Market world leader in Statistical Visualization with integrated Storytelling; We see a strong growing interest for visualization in the statistical market; Our Success with OECD and SCB; We sell Products and not Consulting; OECD and a small municipality uses the same visualization and storytelling technology; Automatic and user friendly installation; Marketing through our customers web site Customers enjoy presenting our products 10

11 Customizable explorer automatic generation of products NComVA offers Statistics explorer applications 11

12 World-leading Interactive Visualisation Coordinated and linked Views World-leading Interactive Visualisation Manage BIG statistical data 12

13 Colour handling with Perception technique Find patterns, outliers and trends "The holy grail of information visualization is to make the insights stand out from otherwise chaotic and noisy data." Net Migration Bubble Plot with 5 Dim (X, Y, Colour, Size, Time) 13

14 Coordinated Scatter Matrix with the Bubble Plot Parallel Coordinates for Multivariate Data age 0-14 age age 65+ life expectancy fertility rate Niger Max Niger China Sweden Min 14

15 Interactive visualization of Big Statistical Data Overview & Details 8,000 Italian municipalities age 65+ Flowmap Visualization showing Migration 15

16 World-leading Storytelling World explorer analytical storytelling loop A Story with snapshots and metadata is created in the Story Editor Story is saved and can be shared with colleagues to reach consensus The Story can be integrated into explorer (se right panel) and accessed by the public. The Story with embedded data, snapshots and metadata can also be imported by the Publisher as the foundation for Vislet creation World-leading Storytelling The storytelling tools integrate the geovisual analytics process using our Story Editor, and through collaborating created stories, a shared understanding is developed with other users. After a consensus has been reached, the results can then be published. The snapshot mechanism helps the author of a story to highlight data views of particular interest and subsequently guide others to significant visual discoveries. This is an example of applying the Snapshot mechanism in our Europe explorer with a region Inner London Snapshot based on highlighting elderly people representing only 10% 16

17 Storytelling 8 world snapshots ageing population Import-explore-insight-snapshots-Publisher-HTML-Web page From importing data, exploring and creating a story, to publishing and finally embedding the HTML code based on Flash into a web page or blog Statistics Publisher is the server tool that imports a story and generates the HTML code (Flash or HTML5) that represents the Vislet. First, the user selects visual representations for the Vislet e.g. map, scatter plot, parallel axes, table lens, time graph. Publisher generates the HTML code. This code is manually copied and embedded into a web page. The Vislet is then opened in the user s Web browser and dynamically communicate the story. The Publisher server maintains the Vislet flash file. The Vislet runs locally in the client s Web Browser. 17

18 Regions-at-a-Glance at OECD Vislets are applied This interactive report is based on interactive Vislets, produced from Stories in OECD explorer, converted into HTML code by Statistics Publisher and then embedded into this interactive visualization report Regions-at-a-Glance. A dynamic report extends a static report with an interactive statistics experience for the reader. The graphs are interactive allowing the user to change indicators or explore how data changes over time using animation. The OECD analysts creates snapshots for the regions at a glance data dividing them into different chapters and sections within the chapters. From these snapshots the visualizations were chosen and Vislets were created. Regions-at-a-Glance at OECD Vislets are applied 18

19 Interactive Report at Not only Visualization But also manage Big Data " 19

20 2011: NComVA is Rookie-of-the-Year 100,000kr Strategic Customers 20

21 Customers Strategy and Mission - NComVA 21

22 NComVA - The Expert Visualization Team Tobias Åström, Quan Hu, Christoffer Hedberg, Patrik Lundblad, Mikael Jern, Miralem Dreg 2012: We now also apply the latest HTML5/Javascript 22

23 2012: We enter the Visual Business Intelligence market VINNOVA Forska & Väx and Tillväxtverket provides research funding 500,000 kr + 650,000 Skr; QlikTech selects NComVA as a strategic technology partner for professional interactive data visualization with integrated storytelling; 2012: We enter the Visual Business Intelligence market 23

24 Sales Management Data for a Swedish Company Applied Dynamic Filter only Stockholm sales are shown 24

25 From research to the top 33-list Rock stars in statistics Yesterday, for the sixth time, the prestigious finals of this year's 33-List held at the Munich brewery in Stockholm. Off the record number of 284 nominees, it would now be selected the 33 hottest technology start-ups companies in Sweden. 33 list is appointed jointly by new technologies and business world every year in order to find out which of today's technology start-ups have the potential to become tomorrow's stock market giants. NComVA develops web-based interactive data visualization with integrated storytelling for analyzing and presenting large amounts of statistics and company data. They are now 8 people and has a turnover of SEK 8 million Skr. in May: QlikTech acquires NComVA The acquisition takes place on May 2 nd 2013 exactly 3 years after the start 2010 (a promise made to my partners); 25

26 Qlik announces its new visualization in 2014 with our Tools Gartner Group and its Magic Quadrant about Qlik Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 26

27 Explanations for our Success.. World leading technology and experience OECD och Eurostat credibility Strong growing statistical market We sell products and not consulting OECD and a small municipality uses the same visualization and storytelling technology Automatic and user friendly installation Marketing through our customers web site and their presentations Customers enjoy demonstrating our products Visit our NCVA Web site Statistical Visualization from the World to a small Swedish community age group