Sirius Exploratory Tool
Sirius is an exploratory network graph web app for researchers who use data to reveal connections and tell stories.
Responsibilities included:
- Research
- UX Design
- Visual Design
The Problem
It’s difficult to visualize multi-dimensional data in a series of 2-to-3 dimensional charts when there are so many variables in large datasets.
The team of 5 engineers and 1 designer set out to create an exploratory network graph to help researchers understand any connections in datasets to help them determine new aspects to research. In the partnership with the University of Vermont my goal was to create initial designs to use for discovering user behavior.
The Goal
Create a conceptual prototype to gather more understanding of the data scientist process
In October 2019, this co-located team met up to finalize our implementation plans. We had the pleasure of talking with other data scientists and researchers which opened our eyes to methods in which they approach a new dataset. This helped guide me to create a conceptual prototype based on that initial set of user research that the project team could later use to conduct concept validation.
Visualizes the links among multiple variables
Zoom in and out or click on any edge to view more.
Secondary data to understand variable relationships
Next Steps
The next steps involve validating the concepts with data scientists, researchers, and other various data sets.
As this beta project is in early stages, the team is itching to talk to real users so the feature roadmap is further developed. The next steps involve validating the concepts with data scientists, researchers, and other various data sets.