Network Workbench

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Network Workbench

• A Workbench for Network Scientists

Download at http//nwb.slis.indiana.edu
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Goal Develop a large-scale network analysis,
modeling and visualization toolkit for physics,
biomedical, and social science research.
Amount 1,120,926, NSF IIS-0513650
awardDuration Sept. 2005 - Aug.
2008Website http//nwb.slis.indiana.edu
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Investigators

• Katy Börner
• Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
• Santiago Schnell

• Alessandro Vespignani
• Stanley Wasserman
• Eric Wernert

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Software Team

• Weixia (Bonnie) Huang, lead
• Bruce Herr
• Russell Duhon
• Tim Kelley

• Micah Linnemeier
• Heng Zhang
• Duygu Balkan
• Ann McCranie

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Advisory Board

• James Hendler
• Jason Leigh
• Neo Martinez
• Michael Macy
• Ulrik Brandes

• Mark Gerstein
• Stephen North
• Tom Snijders
• Noshir Contractor

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Outline

• A Quick Overview of Research
• What is the NWB Tool?
• Using the NWB Tool for Scientometrics
• Using the NWB Tool for Discrete Network Dynamics
• Built using CIShell

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A Quick Overview of Research

• Social Science, Scientometrics, Economics,
  Proteomics, and Epidemiology

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Social Science

• Studying large scale social networks such as
  Wikipedia.
• Viszards 2007 Entry

Second Sight An Emergent Mosaic of Wikipedian
Activity The New Scientist, May 19, 2007
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113 Years of Physical Review

• Citation Patterns Across the History of Physics

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Scientometrics

• Studying science by scientific means.

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Proteomics

• Protein-Protein Interactions

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Economics

• Does the Type of Product that a Country Exports
  Matter for Subsequent Economic Performance?

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Epidemiology

• Forecasting (and preventing the effects of) the
  next pandemic.

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What is the NWB Tool?

• A network analysis, modeling, and visualization
  toolkit for physics, biomedical, and social
  science Research

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But first, Why is the NWB Tool?
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• Data
• Different Formats
• Different Models
• Algorithms
• Different Purposes
• Different Implementations
• Different Programming Languages
• Different Communities with Different Practices
• Different Tools

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So, the NWB Tool can work with . . .
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• Data
• Different Formats
• Different Models
• Algorithms
• Different Purposes
• Different Implementations
• Different Programming Languages
• Different Communities with Different Practices
• Different Tools

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File Formats

• GraphML
• XGMML
• Pajek .net
• Pajek .mat
• NWB
• TreeML

• Edgelist
• CSV
• ISI

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Java Object Formats

• Prefuse Alpha
• Prefuse Beta
• JUNG

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We Do It Like This
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A Few Features

• Windows, Linux, OS X
• Write algorithms in Fortran, Java, C, Jython,
  or something else
• Many algorithms work with large networks
• Integrates the excellent GUESS visualization tool
• Automatic data conversion
• Integrated 2D plotting via Gnuplot

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Using the NWB Tool for Scientometrics

• Co-Authorship, Burst Detection, Et Cetera

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Go From Here
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To Here
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In a few minutes.In a general way.
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Using the NWB Tool for Discrete Network Dynamics
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Built Using CIShell

• A General Framework For Integrating Algorithms
  and Data

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Algorithms are Simple
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No Networks There...
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No networks means moving among data
representations is easy.
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Thank you.
NSF IIS-0513650 award
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• http//nwb.slis.indiana.edu
• http//cishell.org