Open Data and Ebola Aske Plaat Leiden Centre of Data Science 19 October 2015 How Open Data is changing our science Outline • Ebola • Diagnosis, Epidemiological spread, Treatment • The Open Data Revolution • Conclusion & Future Curing with data? Yambuku* Yambuku Ebola River Ebola Virus Ebola Outbreaks 1976 / 2014 Spread Epidemiological models Old Diagnosis Open Data • Diagnosis Ebola & Open Data • Combining & Organizing New Medical Tool Reaching out Analysing Phone Data Visualization Social data vs. Ground Truth data Apps Contact Tracing Apps • Diagnosis • Epidemiological 
 Spread Ebola & Open Data • Combining & Organizing • Analyzing & Visualizing Spread Static Epidemiological models Static Epidemiological models Alternative Epidemiological model [Fisman, Hauck, Tuite, Greer, 2013] GDELT • Diagnosis • Epidemiological 
 Spread • Treatment Ebola & Open Data • Combining & Organizing • Analyzing & Visualizing • High Performance Drug Discovery In-silico drug discovery The Open Data Revolution UN Global Pulse 1. Deduction 2. Induction 3. Simulation 4. Data-driven Conclusions • Data is Knowledge (Ignorance is Death…) • Data is a fundamental tool in every field of science Conclusion Acknowledgments Jos van den Broek, Johanna Hellemons, Thomas Helling, Jaap van den Herik, Joost Kok, Robert Kirkpatrick, Abdul Hafiz Koroma, Uli Mans, Meenal Pore, Mirjam van Reisen, Gideon Shimshon, Geert de Snoo, Carel Stolker, Bartel van de Walle