The VAST 2010 Challenge consisted of three mini-challenges (MC) and one Grand Challenge (GC). Each MC had a data set, instructions and a number of questions to be answered. The GC required participants to pull together information from all three data sets and write a debrief summarizing the...

The VAST 2009 Challenge scenario concerned a fictitious, cyber security event. An employee leaked important information from an embassy to a criminal organization. Participants were asked to discover the identity ofthe employee and the structure of the criminal organization. Participants were...

Mini Challenge 1: Wiki Editors The Paraiso movement is controversial and is having considerable social impact in a specific area of the world. We have extracted a segment of the Paraiso (the movement) Wikipedia edits page. Please note this is not the Paraiso Manifesto Wiki page which is part of the...

It is Fall of 2004 and one of your analyst colleagues has been called away from her current tasks to an emergency. The boss has given you the assignment of picking up her investigation and completing her task. She has been asked to pursue a line of investigation into some unexpected activities...

Dataset The dataset will consist of: About 1200 news stories from the Alderwood Daily News plus a few other items collected by the previous investigators A few photos A few maps of Alderwood and vicinity (in bitmap image form) A few files with other mixed materials, e.g. a spreadsheet with voter...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson West Nile Virus Experiment WLN002 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host response to West Nile virus (strain WNV-NY99) wild-type clone 382 and mutant 382-E218A 2 nt virus infection. Sample data was obtained from mouse (strain...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson West Nile Virus Experiment WCT001 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host responseto West Nile virus (WNV-NY99) wild-type (strain 382) and mutant 382-E218A 2 nt virus infection. Sample data was obtained from mouse (strain C57BL...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson West Nile Virus Experiment WCB001 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host response to West Nile virus (strain WNV-NY99) wild-type clone 382 and mutant 382-E218A 2 nt virus infection. Sample data was obtained from mouse (strain...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment IM103 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host response to Influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) wild-type strain Influenza A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (VN1203) virus, mutant VN1203-NS1trunc124, and mock...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment IM102 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the mouse host response to Influenza A virus (subtype H7N9) wild-type strain Influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (AH1-WT) virus and mutants NS1-103F/106M (AH1-F/M) and...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment IM101 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host mouse response to Influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) wild-type strain Influenza A/Vietnam/1203/2004, Influenza A/Vietnam/1203/2004 mutant strains PB2-627E...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment ICL104 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the host response to pandemic Influenza A virus (subtype H1N1) , natural isolate Influenza A/California/04/2009 virus. Sample data was obtained from human lung...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment ICL103 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the human host response to Influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) and mutant viruses. Sample data was obtained for human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (Calu-3)...

Last updated on 2024-02-11T22:41:43+00:00 by LN Anderson Influenza A Virus Experiment ICL102 The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the human host cellular response to Influenza A virus (subtype H7N9) , wild-type strain Influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (AH1-WT), and mutant viruses NS1-L103F/I106M...