How Johns Hopkins' coronavirus dashboard came to be
At South by Southwest, the team behind the global map shares the process, challenges and potential for the technology.
March 16, 2021 12:04 p.m. PT
The Johns Hopkins coronavirus dashboard has been a valuable resource for public health officials and news outlets.
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As COVID-19 became a growing concern around the world early last year, Lauren Gardner tapped into her research expertise as an infectious disease modeler. Gardner, director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, along with her Ph.D. student, were motivated to create a dashboard to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. During a panel Tuesday at this year's virtual South by Southwest conference, she shared how the journey unfolded.