Innovative open data apps by students of the University of Bern

As part of the lecture “Open Data: Datenmanagement und Visualisierung” of the Research Centre for Digital Sustainability at the University of Bern, 29 student teams presented their innovative results yesterday. The apps and graphics they developed are mainly based on the open source JavaScript library D3.js and visualise data from numerous platforms, authorities, companies and other organisations.

The following list shows the results; where already available, the raw data is linked.

• Visualisation of project funding by the Tobacco Control Fund (TPF):
  • Patric Guggisberg and Patrik Schori
  • Nicolas Camenzind and Patrick Neidhart
  • Stefan Imhof and Reto Zaugg
  • Timothy Grüninger and Antje Ködel
• Visualisation of aid funds of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC):
  • Patrick Fahrni and Priska Maurer
  • Taner Aydin and Stephanie Büchel
• Visualisation of innovation activities in the Swiss economy with data from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO):
  • Marc Brunner and Julian Kubaty
• Visualisation of the load on public transport connections from employees of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB):
  • Oscar Meier and Konstantin Niedermann
• Visualisation of cantonal IT cost drivers with data from the Swiss Informatics Conference (SIK):
  • Corina Feuerstein and Tanja Hüppi
• Visualisation of compulsory school data from the Education Department of the Canton of Bern:
  • Marco Grütter and Tim Steiger
  • Roger Stebler and Nadine Liechti
  • Oliver Stapleton and Arun Sittampalam
  • René Gadow and Urs Zysset
• Visualisation of the Grand Council elections in the Canton of Bern with data from Smartvote:
  • Anna Bohnenblust and Nicole Bürki
• Visualisation of discharge and temperature of 5 Swiss rivers with data from the Hydrology Division of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN):
  • Viktor Kitanov and Reto Vogt
• Visualisation of Swiss energy supply 2050:
  • Chetan Vinod Pandit and Pramod Sasidharan
• Visualisation of internet access data from Montemedia AG:
  • Sébastien Broggi and Lukas Riesen
  • Dominik Seliner
  • Pascal Giehl and Sammer Puran
• Visualisation of data from the Swiss Open Government Data (OGD) portal:
  •  Changing age structure – Carina Müller and Elias Koster
  • Population dynamics of Switzerland – Jasmine Quanbrough and Lukas Kälin
  • Financial situation of Zurich municipalities – André Gsell and Eolo Ulrich
• Visualisation of public finances in Switzerland with data from the Federal Finance Administration (FFA):
  • Oliver Saurenmann and Jonas Felder
• Visualisation of the national debt of European countries with data from IMF e-Library Data and Eurostat:
  • Cyrill Rast and Marc Rey
• Visualisation of crime and unemployment data from the World Bank and Eurostat:
  • Manuel Maurer and Tobias Graf
• Visualisation of transactions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with data from blockr.io:
  • Florentina Ziegler and Jan Binzegger
• Visualisation of Twitter contacts using the Twitter API:
  • Raphael Reber and Lukas Diener
• Visualisation of cinema films with data from Rotten Tomatoes:
  • Andreas Hohler and Karan Sethi