Entry Name: "Purdue-Xia-MC1"

VAST Challenge 2014
Mini-Challenge 1

Team Members:

Jing Xia, State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, jjane.summer@gmail.com   PRIMARY 
Jieqiong Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, jieqiongzhao@purdue.edu
Isaac Sheeley, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, isheeley@purdue.edu
Joseph Christopher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, christ33@purdue.edu
Qiaoying Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, wang1925@purdue.edu
Jiawei Zhang, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, zhan1486@purdue.edu
Shehzad Afzal, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, safzal@purdue.edu
Dallas breunig, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, dbreunig@purdue.edu
Dr. David Ebert, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, ebertd@ecn.purdue.edu (supervising faculty)

Chen Guo, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, guo171@purdue.edu
Shang Xu, Interaction Design, Purdue University, xu537@purdue.edu
Jun Yu, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, yujun_2005@hotmail.com
Hanxin Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology, zhanghanxing1991@hotmail.com
Qian Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, wangqianmeiti@163.com
Dr. Yingjie (Victor) Chen, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, victorchen@purdue.edu (supervising faculty)
Dr. Zhenyu (Cheryl) Qian, Interaction Design, Purdue University, qianz@purdue.edu (supervising faculty)
Chen Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, chwang@hit.edu.cn (supervising faculty)

Student Team: YES

Analytic Tools Used:

AnnotatedTimeTree, designed and developed by VACCINE lab at Purdue University.

Jigsaw, developed by Information Interfaces Research Lab at GeorgiaTech.

Approximately how many hours were spent working on this submission in total?

400 hours

May we post your submission in the Visual Analytics Benchmark Repository after VAST Challenge 2014 is complete? YES

Video:

http://pixel.ecn.purdue.edu:8080/~zhan1486/MC1_answer_sheet/MC1_tree.wmv

MC1_tree

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Questions

MC1.1 – Provide a visual representation of the structure of the Protectors of Kronos network, with supporting evidence.

a. Who are the leaders?

b. Who is part of the extended network?

c. How has the group structure and organization changed over time?

d. Where are the potential connections between the POK and GAStech?

Provide novel visualizations appropriate for communicating key information to the busy leaders of the investigation. Please limit your response to no more than eight images and 500 words.

a. The leaders are Henk Bodrogi, Elian Karel and Silvia Marek.

b. Silvia Marek and Lucio Jakab were originally from a small environmental activist group, Save Our Wildlands. They were recruited by Elian Karel in 2005.

c. 1) Henk Bodrogi along with 6 other Elodis citizens formed initial POK organization in 1997. Carmine Osvaldo was the primary navigator of public relationships back then.

2) In August 2001, Bodrogi quit POK because of health issue, followed by the other original members. Elian Karel took place of Bodrogi and became the new leader. He recruited other groups including Save Our Wildlands.

3) Elian Karel died in jail in 2009. Silvia Marek became the new leader until present.

Fig 1.1: The POK Networks changing overtime.

Fig 1.2: Elian Karel Died in Jail..

d. 1) Henk Bodrogi met representatives in GasTech. The co-founder Hank Fluss personally assured that GAStech would act responsibly toward cleanup efforts.

Fig 1.3: Hank Fluss Responded POK towards Water Contamination.

2) A ten-year old girl in Elodis, Julianna Vann, died of water contamination in 1998.

Fig 1.4: A Ten-Year Old Girl in Kronos Died of Water Contamination.

3) It is a long history of POK protesting against GasTech ever since.

Fig 1.5: POK Protesting GasTech and Kronos Government.

4) GasTech CEO Sten Sanjorge Jr. declared POK as terrorists in 2009.

Fig 1.6: GasTech CEO Sten Sanjorge Jr. Declared POK as Terrorists.

MC1.2 – Describe the events of January 20-21, 2014. What is the timeline of events? Please limit your response to no more than ten images and 500 words.

The annotations are the overview of the timeline. Critical events will be further elaborated as follows.

Fig 2.1: Overview of Events on Jan 20, 21 2014.

- There is supposed to be a meeting between government officials and GasTech executives at 8 am 20^th Jan, followed by a soiree to celebrate the high profits

Fig 2.2: News about Meeting between Government and GasTech.

January 20th 2014

- 09:26 GAStech CEO Sten Sanjorge was celebrating the successful initial public offering of his company.

Fig 2.3: News about GasTech CEO Celebrating Great Success.

- 10:18 A fire alarm was triggered at the centers of GasTech. Later Abila fire department responded to the alarm. (We believed it was a distraction because the meeting was supposed to end at 10).

Fig 2.4: News about Fire Alarm.

- 12:20 The police of Abila was called to GAStech for an emergency not specified (kidnapping).

Fig 2.5: News about Police of Abila Called to GasTech for An Unspecified Emergency.

- 15:00 Edvard Vann was interrogated for hours because he shares the same family name with several members of POK.

Fig 2.6: News about Edward Vann Interrogated for Hours by the Police.

- 17:48 Two jets left the airport of Abila with fourteen - sixteen passengers between the two.

Fig 2.7: News about Two Secret Jets Left the Airport of Abila.

- 20:20 A government spokesman stated unofficially that GAStech employees have been kidnapped.

Fig 2.8: News about Stating Unofficially that GasTech Employees Have Been Kidnapped.

- 22:00 Tethys federal law enforcement officials and staff from the Tethyn Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived in Kronos to assist police in the investigation.

Fig 2.8: News about Tethys Federal Law Enforcement Arriving for Kidnapping Investigation.

January 21st 2014

- POK took credit for kidnapping and demand 20M.

Fig 2.9: News about POK Taking Responsibility and Demanding $20M.

MC1.3 – Identify at least two possible explanations why the GAStech employees may be missing. What evidence do you have to support each of these explanations? Please limit your response to no more than three additional images and 200 words.

Possible explanation #1

Some employees in GasTech security department and an assistant manager is actually POK members. They kidnapped POK executives.

Kidnappers: Inga Ferro, Loreto Bodrogi, Isia Vann, Hennie Osvaldo, Minke Mies and Ruscella Mies.

Executives being kidnapped: Ingrid Barranco, Ada campo-Corrente, Orhan Strum and Willem Vasco-Pais.

1. Security employees have the capability of conducting the kidnapping: they know the company floor plan well, and they can control monitors.

2. An email sent among them is entitled “ARISE - Inspiration for Defenders of Kronos”, which is similar with POK (Protectors of Kronos).

3. Some of them share the same family names with kernel POK members, such as Vann, Boddrogi, Osvaldo and Mies.

4. In a POK rally in 2009, a 20-year old POK member complained against the government but refused to have her name revealed. The reason might be she is actually a GASTech employee, and revealing her name would expose her. Accordingly, Inga Ferro, the security guy in GasTech, is a female of matched birth year.

Fig 3.1: A Suspicious Email sent Among Security Employees in GasTech.

Fig 3.2: News about A 20-Year Old POK Member Who May be A GasTech Employee

Possible explanation #2

Covered by their gas business, GasTech is selling drugs worldwide. GasTech faked a kidnapping to cover them delivering money by jet (referring to the 17:48 picture in MC1.2).

Fig 3.3: News about Drug Situation in Abila.