Team 51_THWCorona

www.thwcorona.com
Graph on THWCorona

Elevator Pitch

Comparing Real COVID-19 Data to Historical Projections

Inspiration

Owen Hale, who originally was a member of our team, gave our group this wonderful idea of making a website to compare actual COVID-19 deaths data to various historical predictions. We refined this idea and turned it into the website called THWCorona. Owen, however, was not able to continue working with us due to work commitments.

What It Does

THWCorona allows anybody, from policymakers to everyday citizens, to compare real COVID-19 deaths data to those given by predictions, in order to evaluate the effects of various policies like social distancing.

How We Built It

We used Python to download the files from our sources of data (IHME and USAFacts). Paula and Andy worked on code collaboratively for the mechanics of the website, such as processing and graphing the data. We loaded our code into a Python-based cloud server called PythonAnywhere and we were able to convert the mechanics of our code into a website-based user interface at www.thwcorona.com. Paula worked heavily on the visual design of the website and Andy incorporated the virus background picture on the website.

Challenges We Ran Into

The main challenge was that it was initially very hard to incorporate the graphs onto the website. We had to import modules like matplotlib onto the PythonAnywhere console, and we learned that we had to use the full pathname for the files in order for them to be processed. Also, working as a team virtually proved to be quite a challenge.

Accomplishments That We Are Proud Of

We are proud of the fact that we were able to build this website and collaborate on this project well even though we have never even met each other before we started this project. We are also proud that everybody on this team played an important role in this project. Andy and Paula worked on the code for the website, Jeren worked on the video explaining the website, and Annabelle worked on the presentation slides that explain the problem the website is trying to address.

What We Learned

We learned that building a website is hard work, but it is possible. Also, we learned how to communicate effectively even when we do not see each other in person.

What's next for THWCorona

We will include other data on THWCorona in the future, such as hospitalization data and ventilator use. In the future, we may also include other sources for projections in addition to IHME.

Built With

css
html
python
pythonanywhere

Submitted to

2020 EGHI/GT HACK COVID-19

Created by

I wrote code to gather the needed data, worked with Paula on the mechanics of the website, such as processing the data, and I wrote code that turns the data into graphs. I also incorporated the mechanical code into the pythonanywhere cloud server and with the app code for the website. I also wrote the HTML backbone code for the website.

Andy Jiang
Rising Second Year Georgia Tech CS Undergraduate
I worked along side Andy in creating the THWCorona website. My primary responsibilities were processing data in the form of CSV files that were utilized for the graphs and designing the website using HTML and CSS.

Paula Punmaneeluk
2nd year CS student at Georgia Tech
I helped develop the video for our project and collaborated with my peers to discuss the group's plans and solutions.

Jeren Wei
Emory University First-year Student
I helped refine our goal for our solution, as well as putting this together in a presentation.

Annabelle Thomas
First year Neuroscience student at Georgia Tech

Updates

Andy Jiang started this project — May 08, 2020 08:22 AM EDT

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