Circos in Simon Fraser University's AQ magazine (Apr 2011)
A Circos image appears as part of a spread in SFU's biannual AQ Magazine. The composite accompanies my photos of our laboratory and computer equipment.
The image was adapted from Figure 1 of our paper "Evolution of an adenocarcinoma in response to selection by targeted kinase inhibitors".
2010 Evolution of an adenocarcinoma in response to selection by targeted kinase inhibitors Genome Biol 11:R82.
Circos at VIZBI 2011
Circos was one of the community visualization tool tutorials at VIZBI 2011, at the Broad Institute in Boston.
Circos Helps with Urban Planning
The town of Caceres, Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, used Circos to illustrate the relationships between businesses in their urban planning strategy.
Circos Investigates Policy Breach in Email Conversation
Circos is ideally suited for displaying the flow of information. In this case, during an investigation into email policy abuse, Ben Reardon explored the evolution of electronic conversation to reveal the source and primary propagators.
Visualizing Database Schemas
Before Circos, I created a prototype system, Schemaball, to visualize database schemas.
Relationships between tables quickly became apparent and our database administrators suddenly had more free time to play Carcassonne.
Krzywinski, M. Schemaball: A New Spin on Database Visualization (2004) Sysadmin Magazine Vol 13 Issue 08.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Banish Tables
Tables are natural containers for data. Whenever information is presented, chances are excellent that it is communicated by means of a table. In many cases, however, when this information is complex (and the table, therefore, is large) a tabular presentation is difficult to parse visually and patterns in the tabulated data remain opaque.
You can use Circos to visualize tabular data. It's different, reasonably easy, available online, and sure to start a conversation.
It's also quite informative.
Naming Names - Circos Engages in Political Mudslinging
Jonathan Corum of the New York Times prepared this infographic with Circos to show the extent and timing of the use of names of by presidential candidates in a series of debates. Each arrow represents one candidate refering to another, with the start of the arrow representing the time within the candidate's speech at which the reference was made.
The figure was part of a larger graphic that identified themes during the debate. Jonathan created an interactive version of this figure and discusses how he approached its design.
The public loves Circos. From illustrating relationships between genomes of different species to shedding light on the complex interplay of relationships on the TV series Lost, Circos' round face has frequently appeared in magazines and newspapers.