[Beta mode: we are currently testing this extension] We have developed a browser extension for Harmony called “Send to Harmony” which lets you send selected text to Harmony with a right-click. For PDFs, use the popup to paste your selected text. Send to Harmony enables users to send selected text to the Harmony Data Harmonization (https://harmonydata.ac.uk/) platform for analysis. This plugin provides a right-click or context menu item which allows users to easily bring text from into their harmonisations, making it easier to compare and analyze different measurement scales across research studies.
We have a number of exciting updates to Harmony including: some improvements to the R library which have been asked for by researchers around the world who have been using Harmony on studies in lots of different topics as well as making our own fine tuned large language model available in the web UI, which is José’s winning model from the DOXA challenge which ended on 10 January 2025. Harmony has its own Large Language Model!
Harmony is an Official Partner of AI UK 2025 We are delighted to announce that Harmony is an Official Partner of AI UK 2025, the UK’s premier showcase for data science and artificial intelligence, hosted by The Alan Turing Institute. 📅 Date: 17-18 March 2025 📍 Location: Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London At Harmony, we are pioneering AI-driven data harmonisation, enabling researchers to compare and integrate questionnaire data across diverse studies.
It’s all over! The Matching Challenge is now officially closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. The wait is over! We have now closed the Matching Challenge which was hosted on DOXA AI. Over the course of the competition we saw a total of 26 participants with 14 finalists making it onto the scoreboard. The final days were tense with many participants improving on their scores, submitting different methods and swapping places at the top of the scoreboard.
For users who have been using Harmony in their research, we have created an example scripts repository here https://github.com/harmonydata/harmony_examples This contains example R notebooks and Jupyter notebooks. You can upload your own example script if you have something to share with the research community. Example problems that users have been solving included: R examples Walkthrough R notebook in R Studio: Walkthrough R notebook in Google Colab: R Markdown to Check for Correspondence between Differently Worded Versions of the Same Scale Item View on Github - credit to Deanna Varley R Script to Check for Matches between Items from Different Scales View on Github - credit to Deanna Varley Python examples Walkthrough Python notebook Example script to create a crosswalk table on real survey data Example script to strip prefixes from questions Documentation View the PDF documentation of the R package on CRAN
New Feature in Development: Enhancing Harmony with User-Centred Discovery At Harmony, we’re working on a new feature aimed at making data discovery and exploration - through the use of meta-data - even more efficient and intuitive To ensure this feature addresses real needs, we’re conducting co-design sessions with researchers, data-managers and other users, allowing us to develop a tool that solves real-life user requirements. The Co-Design Approach: Co-design allows us to build this feature with direct input from those who will use it most.
