Fedor Baart used CartoDB to create a water current simulation to determine if Alcatraz escapees could have survived, finding that they had a chance of survival between 11 PM and midnight. As a specialist in computer simulations at Deltares, Fedor chose CartoDB for its ease of use and beautiful visuals, which he used to create an interactive animation of the currents. He values CartoDB's open data sharing capabilities, allowing him to share his research with others and contribute back to the software as needed. Fedor is impressed by CartoDB's performance, particularly when working on large datasets, and notes that it would have been challenging to achieve similar results with commercial software.