Mon, 11 Jul 2005
Envision05
Comprehensive video coverage of Envision05...
"Dynamic visualization provides a unique bridge between disciplines and offers a way to synthesize information from myriad sources. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has evolved into a highly sophisticated toolset for "situated knowledge." Location-based services utilizing technologies such as GPS and RFID tagging support the rise of spatially integrated information and are resulting in new visualization tools that provide a spatio-temporal context for multidisciplinary inquiry. New initiatives such as the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS), the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), the GeoVISTA Center, the Information Visualization Cyberinfrastructure (IVC), the CyberInfrastructure for the Geosciences (GEON) and the Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) extended Gazetteer protocol are converging to support the expansion of a new field of integrated visualization technologies. Geovisualization takes advantage of human map reading skills and encourages the assimilation of spatio-temporal information in a geographic context by showing patterns on multiple scales. Information visualization leverages similar cognitive skills towards analysis of ever-growing data repositories."

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Filippo Menczer: Web Networks
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From the Spring 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems...
Abstract: This talk will describe ongoing efforts to study the topological and dynamical properties of link, lexical, and semantic networks stemming from various features of the World Wide Web. I will outline what we think, what we know, what we can use regarding the structure and content of the Web, and what the future of intelligent Web search may bring.
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Caroline Haythornthwaite: Computer-Mediated Social Networks
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From the Spring 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems...
Abstract: The near ubiquitous use of computer media has stirred controversy about what is appropriate, possible, and efficient to do via these media. While many studies have looked at what use is made of CMC, studies have mainly examine aggregate views of single media, for example, looking at how email, bulletin boards, or blogs are used. This ignores the very real role of interpersonal ties on media use and relational maintenance, and the way multiple media support ties and group interactions.
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Santiago Schnell: Unraveling the Biochemical Reaction Kinetics from Time-Series Data
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From the Spring 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems...
Abstract: Time course data can now be routinely collected for biochemical reaction pathways, and recently, we are proposing several methods to infer reaction mechanisms for metabolic pathways and networks. In this talk we provide a survey of techniques for determining reaction mechanisms for time course on the concentration or abundance of different reacting components, with little prior information about the pathways involved.
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Thu, 21 Apr 2005
SLA Panel Discussion on Intellectual Freedom & Privacy
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The SLIS SLA Student Group held a panel discussion on privacy and intellectual freedom on April 8, 2005. Information on the panel is included below.
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Moderator: Prof. Howard Rosenbaum.
Doug Archer - Reference and Peace Studies Librarian at the Hesburgh Library of the University of Notre Dame and an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren.
Mark Bruhn - IU's Chief IT Security and Policy Officer, reporting to the Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer.
Fred H. Cate - Distinguished Professor at the IU School of Law-Bloomington and director of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.
Sylvia Turchin - Western European Cataloging section head, IUB Libraries.
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Fri, 01 Apr 2005
Marc Barthélemy, Architecture of Weighted Complex Networks
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From the Spring 2005 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems...
Abstract: In addition to topological complexity, real-world networks display a gradation in the intensity strength between nodes-the weights of the links. I will present results on two examples of transportation networks-the airline network and an inter-cities network. The nodes in these networks are locations and the weights represent the number of individuals going from one node to the other.
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Mon, 28 Mar 2005
Luis Rocha, Proximity Networks and Semi-Metric Behavior
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From the Spring 2005 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems...
Abstract: Fuzzy graphs are weighted graphs whose edges are characterized
by weights in the unit interval. We discuss a particular type of fuzzy
graphs which are reflexive and symmetrical (undirected) and are known as
proximity graphs. We discuss how we build such graphs from co-occurrence
data extracted from several electronic resources, and use them to
represent knowledge in an associative manner. We show that such
distributed knowledge representations are useful for information
retrieval, text mining, and knowledge discovery tasks which we have
applied to recommendation systems, social network analysis, and
knowledge discovery in Biology.
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Fri, 25 Mar 2005
IUB Networks & Complex Systems Course Overview
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This first installment of the Spring 2005 Talk Series on Networks and
Complex Systems features discussions of offerings at IUB, with a number
of faculty members presenting information on their classes and current
lines of research.
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005
J. Alison Bryant: Community Ecology through Network Analysis
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In this edition of the 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex Systems,
J. Alison Bryant discusses network analysis as a means of understanding
community ecology within the children's television industry.
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Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Sidney Redner: Statistical Physics of Popularity-Driven Networks
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In this installment of the Fall 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex
Systems, Sidney Redner of Boston University's Physics Department
discusses the statistical physics of popularity-driven networks.
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Thu, 06 Jan 2005
David Hakken, Open Source in Nusantara
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In this SLIS Colloquium, David Hakken of the IUB School of Informatics
discusses ethnographic informatics in terms of the open source
movement seen in Nusantara (Island SE Asia).
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Olaf Sporns: Complex Brain Networks
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Olaf Sporns of IUB's Department of Psychology discusses the
organization, development, and function of complex brain networks in
this, the sixth installment of the Fall 2004 Talk Series on Networks and
Complex Systems.
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Wed, 05 Jan 2005
Larry Yaeger: Evolving Neural Network Architectures
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The fifth video from the Fall 2004 Talk Series on Networks and Complex
Systems features Larry Yeager's discussion of evolving neural network
architectures in a computational ecology.
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Mon, 13 Dec 2004
Susan Herring, Collaborative Knowledge Repositories
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In the second video from the SLIS Colloquium Series, Susan Herring
presents Collaborative Knowledge Repositories: What Kind
of Content?
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004
Scott Feld, Groups as Crucial Connectors in Networks
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Sun, 14 Nov 2004
Dr. Tom Nisonger @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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Dr. Javed Mostafa @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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John M. Beggs, Emergent Properties in Local Networks of Cortical Neurons
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Marco Janssen, Coordination in Social-Ecological Networks
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Dr. Howard Rosenbaum @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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Dr. Yvonne Rogers @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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Dr. Alice Robbin @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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Dr. John Paolillo @ SLIS Faculty Research Forum
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