NetSci2010 event:
Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks — a Leonardo satellite symposium

We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks — a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Room 20, F West Village on Northeastern Campus courtesy of BarabásiLab — Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010.

Download the Program including directions and the Book of Abstracts.

Abstract: ^
By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history – studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the workshop will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations.


Program: ^

8:30–9:00 Registration & Breakfast

9:00–9:10
Albert-László Barabási: Opening remarks

9:10–9:30
Maximilian Schich: Introduction

9:30–10:15
Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg
Keynote: Charting Hidden Networks of Words

10:30–10:50 Coffee break

10:50–11:10
Alexander Mehler, Barbara Job, Philippe Blanchard, Ulli Waltinger, Nils Diewald, Dietmar Esch, Olga Pustylnikov, and Thomas Küchelmann: Evolution of Romance Language in Written Communication: Network Analysis of Late Latin and Early Romance Corpora. abstract

11:10–11:30
Amadeo Cappelli, Michele Coscia, Fosca Gianotti, Dino Pedreschi, and Salvatore Rinzivillo: The Social Network of Dante’s Inferno. abstract

11:30–11:50
Michael Schober, Paul Willems, and Johannes Putzke: Network Criticism – A New, Crossdisciplinary Paradigm for the Criticism of Dramas, Movie Scripts and Literature. abstract

11:50–12:10
Barbara Mirel: Building networks to facilitate task-switching and metacognition in complex analysis. abstract

12:10–12:30
Michele Graffieti, Luca Masud, Mario Porpora, Donato Ricci, and Gaia Scagnetti: Tell them anything but the truth: they will find their own. How we visualize the map of the future with respect to the audience of our story. abstract

12:30–1:30 Lunch (on your own)

1:30–2:15
Ward Shelley
Keynote: Mapping the Travails of Autonomous Art

2:15–3:00
David Crandall and Noah Snavely
Keynote: Networks of Photos, Landmarks, and People

3:00–3:20 Coffee break

3:20–3:40
Sara Angel: The “Mnemosyne Atlas” and the Meaning of Plate 79 in Aby Warburg’s Oeuvre as a Distributed Object. abstract

3:40–4:00
Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt: Net-Working with Maciunas. abstract

4:00–4:20
Martin Warnke and Carmen Wedemeyer: Documenting artistic networks: Anna Oppermann‘s Ensembles are scale free networks! abstract

4:20–4:40
John Bell and Jon Ippolito: The Topology of Creativity – User Ratings As Limiting Factors in the The Pool’s Social Network. abstract

4:40–5:00
Jane Prophet: Model Ideas: from stem cell simulation to large-scale floating art installation. abstract

5:00–5:20
Anna Dumitriu and Blay Whitby: Cybernetic Bacteria 2.0 abstract

5:20–6:00
Conclusion and Final Discussion

6:00–7:30
Closing reception


Attendance: ^
Attending our symposium is free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Besides contributing, there are two ways to attend:

NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now, without additional charge. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net.

In addition we hand out a number of free tickets via Eventbrite. These tickets are given out in a first come, first serve basis.