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After “Planning, Prediction, Scenarios – Using Simulations and Maps” – workshop report by Petra Ahrweiler

After “Planning, Prediction, Scenarios – Using Simulations and Maps” – workshop report by Petra Ahrweiler

A conference at the EU Regional Representation Bonn, Germany, 11–12 May 2015 Workshop URL: http://www.ea-aw.org/events/ea-annual-conferences/ea-annual-conference-2015.html This conference was about a tension – the tension between the obvious necessities of planning and the opacity of its impacts. Planning is the process of contemplating and organising the set of activities and measures…

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After “Evolution and variation of classification systems” – a workshop report by Andrea Scharnhorst

After “Evolution and variation of classification systems” – a workshop report by Andrea Scharnhorst

From March 4-5, 2015 a two-day international workshop took place in Amsterdam, hosted by the eHumanities group of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The title of the workshop was Evolution and variation of classification systems – how stable is the organization of knowledge and how diverse is…

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After “Quantifying scientific impact: networks, measures, insights?” – a workshop report of Frank Schweitzer

After “Quantifying scientific impact: networks, measures, insights?” – a workshop report of Frank Schweitzer

Report on COST TD1210 Workshop Quantifying scienti c impact: networks, measures, insights? February 12-13, 2015 Villa Hatt, Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schweitzer Chair of Systems Design ETH Zurich Switzerland fschweitzer@ethz.ch Scientometrics, and quantitative studies of science in general, attract significant attention both from researchers and stakeholders. Importantly, they already…

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Evolution and variation of classification systems- Upcoming workshop March 4-5, 2015 Amsterdam

Evolution and variation of classification systems- Upcoming workshop March 4-5, 2015 Amsterdam

Evolution and variation of classification systems – how stable is the organization of knowledge and how diverse is its representations? Toward a Metadata Observatory Announcement of a workshop, March 4-5, 2015, DANS & eHumanities group, Amsterdam PROGRAM -> http://knowescape.org/evolution-and-variation-of-classification-systems-knowescape-workshop-march-4-5-2015-amsterdam/ For digital libraries and archives mapping schemas, ontologies, all different kind…

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International Journal on Digital Libraries – CfP Special issue on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)

International Journal on Digital Libraries – CfP Special issue on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)

The success of an information system depends mainly on its ability to properly support interaction between users and information. Current information systems, however, show as a particular point of failure the vagueness between user search terms and the knowledge orders of the information space in question. Studies in interactive information…

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After the Second Knowescape Conference – a report from Panayiota Polydoratou

After the Second Knowescape Conference – a report from Panayiota Polydoratou

The Second Annual Knowescape Conference took place November 24-16, 2014 in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was organized by Dr. Panayiota Polydoratou from the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. Officials from the university, Vice-President Prof. Panagiotis Tzionas and the Director of the School of Business Administration and Economics Prof. Christos Sarmaniotis…

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Citizen Science in the Humanities – STSM of Milena Dobreva to the University of Cyprus

Citizen Science in the Humanities – STSM of Milena Dobreva to the University of Cyprus

Report on the visit of Dr. Milena Dobreva to University of Cyprus, Nikosia, Cypris, on November 2-8, 2014 based on the grant STSM-TD1210-21800 Title of STSM: Citizen Science in the Humanities as a Novel Method for Engagement of Citizens with eInfrastructures The main purpose of this STSM was to discuss…

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