Analyzing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes
Scientific report of the STSM at ISI Torino, 15-28.03.2014 In the last few years, the continuous development of ICT has led to a change of paradigm, sometimes called Big Data, associated to a drastic increase in data collection methods and computing power. In the social sciences, it is now possible,…
The Lorentz Center (Leiden, The Netherlands) is well known for providing a special environment for scientific collaboration, and is therefore booked long time in advance for workshops for which grants there is a strong competition. The participants of the week-long workshops are provided with an office space – to be…
Bibliometric indicators and scienti c evaluation; discussing the eff ect of di fferent measures in a vectorial-dendogram approach A report on STSM-TD 1210-030414-042036 “RAS paper in progress” at U. Roma, La Sapienza, IT Host : Prof. Ssa. Giulia Rorundo During my stay at U. Roma, La Sapienza from 2014-04-03 to 2014-04- 12, a…
What have knowledge maps to do with statistical information from the past, recorded on lists while going from door to door back in the past and documented as tables in books for eternity? The Third Annual Meeting of the CEDAR project – one of my projects in Amsterdam – showed…
Report of the visit of Dr. Veslava Osinska at the University of Amsterdam on March 22 – 28, 2014 based on a STSM grant During the STSM I had an opportunity to get detailed knowledge about the multidisciplinary course “Show Me the Data” organized by University of Amsterdam (UvA) and…
Let me start with the most important note to myself: do not go to Lucca in February. Ever. It rains. Then it rains some more. And it is cold. Really cold. Then the second most important note: go to Lucca again. At your earliest convenience. Make sure to pick up…
First I would like to express my warmest thanks to Peter Mutschke, and to my visit co-ordinator Andrea Scharnhorst for their continuous support and the opportunity of this Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Netherlands in the frame of the KNOWeSCAPE COST Action. My stay in the Netherlands during…
Emergence of complex features in macroscopic systems The emergence of complex behavior from simple interaction is one of the most important scientific puzzles of the 20th and 21st centuries. Sorin Solomon has had an important contribution in this domain by adapting models from statistical physics to a wide variety of…
Here is a belated post about our first joint group meeting, which is inspired by the recent blogpost of Emilia Gomez, one of our invited speakers. Before telling you about her talk, let me first give you a summary of the meeting itself. It took place at the end of October in…
The First Annual Conference of KNOWeSCAPE (TD1210) has taken place from November the 18th till November the 20th, 2013, at Aalto University, Finland. It has gathered a crowd of over 50 participants, from over 20 different countries. The program consisted of three keynote talks, given by Prof. Cassidy Sugimoto (Indiana…