WG 2: Theory of knowledge spaces

Algorithms and Methods for Temporal Networks – report of a STSM by Vsevolod Salnikov

Algorithms and Methods for Temporal Networks – report of a STSM by Vsevolod Salnikov

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,…

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Simulating the Social Processes of Science – a summary

Simulating the Social Processes of Science – a summary

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…

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STSM “Physics of complex systems and digital humanities” a report of Marcel Ausloos

STSM “Physics of complex systems and digital humanities” a report of Marcel Ausloos

A narrative of Marcel Ausloos around his Short-term-scientific-mission in TD1210 KnowEscape to the eHumanities Group at the KNAW and encounters around a workshop on complexity-in-the-digital-humanities (see also here) It was dark, it was raining, it was cold; I pulled my suitcase with my left arm, carried my brief case with the computer…

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Complexity in the Digital Humanities – Amsterdam

Complexity in the Digital Humanities – Amsterdam

In KnowEscape we have an unique combination of experts from vary different scientific fields. A red line and common shared interest is the discovery of structure and patterns in traces of cultural heritage. To analyze and understand human culture (past, present, future) is probably the biggest challenge for complexity research….

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Ways of seeing – a multidisciplinary workshop of KnowEscape on data visualization and analysis

Ways of seeing – a multidisciplinary workshop of KnowEscape on data visualization and analysis

The public policy analysis of complex social issues in the context of interconnected globalized world requires a multidimensional approach. Such an approach requires the ability to look beyond the borders of respective disciplines of knowledge and explore possible ways of seeing the issue at hand before defining the research problem. …

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