[Infovis] Reminder: Call for Macroscope Tools for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit (2018) - Deadline is 1/31/2018
Katy Borner
katy at indiana.edu
Wed Jan 17 21:11:53 CET 2018
Happy New Year 2018!
Please do consider submitting your best interactive data visualizations to
Macroscope Tools for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit (2018).
Thanks & best regards,
k
On 12/1/2017 9:50 PM, Borner, Katy wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> we are seeking engaging, relevant, interactive data visualizations of
> science and technology developments that help people make smarter
> decisions in their personal and professional lives. The /Call for
> Submissions/ has been posted at
> scimaps.org/call<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscimaps.org%2Fcall&h=DAQGTzRBrAQFFNnKQ2BBK-p-pVao0ziIOh9TEtqpl5-hbng&enc=AZOlyNz-dt90WmZirT35YILsUqZjDTamZyODcgPHIl8YhywRRs3d2Gh-8I40f9KvyVgDJPJ6vkZOlq5efQgvjWFvhtyyCcuVtriIkTEa0jiTcolHvZm4SyQHE0WuUNKcZWjIo7sacfmQr8EJyfPmAtBvWcMHTJS98x1paJdTKo2oR3-IxZhiqUwDDKDmj0Gr4G-1oBbMQkmj28asWUsaLrzM&s=1> and
> we welcome your help in spreading the word. This year’s submissions
> are due by January 31, 2017.
>
> More information on maps and macroscopes included in the exhibit can
> be found at http://scimaps.org/iteration; interviews with select map
> and macroscope makers can be found at
> http://scimaps.org/mapmakers.html. The exhibit currently features 100
> framed maps, 12 macroscopes, an award-winning short film, touch screen
> interactives, and sculptural elements created by more than 230 leading
> experts in the natural, physical, and social sciences, visual arts,
> and the humanities. It has been displayed in various formats in 28
> countries on six continents and exhibit materials are available in
> five languages.
>
> Thank you and kind regards,
>
> Dr. Katy Bӧrner & Lisel Record
>
> CNS, SICE
>
> Indiana University
>
> 1320 E. 10^th St.
>
> Bloomington, IN 47405
>
> 812-856-7034
>
> scimaps.org<http://www.scimaps.org/>
>
> *About the /Places & Spaces/ exhibition:*Drawing from across cultures
> and across scholarly disciplines, /Places & Spaces: Mapping Science/
> demonstrates the power of maps to address vital questions about the
> contours and content of human knowledge. An interdisciplinary and
> international advisory board chose each one of the works in the
> /Places & Spaces: Mapping Science/ exhibit as an outstanding example
> of how visualization can bring patterns in scientific data into focus.
> The exhibit is curated by the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science
> Center at Indiana University. The exhibit has been on display at over
> 350 venues in 28 countries on 6 continents. It showcases the work of
> 239 mapmakers that hail from 17 different countries. For further
> information, please visit our website at scimaps.org<http://scimaps.org>.
>
> **
>
> *About the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (CNS):*CNS
> is a research center at Indiana University’s School of Informatics,
> Computing, and Engineering in Bloomington, Indiana
> (http://cns.iu.edu/). For more than 20 years, CNS has played a leading
> role in the field of data visualization, developing open source tools
> for the creation of data visualizations, offering the IVMOOC,
> co-organizing international workshops and conferences, and promoting
> network science and visualization through international initiatives.
> CNS’s research, teaching, and software development efforts benefit
> from long-term collaborations with colleagues in academia, government,
> and industry.
>
> --
>
> Katy Borner
>
> Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information
> Science
>
> Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu
>
> Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org
>
> ISE and ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
>
> Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
>
> Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166
>
> *From:* Borner, Katy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 21, 2017 10:58 PM
> *To:* SOCNET at LISTS.UFL.EDU; SCISIP at LISTSERV.NSF.GOV; ASIS&T Special
> Interest Group on Metrics <SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu>;
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> ieee_vis_open_positions at listserv.uni-tuebingen.de
> *Subject:* New deadline: January 1st. NSF-NRT PhD Fellowship in
> Complex Networks and Systems at IU
>
> Dear all,
>
> Please share the below Fellowship opportunity with interested students.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving everyone,
>
> k
>
> *From:* Rocha, Luis M.
> *Sent:* Monday, November 20, 2017 11:34 AM
> *Subject:* [CNS-NRT-Faculty] New deadline: January 1st. NSF-NRT PhD
> Fellowship in Complex Networks and Systems
>
> *NEW DEADLINE: Applications Due January 1, 2018*
>
> Interdisciplinary Training in Complex Networks and Systems
>
> Understanding complex networked systems is key to solving some of the
> most vexing problems confronting humankind, from discovering how
> dynamic brain connections give rise to thoughts and behaviors, to
> detecting and preventing the spread of misinformation or unhealthy
> behaviors across a population. Graduate training, however, typically
> occurs in one of two dimensions: experimental and observational
> methods in a specific area such as biology and sociology, or in
> general methodologies such as machine learning and data science.
>
> With more and more students seeking to gain sufficient expertise in
> mathematical and computational methods on top of domain-specific
> laboratory and social analysis methodologies, a greater demand for
> more efficient interdisciplinary training is emerging. The Indiana
> University National Science Foundation Research Traineeship
> <https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu/> (NRT) addresses this growing need with
> an integrated dual PhD program that trains students to be
> “bidisciplinary” in Complex Networks and Systems (CNS) and another
> discipline of their choosing from the natural and social sciences. It
> will seamlessly integrate traditional education with interdisciplinary
> hands-on research in a culture of academic and human diversity.
>
> The training program capitalizes on the new Indiana University Network
> Science Institute (IUNI) <https://iuni.iu.edu/>. The Institute's 165+
> faculty members will serve in interdisciplinary PhD program committees
> to be co-chaired by research mentors from both CNS and the target
> empirical domain. Project-driven, team-based research at IUNI will
> seamlessly integrate academic education with interdisciplinary
> hands-on scientific and industrial research. Trainees will learn to
> connect the general-purpose, computational expertise of CNS to the
> deep, domain-specific research methodologies of the natural,
> behavioral, and social sciences thus bridging the gap between distinct
> training cultures. They will be a new breed of STEM scientists that
> escapes the silos of disciplinary training to address the complex
> problems of the 21st century.
>
> *NEW DEADLINE: Applications Due January 1, 2018*
>
> **
>
> For more information on how to apply please contact:
> infograd at indiana.edu <mailto:infograd at indiana.edu>. For information
> about research and academic components, please see our website
> *https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu <https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu/>*, contact
> the program director Prof. Luis M Rocha
> <mailto:rocha at indiana.edu?subject=NSF-CNS-NRT%20Inquiry>, or other
> members of the executive committee:**
>
> CNS-NRT Animated LogoExecutive Committee
>
> ·Luis M. Rocha <https://www.informatics.indiana.edu/rocha/>, Director
>
> ·Katy Börner <http://info.ils.indiana.edu/%7Ekaty/>, Evaluation
> Committee Chair
>
> ·Bernice Pescosolido
> <https://iuni.iu.edu/people/person/bernice-pescosolido>, Colloquia and
> Outreach Committee Chair
>
> ·Armando Razo
> <http://polisci.indiana.edu/faculty/profiles/arazo.shtml>, Education
> and Training Committee Chair
>
> ·Olaf Sporns <http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/osporns.php>,
> Recruiting and Admissions Committee Chair
>
> ·Tara Holbrook
> <https://www.soic.indiana.edu/all-people/profile.html?profile_id=230>,
> Project Coordinator
>
> Research Themes
>
> Complex networks and systems
>
> Network neuroscience
>
> Social network science
>
> Health & health care
>
> Science of science
>
> Finance and economy networks
>
> Biological and chemical networks
>
> Many others
>
> Program Benefits
>
> $34,000 stipend on prestigious NSF Fellowship
>
> Tuition and health insurance
>
> Develop dual proficiency
>
> Interdisciplinary training
>
> Early integration in research via Indiana University Network Science
> Institute (IUNI)
>
> National and international internships
>
> Academic and industrial professional development including travel support
>
> Diverse, collaborative cohorts
>
> Interaction with world-renowned external board members and speakers
>
> NSF fellow must be US citizens residents. IU fellowships and NRT
> affiliates available for international students.
>
> **
>
> *Academics*
>
> Dual PhD program in CNS and another domain such as Biology, Chemistry,
> Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychological and Brain Sciences,
> Sociology, Political Science, Physics, etc. Hands-on training in
> general-purpose methodologies of CNS, computational and data science,
> as well domain-specific methodologies of a chosen natural, behavioral,
> or social science.
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
> Luis Mateus Rocha, Professor of Informatics and Cognitive Science
>
> Director, NSF-NRT Interdisciplinary Training in Complex Networks and
> Systems
>
> Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research
>
> School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
>
> Indiana University, 919 E. 10th St
>
> Bloomington IN, 47408, USA
>
> http://informatics.indiana.edu/rocha
>
> and
>
> Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
>
> http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/research/unit/76
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
> Any analytical approach to understanding simplicity always turns out
> to be very complex. (Howard Pattee)
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
--
Katy Borner
Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science
Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu
Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org
ISE and ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166
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