![]() Both the seminar and the reception are open to the Stanford academic community and the general public. The seminar is part of the 2009 Media X Sun Microsystems Spring Seminar Series. ![]() Media X will host a reception and tour of the Places & Spaces exhibition in Wallenberg Hall from 5 pm to 6:30 pm, immediately following a seminar on Visualization Convergence for Collective, Connective and Distributed Intelligence by Bonnie DeVarco, Media X Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Media X at Stanford University is proud to sponsor and debut 10 new maps based on this year’s theme, “Science Maps for Science Policy Makers,” on May 18. Marking its fifth year traveling around the world, the 40 maps will be joined by the “Fifth Iteration” of the Places & Spaces exhibit. The online counterpart at provides links to a selected series of maps and their makers along with detailed explanations of why these maps work.Įach year 10 new maps are added, which will result in 100 maps total by 2014. The physical component allows close visual inspection through high-quality prints. According to Börner “This exhibit introduces people to the power of maps to navigate physical spaces as well as abstract spaces of our collective scholarly knowledge.” Hardy, Places & Spaces was created to inspire cross-disciplinary discussion on how best to track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. Katy Börner, director of the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at Indiana University and her colleague, Elisha F. “This new exhibit has turned Wallenberg Hall into a gallery setting that complements the world class visualization work on the Stanford campus in campus labs such as the Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCI) and the Spatial History Project.” Ĭurated by Dr. “The art, science and understanding of visualization technologies and their application have enabled new insights about complex issues to be shared with broad communities,” states Media X Executive Director Charles House. Places & Spaces highlights the rapidly growing genre of science maps based on large scale data sets. STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, Media X at Stanford University is pleased to announce that the broadly praised international exhibition, Places & Spaces – Mapping Science, will be exhibited in Wallenberg Hall from April 20 to Decemwith a seminar, an opening reception, discussion and tour on Monday May 18th from 4 pm to 6:30 pm. rt And Technology Of Science Visualizations Celebrated On May 18th At Wallenberg Hall By Media X At Stanford University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2009Ĭontact: Martha Russell, Associate Director, Media X at Stanford University: 65. Herr II, Todd Holloway, Katy Börner, Elisha F. Science Related Wikipedian Activity map featured in the Third Iteration of Places & Spaces by Bruce W. Also see Bonnie’s blog, Scale Independent Thought, for her deep reflections on the topic.Ĭlick to enlarge. ![]() The Stanford Press Release and a description of Bonnie’s discussion follows. The exhibit tour and discussion will be at Stanford’s Media X on May 18 the exhibit remains until December 31, 2009. Hardy and others to co-create an experience at Stanford that inspires cross-disciplinary discussion on how best to track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. Bonnie DeVarco, co-founder of NextNowNetwork and the collaboratory’s visualization technology guru has worked with Dr. ![]()
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