Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks
2nd Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2011
taking place
on Tuesday, June 7, 2011
at Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest,
Auditorium, First floor, Komor Marcell utca 1, H-1095 Budapest
(Ludwig Museum is located in the Palace of Arts building).
For the detailed programme, click here...
Abstract:
We are pleased to announce the second Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2011 on Arts, Humanities and Complex Networks. The aim of the symposium is to foster cross-disciplinary research on complex systems within or with the help of arts and humanities.
The symposium will highlight arts and humanities as an interesting source of data, where the combined experience of arts, humanities research, and natural science makes a huge difference in overcoming the limitations of artificially segregated communities of practice. Furthermore, the symposium will focus on striking examples, where artists and humanities researchers make an impact within the natural sciences. By bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations in general.
The overall mission is to bring together pioneer work, leveraging previously unused potential by developing the right questions, methods, and tools, as well as dealing with problems of information accuracy and incompleteness. Running parallel to the NetSci2011 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations.
In addition to keynotes and interdisciplinary discussion, we are looking for a number of contributed talks. Selected papers will be published in print in a Special Section of Leonardo Journal (MIT Press), as well as online in Leonardo Transactions. The symposium is a follow up to the first satellite event on “Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks" at NetSci2010 in Boston. (The 2010 abstracts, papers and videos are available at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net.)
Attendance:
Attending this symposium is free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Both NetSci2011 main conference attendees as well as external guests need to get a free ticket at http://ahcn2011.eventbrite.com/. Tickets will be given out in a first come, first serve basis. Please bring a printout of your ticket to the event.
We encourage everyone to also register for the main NetSci2011 conference. For the NetSci2011 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2011.net.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Marek Claassen, Director, ArtFacts.Net
Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden, Researchers, Harvard University, Cambridge
Nathalie Henry Riche, Researcher, VIBE group, Microsoft Research, Seattle
Organizing committee:
Maximilian Schich, CCNR BarabásiLab, Northeastern University, USA
Roger Malina, Executive Editor at Leonardo Publications, France/USA
Isabel Meirelles, Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University, USA
Tijana Stepanovic, Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art’s Affiliate, ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange, Hungary
