February 2nd, 2012 – March 30th, 2012

Places & Spaces: Mapping Science at Northeastern University

Are you interested in seeing science from above? Curious to see what impact one single person or invention can have? Keen to find pockets of innovation? Desperate for better tools to manage the flood of information? Or are you simply fascinated by maps? Then plan to visit the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit when it comes to Northeastern University this spring. The exhibit of 70 science maps will be on display in three campus locations, and related programming will tie together the innovative research, teaching and interdisciplinary academic life of the University.

Co-sponsored by the Northeastern University Libraries, Northeastern University College of Science, Gallery 360

Open to the Public

For more information, please contact local exhibit curator Thomas Urell, t.urell@neu.edu / (617) 373-2821

The exhibit aims to demonstrate the power of maps to navigate and make sense of physical places and abstract topic spaces. Scientists will be stimulated, students and teachers encouraged, and the general public fascinated by this multi-layered accessible approach to the worlds of modern scientific thought. The display features the first seven of ten sets of maps of the Places & Spaces exhibit. Also on display will be: Illuminated Diagram displays by W. Bradford Paley, Kevin Boyack, John Burgoon, Peter Kennard, and Richard Klavans and WorldProcessor globes by Ingo Günther, and hands-on Science Maps for Kids featuring paintings by Fileve Palmer.


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Venues


Snell Library
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

Hours: http://library.northeastern.edu/about/visitors/hours

The Snell Library will the host five iterations including three WorldProcessor Globes, the interactive Illuminated Diagram display, and the two Hands-On Science Maps for Kids.

  1. The Power of Maps: These 10 maps aim to show the power of maps to help us understand , navigate, and manage both physical places and abstract knowledge spaces.
  2. The Power of Forecasts: These 10 maps compare and contrast seismic hazard, economic, resource depletion, and epidemic forecast maps with maps forecasting the structure and evolution of science.
  3. Science Maps for Economic Decision Makers: These 10 maps explore the utility of science maps for different stakeholders, by targeting the needs of economic decision makers.
  4. Science Maps for Scholars: These 10 maps also explore the utility of science maps for different stakeholders by targeting the needs of scholars.
  5. Science Maps as Visual Interfaces to Digital Libraries: These 10 maps explore the utility of science maps as visual interfaces to digital libraries to support the selection, navigation, management, and usage of resources.

International Village
1155 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02115


Gallery 360
Curry Student Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115


Exhibit Curators

Dr. Katy Börner <katy@indiana.edu> and Michael J. Stamper <mstamper@indiana.edu> at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

KATY BÖRNER is the Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science at the School of Library and Information Science, Adjunct Professor at the School of Informatics and Computing, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences, Core Faculty of Cognitive Science, Research Affiliate of the Biocomplexity Institute, Fellow of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology, Member of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, and Founding Director of the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (http://cns.iu.edu) at Indiana University. She is a curator of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit (http://scimaps.org). Her research focuses on the development of data analysis and visualization techniques for information access, understanding, and management. She is particularly interested in the study of the structure and evolution of scientific disciplines; the analysis and visualization of online activity; and the development of cyberinfrastructures for large scale scientific collaboration and computation. She is the co-editor of the Springer book on ‘Visual Interfaces to Digital Libraries’ and of a special issue of PNAS on ‘Mapping Knowledge Domains’ (2004). Her book ‘Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know’ by MIT Press was published in 2010. She holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology in Leipzig, 1991 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Kaiserslautern, 1997. Her home page is at http://info.slis.indiana.edu/~katy.

Local Exhibit Curators

William Wakeling
Dean, University Libraries
Northeastern University		 Thomas Urell <t.urell@neu.edu >
Communications Officer
Northeastern University Libraries
(617) 373-2821

Special Events

Introduction to Places & Spaces with Curator Katy Börner
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012, 4:00pm
421 Snell Library

Exhibit Curator Katy Börner will give an introduction to Places & Spaces and sign copies of the companion book, Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know.

Opening Reception
Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 4:30 pm
421 Snell Library

Please R.S.V.P. for Opening Reception by February 5th to Thomas Urell at t.urell@neu.edu / (617) 373-2821

Acknowledgments

Places & Spaces: Mapping Science is curated by Dr. Katy Börner and Michael J. Stamper at the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. Places & Spaces also receives input from the Advisory Board listed on the exhibit website.

NEU sponsors include Northeastern University Libraries, Northeastern University College of Science, and Gallery 360. Funding also comes from the National Science Foundation awards IIS-0238261 and CHE-0524661; the James S. McDonnell Foundation; and the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, University Information Technology Services, and the School of Library and Information Science, all three at Indiana University. Much of the data used to generate the science maps is from Thomson Reuters and Elsevier.