Time & Date

April 11–16, 2021

Goals

This Dagstuhl Seminar brought together researchers in cartography, information visualization, science of science, and graph drawing to discuss novel graph mining and layout algorithms and their application to the development of science mapping standards and services. We also organized an exhibition of art contributed by scientists and science maps contributed by artists, and used this to stimulate discussion.

Location

This was a hybrid event hosted by Schloss Dagstuhl

Participants


Portrait: Hub Group

Organizers

Portrait: Katy Börner

Katy Börner

Director, CNS, Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University

Portrait: Stephen G. Kobourov

Stephen G. Kobourov

University of Arizona – Tucson, US

Agenda

All times were in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Monday

9:00-09:15 Welcome by Katy Börner, Indiana University, USA: Welcome - SLIDES / VIDEO
9:15-10:00 Brief Introductions / Research Overviews
10-10:30 Overview Talk
  • Katy Börner, Indiana University, US: The Value and Need for Mapping Science - SLIDES / VIDEO
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Brief Introductions / Research Overviews
12:15-13:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Overview Talks
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break / Katy welcomes all to Amatria’s Virtual Birthday Party
15:30-16:30 Brief Introductions / Research Overviews
16:30-18:00 Challenges & Opportunities and Discussion of Topics for Special Issue in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:00 WEBINAR Special Event: Dagstuhl Exhibit Debut with Francis Harvey & Katy Börner - VIDEO

Tuesday

09:15-10:30 Research Talks
  • Jean-Daniel Fekete, NRIA Saclay – Orsay, FR: Cartolabe: Visualization of Large Scale Publications Data on the Browser - SLIDES / VIDEO
  • Lynda Hardman, CWI – Amsterdam, NL & Utrecht University, NL: Exploring Relations in Neuroscience Literature using Augmented Reality - SLIDES / VDatAR Video / VIDEO
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Research Discussions
12:15-13:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Research Talks
  • Martin Nöllenburg, TU Wien, AT: Biological Network Visualization - SLIDES / VIDEO
  • Pino di Battista, Roma Tre University, IT: Schematic Representation of Large Biconnected Graphs - SLIDES / VIDEO
  • Filipi Nascimento Silva, IU, USA: Visualizing Big Science Projects - SLIDES / VIDEO
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Open Problem Session, Discussion of Topics for Special Issue, Group Formation
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:00 WEBINAR Special Event/Talk: David Chavalarias, ISC-PIF: Knowledge Dynamics Reconstruction + Gargantext - SLIDES / VIDEO

Wednesday

09:00-12:00 We five Dagstuhl participants will go on a walk or bike ride. Virtual participants self-organize!
12:15-13:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Meet in topic-specific writing groups for Special Issue
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Writing groups report back on planned papers for Special Issue
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:00 WEBINAR Special Event/Talk: Kevin Boyack, SciTech Strategies: Creating, Visualizing and Accessing Global Models of Science: Scopus and PubMed - SLIDES / VIDEO

Thursday

09:00-09:30 Welcome and Debrief of Days 1-3 by Katy Börner
09:30-10:30 Research Talks
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Meet in topic-specific writing groups for Special Issue
12:15-13:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Meet in topic-specific writing groups for Special Issue - 2nd Best Idea
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Writing groups report back on planned papers for Special Issue
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:00 WEBINAR Special Event/Talk: Ingo Günther, https://ingogunther.com/worldprocessor - VIDEO

Friday

09:00-09:30 Welcome and Debrief of Days 1-4 by Katy Börner
09:30-10:30 Agreeing on Topics for Special Issue
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Discussion of Next Steps
Noon Adjourn

Dagstuhl Exhibit

Visit the Dagstuhl Exhibit

Event Media

Link to Youtube Videos of Event

Interviews

Ingo Günther: In this interview, longtime contributor to the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit Ingo Günther discusses his Worldprocessor project, the aesthetics of diplomacy, and scientometrics from an outsider perspective. Ingo also tells Todd about how art can function as an epistemological tool and why globes might be the ultimate macroscopes.(May 15)

David Chavalarias: In this interview, Todd Theriault talks with David Chavalarias, whose work has appeared in multiple iterations of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit. David discusses his interest in tracking cultural evolution, what social data mining can tell us about political group formation, and how to pinpoint the moment health concerns enter the scientific discourse around a consumer product. (May 20)

Stephen Kobourov: In this interview, Stephen Kobourov, co-organizer of the 2021 Dagstuhl Seminar, talks about facilitating dialogue between theoreticians and practitioners, creating multi-level representations that behave like geographic maps, and why he’s kind of like the kid in The Sixth Sense. As a bonus, Stephen provides the clearest explanation of a Steiner tree that you’re likely to hear all year! (May 25)

Interviews conducted by Todd Theriault.

Acknowledgements

This event was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMS-1839167. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Social Media

Dagstuhl twitter feed: @dagstuhl
Hashtag: #computerscience

Contact Us

Matthew Martindale
Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science (CNS) Center Assistant
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering,
Indiana University
812-855-9930
masmarti@iu.edu


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