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InteractiveVisualKnowledgeAggregationOldandNewSilkRoadsasaShowcaseforChallengesin
SocialMediaTechnologies,Communication,andInformatics
Dr.AndreaNANETTI,BAMAPhDAssoc.Prof.andAssociateChair(Research)NTUSchoolofArt,DesignandMedia
Athens,October10,2017
incollaborationwith- MicrosoftResearchBeijing- GuangzhouRuifeng Co.Ltd
Beijing,MicrosoftResearchAsiaOctober10,2014Kickoffmeetingtostarttheproject“AugmentingMicrosoftBingSearchthroughAutomaticNarrativesintheInteractiveGlobalHistories”(MicrosoftResearchGrant,PIAndreaNanetti,Co-PISiewAnnCheongatNTUandChin-YewLinatMSRA,Sept.2014– June2015)
9:00-9:30OpeningbyChin-Yew,Andrea,andSiewAnn)
9:30-12:30Theinviteespresenttheirdatabases- AngeloCattaneo (RenaissanceMapsofAsia)- StefanoBertocci andSaraPorzilli (Michelangeloasavisualgatewaytodigitaldata)
14-17Openthediscussionawriteaworkingagenda1)solutionstoconnectotherdatabasestotheEngineeringHistoricalMemory(EHM)2)useBingtoconnect scholarlydatabases toWikipediaandotherrelevantinformationsourcesthroughtheexperimentalontologyproposedbyEHM
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GuangzhouRuifeng Culture&CommunicationCo.,Ltd.September2,20147Meetingtodiscusstheprojectonprojectionmappingforthe2017GuangzhouInternationalLightFestival
PRODUCTIONCREDITSELLIPTICDOMEANIMATION“THESILKROADS”
Production(Ruifeng,NTU,andGAFA)
Producer/Writer:AndreaNanettiDirector:HannesRallDomeTheatreConsultant:BenSheddVisualConceptandLayoutFilm:ShenShen Luo
Storyboards:HannesRallTechnicaladvisor:BenjaminSeideVisualdevelopmentanddigitalpainting:ChuaTinGiapCalvinVisualdevelopment,digitalpaintingandcharacteranimation:TessaLowYunVisualdevelopment,motiongraphicsdesignandanimation,scenes9-16:Jochen Rall
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Triplets(threefolddistinctions)HannahArendt,TheHumanCondition,IntroductionbyMargaretCanovan,p.vii.ChicagoandLondon:TheUniversityofChicagoPress.“HannahArendtispreeminently thetheoristofbeginnings.Allherbooksarethetalesoftheunexpected…,andreflectionsonthehumancapacitytostartsomethingnewpervadeherthinking… Oftenthewaysheshedslightintoneglectedcornersofexperienceisbymakingnewdistinctions,manyofthemthreefold,asifconventionaldichotomiesweretooconstrictingforherintellectualimagination.TheHumanCondition iscrammedwithdistinctions:betweenlabor,work,andaction;betweenpower,violence,andstrength,betweentheearthandtheworld;…
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playingtriplets
Liberalarts,FineArts,Humanities
tripletLiberalArts1.Academicdisciplines,includingliterature,history,languages,philosophy,mathematics,andgeneralsciences;intendedtoprovidegeneralknowledgeandintellectualskills(ratherthanoccupationalorprofessionalskills).2.(DuringtheMiddleAges)thedisciplinescomprisingthetriviumandquadrivium.
FineArts1creativearts,especiallyvisualarts,whoseproductsaretobeappreciatedprimarilyorsolelyfortheirimaginative,aesthetic,orintellectualcontent: theconvergenceofpopularcultureandfineart.2anactivityrequiringgreatskilloraccomplishment: he'llhavetolearnthefineartofpersuasion.
HumanitiesThewordhumanitas wascoinedbyCicero(106-43BCE)todescribethestudyofclassicalliterature,especiallypoetry,intheformationofanidealpublicservant(orator).DuringtheRenaissance,Cicero'sinjunctiontocultivate'studia humanitatis'wasunderstoodas:grammar,rhetoric,poetry,history,andmoralphilosophy.
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Drawing
a pictureordiagrammadewithapencil,pen,or crayon ratherthanpaint,especiallyonedrawninmonochrome:
Illustration[ameaningfulinsight]apictureillustratingabook,newspaper,etc.:• anexampleservingtoclarifyorprovesomething• theactionorfactofillustratingsomething,eitherpictoriallyorbyexemplificationIllustrate:in thesense ‘illuminate,shedlighton’
Animationthetechniqueof photographing successivedrawings orpositionsofpuppetsormodelstocreateanillusionofmovement when the movie is shown asasequence
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Visualization:Optimisation(Computerengineering)
Visualisation[thesimplerepresentation]
• the representationofanobject,situation,orsetofinformationasachart or otherimage
• theformation of a mental imageofsomething
Visualize:1817, first attested in, and perhaps coined by, Coleridge(dictionary.com)
ComputerGraphics
themanipulationofelectronicimages bymeansof acomputerinordertocreatemovingimages.
ComputerAnimation
visual images produced by computerprocessing.
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The Visual Analytics Process
The visual analytics process ischaracterised through interactionbetween data, visualisations, modelsabout the data, and the usersin order to discover knowledge
The visual analytics process aims attightly coupling automated analysismethods and interactive visualrepresentations.
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Keim, Daniel, Jörn Kohlhammer, Geoffrey Ellis, and Florian Mansmann (eds.). Mastering the Information Age Solving Problems with Visual Analytics. Goslar, Germany: EurographicsAssociation, 2010
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(VISUAL)KNOWLEDGEAGGREGATION≠INFOGRAPHICS
2011Melda N.Yildizhttps://www.slideshare.net/mnyildiz/visualization-concept-maps-9931446
FraMauroMapoftheWorld(ca.1450).Venice,Marciana LibrarySourceWikipedia.CC-PD-Mark09/10/17 ©2017AndreaNanetti
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• 三幅地图,三个时代,三种风格
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KnowledgeAggregationinDecisionScienceAndreaNANETTI,AngeloCATTANEO,SiewAnnCHEONG,Chin-YewLIN,MapsasKnowledgeAggregators:fromRenaissanceItalyFraMaurotoWebSearchEngines,in«TheCartographicJournal»(©TheBritishCartographicSociety),specialissue,52/2(May2015),[publishedon26November2015],pp.159-167.Intheknowledgemanagementliterature,wefindtheclassificationofhumanawarenessintoadata,information,knowledge,andwisdom (DIKW)hierarchy(Ackoff,1989;Berlinger etal.,2004;Rowley,2007).AccordingtoAckoff (1989),dataaremerelysymbolsthatweassociatewithspecificfeaturesintheoutsideworld,informationiscontextualizeddatathatallowsustoanswerquestions,knowledgeisproceduralized informationthatallowsustoactonandsolveproblems,andwisdomisknowingunderwhichsituationstoact.Todowellintheworldwemustmoveupthishierarchyofknowing,andthegreatestchallengewefaceisthefragmentationofknowledgeandinformation.Inotherwords,theproblemwehavetoovercomeistheproblemofknowledgeaggregation,encounteredindecisionscience(Roy,2005),organizationallearning(Grant,1996;Grundspenkis,2007),andevenbioinformatics(Belleauetal.,2008;Miotto etal.,2008)andmedicine(Hahnetal.,1999;Malterud,2011;McDonagh etal.,2011).
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TheSilkRoadasacasestudyforheritagescience
ANEWSCIENCEattheInterfaceof
(Digital)HUMANITIESand(Data)SCIENCEWheredataareTHEdata
(i.e.TreasureofHumanExperiencesdata)
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THEVISION:Understanding
FROMWHEREwecomefromweunderstandWHOWEARE
UnderstandingWHEREweareNOWweMIGHTinfluence
WHATwewanttobecome
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WhattheWorld’sEmptiestInternationalAirportSaysAboutChina’sInfluence,byBrookLarmer
Thefour-lane highwayleadingoutoftheSriLankantownofHambantotagetssolittletrafficthatitsometimesattractsmorewildelephantsthanautomobiles.Thepachydermsareintelligent— theyseemtousetheroadasajungleshortcut— butnotintelligentenough,alas,toappreciatethepuntheircourseembodies:Itlinkstogetheraseriesofwhiteelephants,i.e.boondoggles,builtandfinancedbytheChinese.Beyondthelonelyhighwayitself,thereisa35,000-seatcricketstadium,analmostvacant$1.5billiondeepwater portand,16milesinland,a$209millionjewelknownas“theworld’semptiestinternationalairport.”Mattala RajapaksaInternationalAirport,thesecond-largestinSriLanka,isdesignedtohandleamillionpassengersperyear.Itcurrentlyreceivesaboutadozenpassengersperday.Businessissoslowthattheairporthasmademoremoneyfromrentingouttheunusedcargoterminalsforricestoragethanfromflight-relatedactivities.Inoneburstofactivitylastyear,350securitypersonnelarmedwithfirecrackersweredeployedtoscareoffwildanimals,theairport’smostcommonvisitors.
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Immersive Interactive Knowledge Aggregation
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AndreaNanettireceivedhisuniversityeducationinMedievalandRenaissancestudiesbetween1986and2000inItaly(UniversityofBologna),France(UniversityofParisI-SorbonneandParisXNanterre),Germany(UniversityofCologne),Greece(NationalHellenicResearchFoundation),andUSA(BrownUniversity),wherehehasbeeninstructedbyworld’sleadingprofessorstoworkonresearchquestionsandsolutionsthroughthecross-fertilizationofdifferentmethodologies(historical,philological,diplomatic,aesthetic,anthropological,andcomputational).Asascholar—whostartedhisresearchvocationinhistoricalstudiesattheadventofcomputeroperatingsystemswithgraphicaluserinterfaces—hehasalwaysbeenfascinatedbytheexponentialgrowthofinterdependenciesbetweenartificialactions(i.e.,madebyhumans)andcomputationaloperations(i.e.,completedbyelectronicdevicesabletostoreandprocessdata,typicallyinbinaryform,accordingtoinstructionsgiventotheminavariableprogram)intermsofbothquantityandquality.Withthisinterest,heisproposingthetheoreticalneedtodirecttraditionaldisciplinaryknowledgetowardsaformalscienceofheritageabletostudywhatkindofdataandinformation—nowencodedincomplexinteractionsofwritten,pictorial,sculptural,architectural,anddigitalrecords,oralmemories,practices,andperformedrituals(i.e.,thetreasureofhumanexperiences)—maybeinheritedbymachinelearningalgorithms.Dr. NanettiliveswithhisfamilyinSingapore,atNanyangTechnologicalUniversity,whereheisAssociateChair(Research)intheSchoolofArt,DesignandMedia,SeniorResearchTeammemberintheComplexityInstitute,withacourtesyappointmentintheHistoryProgramme.
Selectedpublications:AndreaNANETTI andSiewAnnCHEONG,ComputationalHistory:FromBigDatatoBigSimulations,inShu-Heng CHEN (Ed.),BigDatainComputationalSocialScienceandHumanities,SpringerSerieson“ComputationalSocialSciences”.InvitedforsubmissioninOctober2015.SubmittedforpublicationinJanuary2017.Forthcoming.WenYuan LIU,AndreaNANETTI,SiewAnnCHEONG.KnowledgeEvolutioninPhysicsResearch:AnAnalysisofBibliographicCouplingNetworks,in«arXiv preprint»,Vol.4/4(2017)arXiv:1704.00875,andinPLoS ONE12(9):e0184821.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184821.AndreaNANETTI,Chin-YewLIN,SiewAnnCHEONG.(2016).ProvenanceandValidationfromtheHumanitiestoAutomaticAcquisitionofSemanticKnowledgeandMachineReadingforNewsandHistoricalSourcesIndexing/Summary. TheAsianReviewofWorldHistories,4/1(Jan.2016),125-132.