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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cultural Analytics seminar @Calit2: Software Studies, Calit2 +UCSD and University of Bergen, Dec 16-17, 2009
what: cultural analytics is the use of data analysis and visualization for the study of cultural dynamics, flows, and patterns. More info
who: participants from Software studies Initiative, Calit2 (San Diego); Visual Arts Department, UCSD (San Diego); University of Bergen (Norway); Anyang University (Korea) , Mackenzie University (Sao Paulo)
where: the seminar will take place in San Diego on UCSD campus in Calit2 building.
when: December 16-17, 2009
Schedule (subject to change):
WED | DECEMBER 16, 2009
location: CALIT2 (Atkinson Hall building)
1pm-2pm: cultural analytics methods and techniques (Lev Manovich) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2pm - 2:30pm: HIPerSpace demo - visualization of cultural datasets (Calit2, second floor) (So Yamaoka, Manovich)
2:30pm-3:30pm: CRCA/Calit2 digital media labs tour by Todd Margolis
3:30pm-4:30pm: UCSD graduate students: Tara Zepel (via Skype), William Huber, Daniel Rehn (Calit2 conference room: 3006)
4:30pm - 6pm: software tools for cultural analytics (Manovich) (Calit2 conference room: 3006)
TH | DECEMBER 17, 2009
location: CALIT2 (Atkinson Hall building)
1pm - 1:15pm:Benjamin Bratton, UCSD+Calit2) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
1:15pm - 2:00pm: University of Bergen grad students presentations (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2pm -2:20pm: Kael Greco: Mapping++ (Center for Urban Ecology, Anyang University, Korea) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2:2:20 - 2:40pm: Eduardo Navas, UCSD (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2:40pm - 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Jeremy Douglass (Software Studies Initiative, Calit2) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
3:00pm - 4pm: HIPerSpace demo - visualization of cultural datasets (Jeremy Douglass, Cicero Inacio da Silva, Chanda Laine, So Yamaoka) (Calit2, second floor)
4:15pm - 6:00pm: University of Bergen grad students presentations continued (Calit2 conference room: 2004)
Take a look at the video streamed live from the seminar:
who: participants from Software studies Initiative, Calit2 (San Diego); Visual Arts Department, UCSD (San Diego); University of Bergen (Norway); Anyang University (Korea) , Mackenzie University (Sao Paulo)
where: the seminar will take place in San Diego on UCSD campus in Calit2 building.
when: December 16-17, 2009
Schedule (subject to change):
WED | DECEMBER 16, 2009
location: CALIT2 (Atkinson Hall building)
1pm-2pm: cultural analytics methods and techniques (Lev Manovich) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2pm - 2:30pm: HIPerSpace demo - visualization of cultural datasets (Calit2, second floor) (So Yamaoka, Manovich)
2:30pm-3:30pm: CRCA/Calit2 digital media labs tour by Todd Margolis
3:30pm-4:30pm: UCSD graduate students: Tara Zepel (via Skype), William Huber, Daniel Rehn (Calit2 conference room: 3006)
4:30pm - 6pm: software tools for cultural analytics (Manovich) (Calit2 conference room: 3006)
TH | DECEMBER 17, 2009
location: CALIT2 (Atkinson Hall building)
1pm - 1:15pm:Benjamin Bratton, UCSD+Calit2) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
1:15pm - 2:00pm: University of Bergen grad students presentations (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2pm -2:20pm: Kael Greco: Mapping++ (Center for Urban Ecology, Anyang University, Korea) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2:2:20 - 2:40pm: Eduardo Navas, UCSD (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
2:40pm - 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Jeremy Douglass (Software Studies Initiative, Calit2) (Calit2 conference room: 2006)
3:00pm - 4pm: HIPerSpace demo - visualization of cultural datasets (Jeremy Douglass, Cicero Inacio da Silva, Chanda Laine, So Yamaoka) (Calit2, second floor)
4:15pm - 6:00pm: University of Bergen grad students presentations continued (Calit2 conference room: 2004)
Take a look at the video streamed live from the seminar:
Monday, November 23, 2009
2 new powerpoints about Cultural Analytics and Software Studies
Two new Powerpoint files about Cultural Analytics and Software Studies by Lev Manovich are now available:
Saturday, November 7, 2009
AUD $3,003,401 grant to support Cultural Analytics research
Australian Research Council has awarded the grant for AUD $3,003,401 to an international group of researchers which includes Director of Software Studies Initiative Lev Manovich.
The project investigates the navigation, editing and recombination of large-scale media bases in interactive environments for industrial application in the artistic and cultural sectors. For its industrial application it will develop a prototype for the digital presentation of ZKM's seminal new media archive and museum collection and for Museum Victoria's cultural heritage collection.
Project period: 2010-2012.
Project Chief Investigators and Partner Investigators:
Professor Jeffrey Shaw (CI)
Director, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Associate Professor Dennis Del Favero (CI)
Chair, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Emeritus Professor Neil Brown (CI)
Honorary Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Professor Paul Compton (CI)
Head, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW
Ms Sarah Kenderdine (PI)
Special Projects, Information Multimedia and Technology, Museum Victoria
Mr Timothy Hart (PI)
Director, Information Multimedia Technology, Museum Victoria
Professor Lev Manovich (PI)
Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Professor Peter Weibel (PI)
Chairman and CEO, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Professor Horus Ip (PI)
Chair Professor of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
Emeritus Professor Lewis Lancaster (PI)
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures UC Berkley,
Industry Partners
Museum Victoria, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Australia Council for the Arts
The project investigates the navigation, editing and recombination of large-scale media bases in interactive environments for industrial application in the artistic and cultural sectors. For its industrial application it will develop a prototype for the digital presentation of ZKM's seminal new media archive and museum collection and for Museum Victoria's cultural heritage collection.
Project period: 2010-2012.
Project Chief Investigators and Partner Investigators:
Professor Jeffrey Shaw (CI)
Director, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Associate Professor Dennis Del Favero (CI)
Chair, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Emeritus Professor Neil Brown (CI)
Honorary Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, iCinema Centre, UNSW
Professor Paul Compton (CI)
Head, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW
Ms Sarah Kenderdine (PI)
Special Projects, Information Multimedia and Technology, Museum Victoria
Mr Timothy Hart (PI)
Director, Information Multimedia Technology, Museum Victoria
Professor Lev Manovich (PI)
Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Professor Peter Weibel (PI)
Chairman and CEO, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Professor Horus Ip (PI)
Chair Professor of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
Emeritus Professor Lewis Lancaster (PI)
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures UC Berkley,
Industry Partners
Museum Victoria, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Australia Council for the Arts
Cultural Analytics @ Society of the Query conference in Amsterdam
Lev Manovich wil lecture on Cultural Analytics at Society of the Query conference organized by Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam on November 13-14, 2009:
http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/
details of the presentation:
title: LEARNING FROM GOOGLE: A SEARCH ENGINE AS A METHOD FOR CULTURAL ANALYSIS
abstract: Can we translate the principles of search engine algorithms and large scale data analysis in general into a new methodology for cultural theory? In my talk I will discuss what such a methodology would look like, and also demonstrate practical examples drawn from Cultural Analytics research conducted in the Software Studies Lab at the University of California, San Diego.
http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/
details of the presentation:
title: LEARNING FROM GOOGLE: A SEARCH ENGINE AS A METHOD FOR CULTURAL ANALYSIS
abstract: Can we translate the principles of search engine algorithms and large scale data analysis in general into a new methodology for cultural theory? In my talk I will discuss what such a methodology would look like, and also demonstrate practical examples drawn from Cultural Analytics research conducted in the Software Studies Lab at the University of California, San Diego.
Monday, October 12, 2009
new 2 year post-doc position with Software Studies / University of Bergen
University of Bergen announced a 2 year Post-doc position in
collaboration with my Software Studies group at UCSD:
The post-doc will divide her/his time between Bergen and San Diego and
will work closely with me and others in my lab on Cultural Analytics
projects.
Cultural Analytics is a new methodology for cultural / media research
which uses information visualization and quantitative data analysis:
lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/09/cultural-analytics.html
www.flickr.com/photos/culturevis/
Both technical people who understand cultural issues and cultural
types who can do tech are welcome to apply.
Information and application:
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/Job.aspx?jobid=61657
Note: if you get a page in Norwegian, click on "English" at the bottom
of the page to switch to English version
collaboration with my Software Studies group at UCSD:
The post-doc will divide her/his time between Bergen and San Diego and
will work closely with me and others in my lab on Cultural Analytics
projects.
Cultural Analytics is a new methodology for cultural / media research
which uses information visualization and quantitative data analysis:
lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/09/cultural-analytics.html
www.flickr.com/photos/culturevis/
Both technical people who understand cultural issues and cultural
types who can do tech are welcome to apply.
Information and application:
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/Job.aspx?jobid=61657
Note: if you get a page in Norwegian, click on "English" at the bottom
of the page to switch to English version
Monday, October 5, 2009
Startup
High resolution versions of images included in the NEH Digital Startup Fall 2009 grant application "Interactive Visualization of Image Collections for Humanities Research" (Dr. Lev Manovich, UCSD).
Examples of visualizations produced using software tools developed by Software Studies initiative:
Interactive exploration of image collection on a HIPerSpace tiled display using our software prototype - zooming into an image.
4553 covers of Time magazine, 1923-2008.
Shot lengths in five reels of the film "The Eleventh Year" (Dziga Vertov, 1928).
153 paintings by Mark Rothko, organized by brightness and saturation.
Changes in Rothko's paintings average brightness over his career.
Tracing branching pathways through the 116 pages of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" gamebook.
Mapping connections between pages in Mark Danielewski's novel House of Leaves.
“Mapping the Song-Dance Sequences of Telugu Cinema”
Research poster visualizing 52 video of song-dance sequences
taken from 13 movies over the course of six decades (1950s-2000s).
Comparing interactivity in ten video games over two decades:
"Seeing How We Play" poster for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Info-Aesthetics exhibition.
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