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Christopher L. Barrett, Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute/Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech. Dr. Barrett’s talk entitled “Massively Interactive Systems: Thinking and Deciding in the Age of Big Data"
Abstract: This talk discusses advanced computationally assisted reasoning about large interaction-dominated systems. Current questions in science, from the biochemical foundations of life to the scale of the world economy, involve details of huge numbers and levels of intricate interactions. Subtle indirect causal connections and vastly extended definitions of system boundaries dominate the immediate future of scientific research. Beyond sheer numbers of details and interactions, the systems are variously layered and structured in ways perhaps best described as networks. Interactions include, and often co-create, these morphological and dynamical features, which can interact in their own right. Such “massively interacting” systems are characterized by, among other things, large amounts of data and branching behaviors. Although the amount of associated data is large, the systems do not even begin to explore their entire phase spaces. Their study is characterized by advanced computational methods. Major methodological revisions seem to be indicated.
Heretofore unavailable and rapidly growing basic source data and increasingly powerful computing resources drive complex system science toward unprecedented detail and scale. There is no obvious reason for this direction in science to change. The cost of acquiring data has historically dominated scientific costs and shaped the research environment in terms of approaches and even questions. In the several years, as the costs of social data, biological data and physical data have plummeted on a per-unit basis and as the volume of data is growing exponentially, the cost drivers for scientific research have clearly shifted from data generation to storage and analytical computation-based methods. The research environment is rapidly being reshaped by this change and, in particular, the social and bio–sciences are revolutionized by it. Moreover, the study of socially– and biologically–coupled systems (e.g., societal infrastructures and infectious disease public health policy analysis) is in flux as computation-based methods begin to greatly expand the scope of traditional problems in revolutionary ways.
How does this situation serve to guide the development of “information portal technology” for complex system science and for decision support? An example of an approach to detailed computational analysis of social and behavioral interaction with physical and infrastructure effects in the immediate aftermath of a devastating disaster will be described in this context.
opening 4th february 18h00, please come!
Royal College of Art, Kensington gore, SW7 2EU London, UK.
Tube : South Kensington.
This morning when we arrived at the local eagle nest at 8:40 AM, both adults were roosting in the Melaleuca snags to the west. Mary Lou watched the nest for nearly a half hour and was concerned because she saw no sign of the eaglets. Suddenly the older chick stood up and exercised her wings, then the other popped its head up, much to our relief. There was fresh prey in the nest, as the meat was bright red. It appeared to be a white bird. The older chick fed for a prolonged period, or appeared to just stand on the prey, guarding it, as the smaller sibling just looked on. We captured one apparently hostile interaction on video (screenshot below).Around 10:00 AM the male flew off to the south, and the female flew to roost in the Australian Pine just east of the nest. We thought the male had gone hunting, but we found him roosting in the Melaleucas when we departed at about 10:30 AM. Visit the Pembroke Pines Bald Eagle Nest Watch FORUM at: www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html
Our volunteers at the Lions Befrienders Service Association Mei Ling Street Seniors Activity Centre on 31 May 2013!
The fact that we live in a deep gravity well in a gas covered planet which goes around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and it still feels like another Tuesday proves the significance of perspective in our lives.
We believe that a right perspective can change our lives. TEDxGCEK, the youngest member of TED community plans to represent the same. TEDx speakers compel us to initiate, innovate and improvise the lives of people in ways that we never even knew existed.
Instead of searching for new ideas and inspiration one can simply look at things with different angles.TEDxGCEK aims to bring people from a different perspective to help change each others’ way of looking at the world.
Luckily certain things such as affection and love are universal – it’s hard not to fall in love with these kids.
We brought washing up liquid with us to teach the kids how to blow bubbles. They had never seen that before, their joy and wonder was both wonderful and sad.
This is Marie by the way. Everyone calls her Bebe as she’s one of the youngest kids at the foundation. She’s nearly 3 and was a firm favourite with us all. Her older sister who is 5 attends the foundation and her mother leaves Bebe there too so she can work. Bebe’s father was killed in the Haitian earthquake.
For more information, please visit jondbarker.tumblr.com/helpforhaiti
To donate please visit www.crowdrise.com/HopetoHaiti2012/fundraiser/Vanesha
update vom 2009-06-23:
gestern abend haben kulturbanausen dieses wunderschöne graf mit fassadenfarbe eliminiert, oder nur einfach platz für neues geschaffen ;-)
Step into the photobooth- captures during the evening.
ZURBwired 2011: Meet Rebekah Children's Services, a bay area non-profit organization providing services to support children and families.
The ZURBwired 24-hour marathon is where our team and the team from one lucky local nonprofit get together to do something great in 24 hours. We spend the day helping the nonprofit solve a big challenge; whether it be marketing for an upcoming event, or completely overhauling their brand—and we get it all done in 24 hours.
ZURB is a close-knit team of interaction designers and strategists that help companies design better (www.zurb.com).
My photography is all about people, emotions, connections and interactions to the environment. I love shooting topics about humanity.
Please do visit my gallery for all my work: www.derekip.smugmug.com
She is woman with a big heart. Although she is the principal of the school she still knows about each and every student in her school. Believe me, I was shocked when she gave me the tour of every class and introduced me to children by their names. She teaches students of her school in evening who are having problem in studying for free. She is a simple woman and sews her own clothes. I was amazed that she still got time for this.