Data Network Simulator with Classical Ballet

[data]storm, from readysaltedcode CIC, a data driven dance performance. The development of a social network simulator to demonstrate network growth and message propagation. The underpinning theory of piece stems from social network theory (SNT), graph theory, computer mediated communication (CMC) through to social information processing (SIP) and Computational Thinking (CT). The data visualisation is linked to the physical ballet movements of the dancers, they are a manifestation of the data. The data visualisations on screen link to the live dancers’ performance patterns and modify to create the visuals and movements of data transmission across a network. Network growth. The first of the simulations shows network growth. Each node in the network represents a user who has the following characteristics: • friendliness (how often they are likely to make friends with another user) • chattiness (how often they send out messages) • category (the subject area in which they are most interested) At random time intervals things occur: New users are added to the network depending on the above characteristics, users become friends with each other. All the rules stay the same throughout the simulation. At the same time the dance (ballet) movements and wearables (LEDS) were choreographed/coded to accompany the data visualisation using network mapping techniques. The choreography and wearables elements link to the friendliness and chattiness of each of the nodes in the simulated network. This network simulation is further utilised in the Virus section of the performance using the same rules to simulate how a virus can spread through a network. Further work on this simulation will look at two things 1. Message propagation and viral messaging within a social network like Twitter. 2. Pain signals within the body and how they compare to data transfer within a social network.

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Genevieve Smith-Nunes

Peter Cook

Camilla Neale

Paul Golz

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Publication date: July 2016

Publication date (Print): July 2016

Pages: 70-75

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[1 ] ReadySaltedCode CIC

1,3 Knoyle Road

Brighton, UK

[2 ] Animated Data Ltd

The Skiff

Brighton, UK

[3 ] University of Worcester

Henwick Grove

Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.13

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 12 - 14 July 2016

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] A. Al-KaisyJ.-P. Van BuytenI. SmetS. PalmisaniD. PangT. Smith 2014 Sustained Effectiveness of 10 kHz High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients with Chronic, Low Back Pain: 24-Month Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study Pain Medicine 15 347 354 ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="doi:10.1111/pme.12294">doi:10.1111/pme.12294

[2] L.A. DenefrioB. RussellD. LopattoYi Lu 2007 Linking Student Interests to Science Curricula Science 318 1872 1873

[3] ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="Dspace.mit.edu">Dspace.mit.edu 2004 21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing Fall

[4] V. GligorJ.M. Wing 2011 Towards a Theory of Trust in Networks of Humans and Computers In Proceedings of Nineteenth International Workshop on Security Protocols Cambridge, England March 28-30 Invited paper

[5] ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="Gnu.org">Gnu.org 2016 The GNU General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation. [online] Available at: ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html 23 Feb. 2016

[6] P. GolzG. Smith-Nunes 2015 [arra] stre: a data-driven ballet In Proceedings of the Conference on Electronic Visualisation and the Arts BCS 90 91 July

[7] P.W. HollandS. Leinhardt 1971 Transitivity in structural models of small groups Comparative Group Studies 2 107 124

[8] ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="Iopscience.iop.org">Iopscience.iop.org 2016 Brain networks: small-worlds, after all? [online] Available at: ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/083042/pdf">http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/083042/pdf 11 Dec. 2015

[9] C. Kadushin 2014 Some Basic Network Concepts and Propositions Introduction to Social Network Theory, chapter 2

[10] K. Mensvoort 2008 Meet the Worms, Viruses and Trojans | Next Nature Network Next Nature Network Available at: ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://www.nextnature.net/2008/02/meet-the-worms-viruses-and-trojans/">https://www.nextnature.net/2008/02/meet-the-worms-viruses-and-trojans/ 8 Jan. 2015

[11] S. Milligram 1967 The Small-World Problem Psychology Today 1 1 61 67 May

[12] W.J. Mitchell 2003 Boundaries/Networks." In Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City Cambridge, MA MIT Press 7 17 ISBN: 9780262134347

[13] ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="Ocr.org.uk">Ocr.org.uk 2016 [online] Available at: ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/70162-specification.pdf">http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/70162-specification.pdf 23 Feb. 2016

[14] T. Opsahl 2009 Clustering in Two-mode Networks Conference and Workshop on TwoMode Social Analysis September 30 October 2

[15] A. SihS. HanserK. McHugh 2009 Social network theory: new insights and issues for behavioral ecologists Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63 7 975 988

[16] Sq.ro 2011 Alex Dragulescu - works catalog. [online] Available at: ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://sq.ro/">https://sq.ro/ 1 June. 2015

[17] L.C. TidwellJ.B. Walther 2002 Computer-mediated communication effects on disclosure, impressions, and interpersonal evaluations: Getting to know one another a bit at a time Human Communication Research 28 3 317 348

[18] J. TsanK.E. BoyerC.F. Lynch 2016 How Early Does the CS Gender Gap Emerge?: A Study of Collaborative Problem Solving in 5th Grade Computer Science In Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education ACM 388 393 February

[19] T.W. ValenteL.A. PalinkasS CzajaK.-H. ChuC.H. Brown 2015 Social Network Analysis for Program Implementation PLoS ONE 10 6):e0131712 ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131712">doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131712

[20] J.B. Walther 2007 Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition Computers in Human Behavior 23 5 2538 2557

[21] J.M. Wing 2006 Computational Thinking, CACM, viewpoint Communications of the ACM 49 3 33 35 March

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