cns center at iu type public industry data analysis and visualization research founded 2005 headquarters bloomington in key people katy b rner center director slogan data analysis and visualization website 1 the cyberinfrastructure for network science cns center was founded in october 2005 by professor katy b rner at indiana university bloomington . it emerged from the information visualization lab at iu that focused on the analysis and visualization of data since 1999 . 1 with the advent of cns the mission was broadened from providing a research lab to building an entity that would advance datasets tools and services for the study of biomedical social and behavioral science physics and other networks . a specific focus of cns is research on the structure and evolution of science and technology s & t and the communication of results via science maps . the center organizes international workshops and conferences promotes network science and visualization at national and international initiatives organizes and finances a weekly talk series on network science holds an annual open house hosts about 20 national and international visitors each year and teaches regular workshops on its infrastructure and tools . 2 cns is also the creative and administrative home of places & spaces mapping science an international science mapping exhibit . the collection features leading examples of knowledge domain mapping novel location based cartographies data visualizations and science inspired art all created by experts from around the globe . 3 one of the center s primary contributions is research and development of data and information visualization tools . among these are included the cyberinfrastructure shell cishell the science of science sci2 tool the network workbench the scholarly database the epic marketplace mapsustain and others . in addition cns offers several courses at indiana university on information visualization structural data mining and modeling user interface design and human computer interaction . 4 in january 2013 cns offered one of the first massive open online courses mooc at indiana university . 5 this initial course entitled information visualization mooc or ivmooc attracted visitors from over 100 countries . since then the course has been offered yearly and there are plans for additional iterations in the future . the following year the course spawned a companion text visual insights published by the mit press . 6 references edit our history cns center website . retrieved 2015 09 08 . our mission cns center website . retrieved 2015 09 08 . what is a science map places & spaces mapping science website . retrieved 2015 09 08 . iu courses cns center website . retrieved 2015 09 08 . information visualization mooc to launch 1 22 13 soic news . retrieved 2015 09 08 . b rner katy and david e. polley . 2014 . visual insights a practical guide to making sense of data . cambridge ma the mit press . . retrieved 2015 09 08 . external links edit cyberinfrastructure for network science center network science talks places & spaces mapping science cishell sci2 science of science tool network workbench scholarly database epic tool mapsustain vivo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cyberinfrastructure for network science center & oldid 702086582 categories cyberinfrastructureindiana university navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 january 2016 at 10 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view