{"id":2034,"date":"2017-02-22T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2017-02-22T16:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:52:04","slug":"data-x-pioneering-research-data-exhibition-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/2017\/02\/22\/data-x-pioneering-research-data-exhibition-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"DATA-X Pioneering Research Data Exhibition & Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

DATA-X<\/a> has been a University of Edinburgh IS Innovation Fund project, also supported by the Data Lab<\/a> and ASCUS<\/a>. The project provided a dynamic platform for University of Edinburgh student researchers across all schools to come together and develop collaborate installations that explore data re-use and interdisciplinary boundaries.\u00a0Research data are often invisible and complex to comprehend by the public and academic peers, with evolving technology and researcher-driving environments, DATA-X facilitate student researchers with the opportunity to visualize and communicate their research in a user-friendly format to audiences from within and outside the university.<\/p>\n

After a series of successful and engaging DATA-X workshops<\/a>, aimed to inform, shape and create \u2018installations\u2019 linked to digital data, the multidisciplinary teams (including students from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, Reid School of Music, the School of Engineering, The Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, the School of Chemistry, the Centre for Integrative Physiology and the Queen\u2019s Medical Research Institute<\/em>) continued to work on their installations throughout the summer in preparation for the DATA-X exhibition and Symposium.<\/p>\n

DATA-X Exhibition:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0DATA-X Exhibition\u00a0ran from 26 November to 6 December 2016, in the Sculpture Court of the Edinburgh College of Art. <\/a>A total of six physical installations were installed:<\/p>\n

eTunes<\/a> <\/strong>by Dr Siraj Sabihuddin<\/p>\n

\"etunes1\"<\/a>A collaborate project for novices to experience the process and creative input required in constructing a musical instrument from start to finish.<\/p>\n

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Feel the Heat<\/a> <\/strong>by Nathalie Vladis and Julia Zaenker<\/p>\n

\"feel-the-heat\"<\/a>A data quilt, visualising world temperatures between 1961 to 1990. The installation included temperature data sets and interactive colouring maps for audience participation.<\/p>\n

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Inside the black box<\/a><\/strong> by Luis Fernando Monta\u00f1o and Bohdan Mykhaylyk<\/p>\n

\"black-box\"<\/a>An installation simulating bacterial infections. The audience controls the bacterial infection by interactively administering treatment.<\/p>\n

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PUROS Sound Box<\/a> <\/strong>by Dr. Sophia Banou, Dr. Christos Kakalis and Matt Giannotti<\/p>\n

\"D:PDSound<\/a>An installation that \u2018defines\u2019 an ambient musical environment, that is conditioned by the movement of users on an interactive floor.<\/p>\n

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Sinterbot<\/a><\/strong> by Adela Rabell Montiell and Dr. Siraj Sabihuddin<\/p>\n

\"sintering-process-300x179\"<\/a>A hands on demonstration on the alternative use of an ordinary household microwave for sintering, in order to alter material by heat.<\/p>\n

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Surface of Significance<\/a> <\/strong>by Lucas Godfrey and Matt Giannotti<\/p>\n

\"SOS_PROMO1-300x240\"<\/a>An audio-visual installation that reconceptualise geographic space. The installation explores the relationship between space, materiality and process.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition launch, on 26 November, also included three performance installations that serenaded the audience throughout the evening:<\/p>\n