research interests diagrammed

[gusl]

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I've omitted fun things that I'm unlikely to directly contribute anything to (like "phonetics", "geometry", "game theory" and anything in Physics). Also omitted are things that could go on almost every hexagon, like "dynamical systems" and "Bayesian modeling".

It would be nice to be able to diagram this in 3D, so that many of the Stats things are shown close to Psychology.

Someday I'll learn Flash, and make this more flashy...

hmm... right now, I could make an image-map and link each "interest" to an article on my wiki... and the link structure of my articles could inform the structure of the visualization.

To get out of my mind, see A Map of Science.

Comments

[roseandsigil.livejournal.com]

I am confused by the blue hexagon at the bottom.

Proposals For Blue Hexagon

[simrob.livejournal.com]

1) It's the ocean!
2) This Space For Sale

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Those are really interesting!

I'm a bit confused, though. You list "formalization of mathematics" as one of your interests -- but I thought I remembered your recently dismissing such stuff as not "real" mathematics.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

There's set theory theory and there's set theory practice. In practice, 99% of the time you see people doing set theory theory. I'd love to see more people put set theory into practice. I'd love to have semantic web applications for exploring Mizar's libraries (which are surprisingly rich).

Besides, set theory is not the only foundation. See here for examples.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links. :)

(Alas, right now I'm pretty sick -- but those look like interesting reading when (if?) I feel better.)


But ... are you saying your dissatisfactions with set theory stem from its paucity of real-world applications? As I know you know, sometimes mathematical applications turn up long after the underlying theory.

(In marked contrast with, say, "the calculus" -- which, as the saying goes, was first used, THEN discovered, and LASTLY defined.)