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Interested in physical and semantic space, systems, shapes, scale, and proportion.
EMPLOYMENT:
Specifications and Research for WDG Architecture PLLC
Projects Director for Accuracy&Aesthetics 501c3 nonprofit
Offensive Coordinator for Bruce MacPherson Illustration, Inc.
COMMITTEES:
Board Member, Secretary for
Northern Virginia Chapter, Construction Specification Institute.
Consensus Task Team and Model Implementation Guide Team for
National Building Information Modeling Standard
PROJECTS:
Pentagon Memorial Project
Washington DC/Arlington VA (New Construction)
Consultant to Lee and Associates to write original technical specifications and to coordinate specifications by others. All specifications will meet the special requirements of the Pentagon Renovation (PENREN) project while preserving the integrity of the concept design by Keith Kaseman and Julie Bechman (KBAS).
The Pentagon Memorial Project is funded by the Pentagon Memorial Fund .
Places & Spaces: Mapping Science
Throughout the United States and worldwide
A physical and online exhibit developed in collaboration with Katy Börner at Indiana University and others to demonstrate the power of maps. Places & Spaces was originally created in April 2005 for "Mapping Humanity's Knowledge and Expertise in the Digital Domain" as part of the 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. The second iteration will be installed at the New York Public Library from April to August 2006. Current activities are here. Ten themes are envisioned overall. The advisory board and participants include cartographers, geographers, artists, librarians, designers, and educators.
Beijing Node Art/Science Research Center, Board of Advisors
Beijing, China
The Beijing-Node (B-Node) initiates a new art/science research node of the Planetary Collegium, a doctorate program based at the University of Plymouth UK and directed by Roy Ascott. The Planetary Collegium is currently comprised of three centers in Europe (Plymouth, Zurich, and Milan). The Beijing-Node will focus on new media and be established within the Department of Digital Art and Design at Peking University.
Places & Spaces and the Beijing Node projects are with the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Accuracy&Aesthetics. Places & Spaces is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Thomson Scientific, Indiana University, the New York Public Library, InfoUSA, and Thomson Gale. To make a tax deductible contribution, please visit the Network for Good EIN 41-2132868.
Union Station Bike Transit Center
Washington DC (New Construction)
Writing specifications for the Union Station Bike Transit Center as a consultant to KGP Design Studio. Structure is of engineered glazing and concrete monoliths. The Owner is the District Department of Transportation, engineering by the Parsons Transportation Group.
PUBLICATIONS:
Digitizing the Non-Digital: Creating a Global Context for Events, Artifacts, Ideas and Information; Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) Volume 25, Number 2, June 2006, published by the American Library Association.
Reviewer for the Symposium on Knowledge Domain Visualizations, London, July 2004
Collecting Patterns that Work for Everything; the International Journal of Dynamical Systems Research, Chaos and Complexity Letters Volume 1, Number 3, 2005.
Perceiving Design in Virtual Spaces; Proceedings of the International Conference of Mathematics & Design, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Collective Consciousness; Proceedings of Qi and Complexity, Beijing China, Nov. 2004
CONFERENCES:
Expedition Workshop, Organized by Susan Turnbull GSA, Arlington VA - August 2007
The Visualization of Textual Information by CENDI/NFAIS, Washington DC – May 2006
Informal Meetings on Mapping Science co-organized with Katy Borner at Indiana University. First meeting held at Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia PA - December 2005; the second held at the New York Academy of Sciences, NYC, NY – April 2006.
EnVISION05 at Silicon Graphics (SGI), Mountain View CA - January 2005
Women in Mathematics/Image Analysis Workshop at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Berkeley CA - January 2005
Mapping Humanity's Knowledge and Expertise in the Digital Domain at the American Association of Geographers 101st Annual Meeting, Denver CO - April 2005
Museums and the Web, Arlington VA – April 2004
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Copyright No. TXu 1-078-059 "Visualization of Improved Mesh Topologies" by Deborah L. MacPherson, registered 11.6.2002
US Patent Application 10/803,040 Context Driven Topologies. The current embodiment is an advanced networking, knowledge management, and digital distribution system for international education and research. The subject matter includes the steps of a mathematical process, the design of a running prototype, hand drawings, and description of an automatic audio and visual language. Context Driven Topologies are generated, organized, and distributed out from and into specific places using a system of evolving interrelated patterns over time. The patterns begin to cancel each other out to streamline and authenticate large sets of digitized collections. Class 707/001 Data Structures.
Mailing Address:
Deborah MacPherson
PO Box 52, Vienna VA 22183
debmacp@gmail.com
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