I have developed a new web application called Scholarnaut, which provides an interactive map of research themes and connections over time. It pulls directly from Google Scholar profiles. A static option is available for simple website integration. Demo for my Google Scholar profile is available here. Repo is available on here.
Updated from an original post on 14 Apr 2026. I recently integrated a Pull Request from OldCrow on our Web Shepherd web application. They have made substantial improvements to scalability, replacing the original O(n²)-complex interaction loop with spatial indexing and other techniques. This extends the practical range from a few hundred agents to a few thousand agents while maintaining smooth real-time performance in most Web browsers. To learn more: The full interactive demo has been updated A slimmer version for website integration is available, which you may have noticed on the homepage Code and Documentation has been updated on GitHub References Van Havermaet, S., Simoens, P., Landgraf, T., & Khaluf, Y. (2023). Steering herds away from dangers in dynamic environments. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), 230015. ...
click for time travel Background The Great Canadian Hairy Star Party was an educational initiative produced by ScienceWeb in 1996. It featured observations, sketches, and other artwork from students across Canada related to Comet Hyakutake, a spectacular comet that passed close to Earth in March of that year. Centre Consolidated Elementary School in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia participated by having students submit their personal observations on a dedicated website. I was one of those students. ...