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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Digital Humanities: The Future of the Vi
 rtual Past
DTSTART:20160120T090000
DTEND:20160120T100000
DTSTAMP:20260509T213337Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof Maurizio Forte\, Bass Fellow\, Department of Classical St
 udies\, Duke University\nThe future of the human knowledge will be mostly 
 digital. A transition from a linear growth of to an exponential growth of 
 human knowledge is taking place. This phenomenon will necessitate the deve
 lopment of vastly more complex softwares\, shareability strategies\, and n
 ew digital environments.\n\nThe biggest impact might be universal access t
 o all human knowledge. The world is moving rapidly towards ubiquitous conn
 ectivity that will further change how and where people associate\, gather 
 and share information\, and consume media. For example\, in archaeology an
 d in the field of the digital humanities we now produce hundreds/thousands
  of times the amount of data we were able to generate just a few years ago
 . This jump in volume became possible through the use of digital integrate
 d technologies such as 3D laser scanners\, remote sensing systems\, image 
 modeling\, virtual reality\, and immersive systems. Much of these data inv
 olve 3D analysis and scientific visualization of complex models\, whose us
 e and interpretation depend on human interaction and processing (hardware 
 and software). The quality of the hardware and software\, in tandem\, deep
 ly influence the user’s experience\, feedback\, interpretation and digit
 al knowledge/transmission.\n\nHow can we represent this digital knowledge?
  What kind of feedback\, interaction\, virtual hermeneutics are expected? 
 How much the way we digitally record/interact can influence our interpreta
 tion? This talk will present different case studies in the above-mentioned
  scenario at the intersection of cyberarchaeology\, virtual museums\, big 
 data and virtual environments.
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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