HASTAC conference to be held at Illinois April 19-21

released 02.18.09

The University of Illinois will host the third annual conference of the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) from April 19 to 21 at various locations across campus, including the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

HASTAC focuses on collaboration across disciplinary boundaries, the transformative impact of digital innovation on the social sciences, arts and humanities, and the potential of these fields to humanize technological advances. The conference program includes presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and "virtual" participation via digital technology.

For full conference details, including registration information, visit http://www.chass.uiuc.edu/hastaciii/.

Following the conference on April 22-23, NCSA staff will lead three workshops on cutting-edge tools in digital humanities, arts, and social sciences:

• Michael Welge will lead a workshop on the Software Environment for the Advancement of Scholarly Research (SEASR). SEASR, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, provides a research and development environment capable of powering leading-edge digital humanities initiatives and fosters collaboration by empowering scholars to share data and research in virtual work environments. The workshop will include informational and hands-on sessions.
• Peter Bajcsy will lead a workshop on Imaging and Image Analyses (sponsored by the National Science Foundation). Designed to facilitate education, training and information exchange among multiple scientific disciplines, the workshop will bring together representatives from academic institutions and museums in the United States and abroad. Humanists, social scientists, and artists will be paired with computer scientists in order to present complementary views on topics related to imaging and image analyses of historical objects. The intent of the workshop is to examine the process of going from physical objects to digital objects made available via the Internet and the related process of enabling computer-assisted learning over large digital collections for education and research. The overarching goal of the workshop will be to understand the challenges associated with imaging and image analyses that are inherent in this process, as well as solutions, needs and opportunities for further research.
• Donna Cox will lead a workshop on virtual worlds and visualization.

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