HEIDELBERG CENTER FOR DIGITAL HUMANITIES Directorate
The board of direction is responsible for the further development of Digital Humanities at the University of Heidelberg. Together with the IWR (Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing), it covers the areas of Digital and Computational Humanities, as well as Machine Learning, in order to be able to actively participate in the current developments in the field of computer-aided analysis.
The executive director of the HCDH is Prof. Dr. Vahram Atayan.
The managing director is Dr. Nele Schneidereit.
The scientific director is Dr. Florian Nieser.
Members
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Prof. Dr. Anette Frank is a researcher in computational linguistics with a background in linguistics and computer science. Her research focuses on corpus-based statistical approaches to semantic and discourse processing and applications based on them. These include natural language understanding, information access, and NLP for cultural heritage. She is also concerned with the areas of digital and computational humanities. | |
Prof. Dr. Vahram Atayan is head of the French department at the Institute for Translation and Interpreting (IUED) and executive director of the HCDH. His focuses are applied linguistics, translation and interpreting, and digital and computational humanities. He is a member of the sub-project INF “Home data: research infrastructure and multilingual modeling” in the Collaborative Research Center 1671 "Homeland(s): phenomena, practices, representations" funded by the DFG. | Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen (IUED) Room: IUED 007c Plöck 57a 69117 Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Georgia Koppe is part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and forms a bridging professorship between machine learning and digital humanities. Her research group “Machine Learning Human Behavior” focuses on research of human cognition and human behavior. She also works in the field of scientific computing. | Rm. 04.315 , Mathematikon Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 69120 Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Roland Herzog is director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and professor of mathematics at the University of Heidelberg. His main areas of focus include scientific computing and machine learning. He founded the Scientific Computing and Optimization (SCOOP) group at the IWR. | Room: 02.325 IWR; Institut für Mathematik Universität Heidelberg 69120 Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Christiane Brosius is Professor of Ethnology and South Asian Studies at the Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies in Heidelberg. Her current research focuses on a documentation project on Nepal's historical and cultural heritage, cultural heritage as place-making, and digital heritage. | Karl Jaspers Centre Voßstraße 2, Building 4400 Room 400.01.07 69115 Heidelberg |
Prof. Dr. Christian Witschel is Professor of Roman History in Heidelberg and Managing Director of the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH). He is also a member of the Research and Strategy Commission of the University of Heidelberg. His research focuses include the history of the 3rd century AD, the cultural heritage of humanity (communication aspects) and digital heritage. |