- Extended deadline for submissions of title and abstract: 1st March 2005 (200-250 words)
- Deadline for submissions of full papers: 1st May 2005 (6-8 pages A4)
Panel and paper proposals are now being invited for the XVIth international conference of the Association for History and Computing. The conference will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14-17th September 2005.
All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be available at the conference. A selection of the proceedings will be considered for publication in international journals after the conference.
Summary papers, PowerPoint demonstrations, etc. will only be available on the conference web site. There will be a number of poster sessions for demonstrations of software and other applications.
Proposals may be made for either complete sessions or for individual papers. Suggested topics are listed below.
Suggested formats for full panels include three 20-minute papers or a round table format. Other innovative format proposals will be considered. Proposals for complete panels should also include a chair. A panel may include a formal comment or question and response with the audience. All proposals must include a title and an abstract for each paper, along with a brief vita for each participant. Please be sure to indicate which member of the panel will serve as the contact person for future correspondence. Please include the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each participant.
All paper proposals are subject to peer review prior to being accepted.
Conference themesThe XVIth Conference of the international AHC aims to bring together specialists from three broad streams:
- Scholars using computers in historical and related studies (history of art, archaeology, literary studies, etc.)
- Information and computing scientists working in the domain of cultural heritage and the humanities
- Professionals working in cultural heritage institutes (archives, libraries, museums) who use ICT to preserve and give access to their collections
The subject matter of the conference is primarily oriented at methodological issues and not restricted to one particular domain within history and the humanities. Preferably, sessions will consist of a mix of these three interest groups and fields. There will be numerous cross links between the streams.
Topics for sessions and papers:- Data access, retrieval and presentation: Data bases in historical/humanities research; Data mining, data harvesting and data syndication; Digital data archives & longevity of digital heritage; Personalisation and presentation of heritage information; Virtual libraries and virtual collaboratories in the humanities
- Enriching data: Digital source editions; Knowledge enrichment and encoding methods; Metadata standards and semantic interoperability for access to cultural heritage
- Images & multimedia: Image analysis and visual culture; Content based and other image retrieval methods; Digital photo/image/video collections; Digital museums
- Geographical Information Systems: GIS Applications in the humanities and historical studies; GIS methods and techniques; GIS for access to heritage information
- Qualitative & Quantitative data analysis: Advanced statistics in historical research; Models and simulations; Exploratory analysis and visualisation techniques
- Digitisation of heritage information: Large digitisation projects of historical sources; Optical character and document recognition for historical materials; Handwriting recognition and script analysis tools
- Text analysis and retrieval: Applications of text analysis in the humanities; Methodological issues of text mining and text analysis; Digital text archives
- Theoretical, methodological and eductational issues: e-Science, e-Humanities and e-History; Historiography of humanities computing; Educational issues
More information can be found at: http://www.ahc2005.org. Email enquiries are welcome at michelle.van.den.berk@niwi.knaw.nl
