Call for papers
> >
> > XVIth International Conference of the Association for History and
> > Computing
> > Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14-17th September 2005
> > http://www.ahc2005.org
> >
> > Extended deadline for submissions of title and abstract: 1st March
> > 2005200-250 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 themes
> >
> > The 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
> > culturalheritage 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
> > withinhistory and the humanities. Preferably, sessions will
> > consist of a mix
> > of these three interest groups and fields. There will be numerous
> > crosslinks 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
> > basedand 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 [log in to unmask]