Feb. 28, 2020: Launch of the Advanced Information Collaboratory (AIC)

The AIC international Community Network Is Formed on Feb. 28, 2020 The Advanced Information Collaboratory (AIC) [ see: https://ai-collaboratory.net ] was launched on Feb. 28, 2020 !  AIC Founder is Dr. Richard Marciano, and co-founding members include: Dr. Victoria Lemieux (U. British Columbia, CAN), Dr. Michael Kurtz (Archival and records management research consultants) Dr. Mark… Read More

IEEE Big Data 2025: 10th Computational Archival Science (CAS) Workshop

10th COMPUTATIONAL ARCHIVAL SCIENCE (CAS) WORKSHOP Tuesday December 9, 2025 (Online) Part of: 2025 IEEE Big Data Conference (IEEE BigData 2025) https://conferences.cis.um.edu.mo/ieeebigdata2025/ Dec. 8-11, 2025 If you are planning on attending the workshop, please contact mark.hedges at kcl.ac.uk for registration details! See: https://ai-collaboratory.net/cas/cas-workshops/ieee-big-data-2025-cas-10/ for the latest updates and schedule. Keynote from National Archives of Singapore, 18 papers from 27 institutions in 8… Read More

IEEE Big Data 2024: 9th Computational Archival Science (CAS) Workshop

9th COMPUTATIONAL ARCHIVAL SCIENCE (CAS) WORKSHOP Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 Location: Congressional D (Lobby) Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 United States Part of: 2024 IEEE Big Data Conference (IEEE BigData 2024) https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~ieeebigdata2024 Dec. 15-18, 2024     SCHEDULE: 8:15 to 5:10 with 6 Sessions   –… Read More

Spelman College Fall 2024 Datathon

Spelman College Fall 2024 Datathon The IMLS-funded TALENT Network was pleased to sponsor its first Student Datathon at Spelman College focusing on the computational treatments of the Legacies of Black History. Hosted by: Spelman Archives & Comp. Sci. & GTech Libraries Sponsored by: Institute of Library & Museum Services (IMLS) Friday, Nov. 1: 9 a.m.… Read More

2024 DCIP Cohort Presents Their Capstone Projects

Members of the 2024 Cohort of the Digital Curation for Information Professionals (DCIP) Certificate Program finalized their capstone projects. The DCIP Certificate Program consists of three classes – Introduction to Digital Curation (6 weeks – Instructor: Mark Conrad), Tools and Software for Digital Curation (12 weeks – Instructor: Mark Conrad) and Implementing Digital Curation in… Read More

Students Explore Computational Treatments of Archival Collections

SUMMER 2024: Students Engage w. Innovative Technologies to Explore the Future Processing of Archival Collections through spatial, graph & genAI Techniques Credits: knowledge graph in header by Andrea Svejda (1950 Census for Asheville ED58: household heads with jobs by street) Over a 6-week period, nineteen students engaged in a series of single-credit experimental summer courses… Read More

May 9, 2024 Computational Archival Showcase

May 9, 2024:  Showcase – Computational Archival Storytelling with Jupyter Notebooks On May 9, 2024, a public event showcased original and innovative work conducted by MLIS graduate students in the INST742 class (“Implementation of Digital Curation”) at the University of Maryland iSchool. The class (designed to provide hands-on learning experiences to students, with real-world environments… Read More

Dec. 5, 2023 Computational Storytelling Datathon

December 5, 2023: Archival Processing Showcase for INST604 – Introduction to Archives and Digital Curation On December 5, 2023, graduate students at the University of Maryland iSchool showcased original and innovative work conducted  in the INST604 class (“Introduction to Archives & Digital Curation”). The class (designed to provide and introduction to the field through hands-on… Read More

2023 DCIP Cohort Presents Their Capstone Projects

On Thursday, August 10, members of the 2023 Cohort of the Digital Curation for Information Professionals (DCIP) Certificate Program gave presentations about their capstone projects. The DCIP Certificate Program consists of three classes – Introduction to Digital Curation (6 weeks – Instructor: Mark Conrad), Tools and Software for Digital Curation (12 weeks – Instructor: Mark Conrad)… Read More

May 11, 2023 Computational Storytelling Datathon

May 11, 2023: Datathon Showcase – Computational Archival Storytelling with Jupyter Notebooks On May 11, 2023, a public event showcased original and innovative work conducted by MLIS graduate students in the INST742 class (“Implementation of Digital Curation”) at the University of Maryland iSchool. The class (designed to provide hands-on learning experiences to students, with real-world… Read More