Scientific Computing and Cultural Heritage
Subtitle: Contributions in Computational Humanities
By: edited by Hans Georg Bock, Willi Jäger, Michael J. Winckler
Contributors: Jäger, Willi; Winckler, Michael J.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Contributions in Mathematical and Computational Sciences -- 3
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9783642280214
Subjects: Information systems; Mathematical Applications in Computer Science; Math Applications in Computer Science; Applications of Mathematics; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities; Architectural History and Theory; Computer science; Mathematics; Architecture
Description: <p>The sheer computing power of modern information technology is changing the face of research not just in science, technology and mathematics, but in humanities and cultural studies too. Recent decades have seen a major shift both in attitudes and deployment of computers, which are now vital and highly effective tools in disciplines where they were once viewed as elaborate typewriters. This revealing volume details the vast array of computing applications that researchers in the humanities now have recourse to, including the dissemination of scholarly information through virtual ‘co-laboratories’, data retrieval, and the modeling of complex processes that contribute to our natural and cultural heritage. One key area covered in this book is the versatility of computers in presenting images and graphics, which is transforming the analysis of data sets and archaeological reconstructions alike.</p><p> </p><p>The papers published here are grouped into three broad categories that cover mathematical and computational methods, research developments in information systems, and a detailed portrayal of ongoing work on documenting, restoring and presenting cultural monuments including the temples in Pompeii and the Banteay Chhmar temples of the Angkorian period in present-day Cambodia. Originally presented at a research workshop in Heidelberg, Germany, they reflect the rapidly developing identity of computational humanities as an interdisciplinary field in its own right, as well as demonstrating the breadth of perspectives in this young and vibrant research area.</p>
Table of contents: title: <p>I. Development of Scientific Computing Methods; title: II. Information-Based Research; title: III. Case Studies &amp; Applications.</p>.