Supporting Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
John Simpson
Compute Canada
John Simpson joined WestGrid in January 2015 as a Digital Humanities (DH) Specialist and brings a diverse background in Philosophy and Computing. Prior to WestGrid, he was involved in a research-intensive postdoctoral fellowship focusing on developing semantic web expertise and prototyping tools capable of assisting academics in consuming and curating the new data made available by digital environments. He has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Alberta, and an MA in Philosophy and BA in Philosophy & Economics from the University of Waterloo. In addition to his role at WestGrid, John is also a Member-at-Large of the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities (CSDH-SCHN), a Programming Instructor with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), and serves as Co-Chair, Minimal Computing, with Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (GO::DH).
Abstract
Digital Humanities is a growing field with unique needs and challenges. There are three elements of the current landscape that place the Digital Humanities in a position for rapid growth: increasing open source data;... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- John Simpson (Compute Canada)
Topic Area
Advanced Research Computing (ARC): ARC applications in any discipline (i.e. the sciences,
Session
HPC3.1.2 » ARC: Digital Humanities & Social Sciences (09:50 - Wednesday, 22nd June, CCIS 1-160, room sponsored by Obsidian)
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