The DHSS at the Long Night of Sciences 2023
This year, the Department Digital Humanities and Social Studies takes part in the Long Night of Sciences again.
On October 21, 2023, from 5pm to 12am, the DHSS hosts several events at the Orangerie, situated in the beautiful “Schlossgarten”. Every hour, different talks will give an insight into current topics within the Digital Humanities. Visitors can also explore exciting projects and results on their own.
Science Talks (30 min. each)
All talks will be held in German
5pm
Günther Görz: Online presentation of the Behaim-Globe: Portal and 3D-Model (“Online-Präsentation des Behaim-Globus: Portal und 3D-Modell”)*
6pm
Sabine Lang: Can AI-based methods assist with the search for objects in historical auction catalogues? (“Können KI-gestützte Verfahren bei der Objektsuche in historischen Auktionskatalogen helfen?”)
7pm
Andreas Blombach and Philipp Heinrich: Between vaccination skepticism and tin foil hats: The Coronoa-crisis on Telegram (“Zwischen Impfskepsis und Aluhut: Die Corona-Krise auf Telegram”)
8pm
Mathias Zinnen: The smell of flowers in artworks (“Der Duft von Blumen in Kunstwerken”)
9pm
Dominik Kremer: The FAU Geo-Explorer: supporting excursions digitally (“Der FAU Geo-Explorer: Exkursionen digital unterstützen”)
10 pm
Stephanie Evert: How intelligent is ChatGPT? – AI from the perspective of Computer Linguistics (“Wie intelligent ist ChatGPT? – KI aus Sicht der Computerlinguistik”)
11pm
Günther Görz: Online presentation of the Behaim-Globe: Portal and 3D-Model (“Online-Präsentation des Behaim-Globus: Portal und 3D-Modell”)*
*The talk of Günther Görz will take place at 5pm and 11pm.
Ongoing Events
(from 5pm to 10pm)
Computational Humanities
Researchers from the Pattern Recognition Chair present current interactive research projects, including tools for imitating handwriting and searching for historical “Doppelgänger”.
The Behaim-Globe Portal
In a joint research project, researchers from the FAU and the Germanische Nationalmuseum (GNM) have collected various materials about the oldest preserved terrestrial globe. The digital portal invites to explore these research results.
Orangerie digital
How did the Orangerie look like, when it was used as an exhibition space for paintings from the Renaissance and Baroque period? The “Orangerie digital” enables to experience the historical Organgerie in a virtual space.