Programme

DARIAH-GR Developing a Greek Research Infrastracture for the Humanities – DYAS

7 – 8 April 2014

Monday, 7 April 2014: DARIAH-GR kick-off

09:30-10:00 | Registration

10:00-10:30 | Greetings
Epaminondas Spiliotopoulos, President of the Academy of Athens
Yannis Ioannidis, President of the “Athena” Research Centre
Christos Vasilakos, Secretary General, Research and Technology

10:30-10:50 | Introduction: Laurent Romary, Director DARIAH-EU, INRIA
DARIAH-EU: State of Affairs

10:50-11:40 | DYAS/DARIAH-GR: The Greek National Digital Research Infrastructure for the Humanities
Chair: Susan Schreibmann, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

                      10:50-11:10 | Helen Katsiadakis, Academy of Athens
                       DARIAH-GR and the Greek Humanities Landscape

                      11:10-11:30 | Panos Constantopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business & “Athena” Research Centre
                        Directions of Development of the DYAS/DARIAH-GR Digital Research Infrastructure

                       Discussion

11:40-12:00 | Break

12:00-14:00 | Perspectives on Digital Humanities and Digital Culture
Chair: Costis Dallas, University of Toronto, Panteion University and “Athena” Research Centre

                     12:00-12:30 | Franco Niccolucci, VAST-LAB of Polo Universitario “Città di Prato”
                     ARIADNE’s Contribution to Digital Humanities Research

                     12:30-13:00 | Seamus Ross, University of Toronto
                     The Past and Future of Digital Humanities

                     13:00-13:30 | Filippos Tsimpoglou, National Library of Greece
                     Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities: a Library’s Requirements Viewpoint

                     Discussion

14:00-15:00 | Lunch break

15:00-17:00 | Showcase: Digital Culture and Digital Research in Action
Chair: Sally Chambers, DARIAH-EU

                       15:00-15:30 | Constantin Papaodysseus, National Technical University of Athens
                        Applications of Computer Engineering and Mathematics to Archaeometry and Archaeology

                       15:30-16:00 | Athanasios Sideris, Prague University
                        “Changing Men’s Common Way of Thinking” or the Encyclopedic Challenge Today

                       16:00-16:30 | Ion Androutsopoulos, “Athena” Research Centre
                         Human Language Technology for Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities

                       Discussion

17:00-17:10 | Closing Remarks
Helen Katsiadakis, Academy of Athens

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Tuesday, 8 April 2014: The DYAS network. Workshop

09:00-9:30 | Registration

9:30-10:30 | What is the Digital Research Infrastructure DARIAH-GR?
Chair: Martin Doerr, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas
Costis Dallas, University of Toronto, Panteion University and “Athena” Research Centre
Helen Katsiadakis, Academy of Athens

Discussion

10:30-11:00 | Break

11:00-12:30 | What can the Research Infrastructure offer to Research and Researchers?
Chair: Agiatis Benardou, “Athena” Research Centre
Katerina Gardikas, University of Athens
Nikos Daskalothanassis, Athens School of Fine Arts
Maria Spiliotopoulou, Academy of Athens
Elena Koundouri, Ministry of Culture

12:30-13:30 | Break

13:30-14:30 | Keynote speech
Access and Relevance: The New Ways in Which We link Documentation and Data at Yad Vashem
Haim Gertner, Yad Vashem
Chair: Panos Constantopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business & “Athena” Research Centre

14:30-15:00 | Break

15:00-16:30 | How to engage with the Infrastructure
Chair: Giorgos Stamou, National Technical University of Athens
Chryssoula Bekiari, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas
Dimitris Gavrilis, “Athena” Research Centre
Lilian Mitrou, University of the Aegean
Eleni Vernardaki, Academy of Athens
Prodromos Tsiavos, Lawyer