Case Studies in Advanced ICT Methods
The Methods Network is developing a series of case studies of individual research and research projects employing advanced ICT methods as an integral part of the research process. Such studies are a regular feature of this website.
These studies form part of the range of information and support materials that the Methods Network provides for the arts and humanities community.
Case Study on the STAR (Semantic Technologies for Archaeological Resources) Project
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STAR aims to help increase access to the vast mass of archaeological material currently available on the Internet, ranging from structured databases and repositories of digitised materials to ‘grey literature’. The project is investigating the potential of semantic terminology tools for widening and improving access to these resources. More information...
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Case Study on the Drawbots Project: Computational Intelligence, Creativity and
Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Investigation
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The Drawbots project aims to enhance understanding of creativity and cognition and to stimulate dialogue in this area. It applies contemporary evolutionary and adaptive systems methodology to the field of creative behaviour and the visual arts. More information...
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Case Study on the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS)
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EARS is developing a dynamic, multi-lingual, international, publicly available Internet-based bibliographical resource designed to enhance the scholarly infrastructure of electroacoustic music studies. More information...
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Case Study on the Henry III Fine Rolls Project
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History Department and Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London; The National Archive.
There is a fine roll for each of the fifty-six years of Henry III's reign and the current project aims to publish those from 1216 to 1248..The project aims to make the fine rolls accessible by publishing this resource online and making it freely available to as wide an audience as possible. More information...
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Case Study on the UCREL Semantic Analysis System (USAS)
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USAS is a software system developed to undertake the automatic semantic analysis of text. It has been in use since 1990 when it was developed as part of a project to analyse large bodies of transcribed spoken interviews. More information...
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Case Study on the Sheffield Corpus of Chinese
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The School of East Asian Studies and the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield have collaborated on the continuing development of the SCC.
The initial feasibility study 'Chinese Texts in Electronic Form for Linguistic Analysis' was based on a limited number of Chinese text samples from the Song (960-1279), Ming (1366-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.More information...
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Case Study on the Project: Establishing Collaborative Postgraduate Research Programmes and Integrated Teaching Agendas Using the Access Grid
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The increasing pervasiveness of Access Grid technology makes this one of the most significant distributive e-learning tools currently available, with the potential to permit harmonization of curricula across countries and continents. More information...
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Case Study on the Plebeian Lives and the Making of Modern London Project
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This project aims to create a digital archive of manuscript and printed sources concerning the lives of ordinary people in eighteenth-century London, focusing on poor relief, criminal justice, and medical care. More information...
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Case Study on the Historical Thesaurus of English
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The Historical Thesaurus of English is the first historical thesaurus to be compiled for any of the world's languages. It intends to include almost the entire recorded vocabulary of English from Old English to the modern period, taken from the Oxford English Dictionary and dictionaries of Old English. More information...
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Case Study on the Project: Analysis of the Effectiveness of Airborne LIDAR Backscattered Laser Intensity for Predicting Organic Preservation Potential of Waterlogged Deposits
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Using archive airborne LIDAR data, this project creates new research material which is confidently expected to provide substantial benefits to the field of archaeology as well as wider environmental management themes. More information...
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Case Study on the Multidimensional Visualization of Archival Finding Aids Project
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This is a focused study intending to create a ZigZag implementation of two finding aids: the Gateway to Archives of Scottish Higher Education (GASHE) and Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE).More information...
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Case Study on the North Sea Paleolandscapes Project
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This is a remarkable project utilizing 3D seismic data to generate models which will be of enormous value to the geological and archaeological community (as well as to the aggregate extraction industry). More information...
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Case Study on the Jean Froissart Project
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This project envisages providing streamed access to digitised volumes of the Froissart manuscripts via a portlet also for use in exhibitions, research seminars and conference presentations. By transferring the ‘presence’ of the manuscripts from the real to the virtual worlds, many logistical problems will be circumvented. More information...
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