Seminar on Big Data Studies

SNU BDSL Distinguished Lectures in Digital Humanities & Cultural Analytics

Zoom registration: https://tinyurl.com/snu-digital-korean-studies 18 May 2022 17:00 KST (10:00 CET)Hilde De Weerdt (KU Leuven)Toward a Critical Digital History of Material Infrastructures in East Asia 20 May 2022 09:00 KST (19 May 20:00 EDT)Ruth Mostern (University of Pittsburgh)The World Historical Gazetteer: Modeling Space and Place in a Linked Data Infrastructure 27 May 2022 11:00 KST (26…

Advanced Topics in Digital Korean Studies

19 to 29 May 2022 International Symposium & Project IncubationSeoul National University 26 to 28 June 2022 Publication Workshop & Debut PresentationsUniversity of Copenhagen The uses and application of digital methods have become commonplace in Korean studies. Despite the challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the extraordinary collection of online archives and digital libraries enabled…

The Pulse of the Data Center: AI, Emotions, and Planetary Destruction

23 February 2022 10:00 KST Mél Hogan (University of Calgary) As media objects, the ‘data center’ and ‘the cloud’ serve as a kind of oracle; they are buildings that embody much of the hype and many of the anxieties that stem from our now globally wired planet, as well as our growing dependence on all…

The Uses and Potential of Blockchain in Records Management and Archival Applications

26 January 2022 10:00 KST Victoria Lemieux (University of British Columbia) In this talk, Dr. Victoria Lemieux presents an overview of the uses and potential of blockchain in records management and archival applications, along with some perils and pitfalls. The presentation will draw upon Dr. Lemieux’s work as a member of the International Standard’s Technical…

Blockchain Technology, Decentralized Finance, and the Road to Web 3.0

27 November 2021 10:00 KST Hossein Azari (CEO, cmorq) Joseph Kim (CEO, LSJ Technologies) Is humanity creating a new economic system? Will blockchain technology and the move toward decentralization manage to overcome performance bottlenecks and the troubles of surveillance capitalism? Big Data Studies Lab invites two business experts in the digital asset space for a…