Software for the Past (SfP 2023): 3rd Workshop on Digital Technologies to Study the Past and Present

Presented by Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee

13 February 2023 15:30 IST Virtually

A joint conference between the Software Engineering Department and Land of Israel Studies Department.

Advances in archiving technologies, image processing, deep learning, and augmented reality have transformed the experience and understanding of the past. Such technologies enable researchers to better understand historical cultures, events, and peoples. They also enable immersive historical, anthropological, and archaeological experiences for tourism and education.

We welcome abstracts and extended abstracts on the design and implementation of new technology tools to study the past and present and results gained from use of such tools. The workshop is not specific to a particular time period or locale, but presentations must display technological innovation that helps in understanding the past. We are looking for diverse case studies from all over the world. Preference will be given to those technical approaches that have wider applications and that show promise for general use.

Conference Registration

Conference attendance is free, but requires prior registration.

Conference Program

Opening and Welcome 👋

1530 Conference Welcome - Organizing Committee
1530 Opening Remarks - TBA

Session 1: Keynote

1540 Directories, Tax Records and Ego-Documents – Sources for a Spatial Research of the Jewish Community in Łódź, Poland, During the Interwar Period - Ruthie Kaplan, University of Haifa

Session 2: Picturing the Past 🖼️

Session Chair: Michael J. May, Kinneret College
1610 GIS for Numismatics: A Case Study from Umm al-Jimal, Jordan - Neil Van Kanegan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Departments of Geology and Religion
1640 Artificial Intelligence technology tool for virtual reality tourism and education - Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage

Organizing committee

SfP is proudly organized by members of the Software Engineering and Land of Israel studies departments of Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee:

Michael J. May, Software Engineering, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee
Efrat Kantor, Land of Israel Studies, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee