gianco Originally uploaded by zosh11
I am Alejandro Giacometti. Currently, I am a Digital Humanities postgraduate student at University College London. I work under the supervision of Dr. Melissa Terras from the Department of Information Studies and Dr. Adam Gibson from the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering. My current research is on the application of medical imaging methods to recover information from ancient damaged documents.
I recently finished my MA in Humanities Computing under the supervision of Dr. Stan Ruecker. My research centered around an rich-prospect interface: the Texttiles Browser, an experiment in leveraging available metadata to visualize and browse medium sized text collections. My thesis title is: The Texttiles browser: an experiment in rich-prospect browsing for text collections.
My research interests are visualizations, the role of semantic metadata in information sharing. I am also interested in the web as an application platform to build environments that enhance communication, foster institutional transparency, and enable the free flow of information. I irregularly post relevant links and updates about my research.
I am also constantly amused by political commentary and the media in general, particularly about Ecuadorian politics.
Pictures
I am in love with film cameras from the 60’s and 70’s, and lo-fi photography. I randomly post some of my pictures to flickr. You can check out some of the good ones.
About
gianco Originally uploaded by zosh11
I am Alejandro Giacometti. Currently, I am a Digital Humanities postgraduate student at University College London. I work under the supervision of Dr. Melissa Terras from the Department of Information Studies and Dr. Adam Gibson from the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering. My current research is on the application of medical imaging methods to recover information from ancient damaged documents.
I recently finished my MA in Humanities Computing under the supervision of Dr. Stan Ruecker. My research centered around an rich-prospect interface: the Texttiles Browser, an experiment in leveraging available metadata to visualize and browse medium sized text collections. My thesis title is: The Texttiles browser: an experiment in rich-prospect browsing for text collections.
My research interests are visualizations, the role of semantic metadata in information sharing. I am also interested in the web as an application platform to build environments that enhance communication, foster institutional transparency, and enable the free flow of information. I irregularly post relevant links and updates about my research.
I am also constantly amused by political commentary and the media in general, particularly about Ecuadorian politics.
Pictures
I am in love with film cameras from the 60’s and 70’s, and lo-fi photography. I randomly post some of my pictures to flickr. You can check out some of the good ones.