AHC-UK http://www.arts-humanities.net/ahcuk Association for History and Computing UK, members only en-mn High-Performance Computing: An Agenda for the Social Sciences and the Humanities in Canada, John Bonnett http://www.arts-humanities.net/blog/ian_anderson/393 This paper, by John Bonnett, presents two opportunities for humanities and social science scholars to exploit High Performance Computing (HPC). Although from a Canadian perspective, this paper provides valuable insights for UK humanities scholars seeking to exploit recent advances in computer technology. [read more...] Digital Historian http://www.arts-humanities.net/blog/ian_anderson/393#comments History games high performance computing humanities Massive Multi-User Persistent Worlds social sciences http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/393 AHC-UK Digital Historian Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:57:34 +0000 Ian Anderson 393 at http://www.arts-humanities.net Abductive Reasoning, A-Life, and the Historian's Craft: One Scenario for the future of History and Computing, John Bonnett http://www.arts-humanities.net/blog/ian_anderson/abductive_reasoning_life_historians_craft_one_scen In any scenario devoted to the future of history and computing, it is important to refer first to the content and analytical methods historians are likely to employ. In the scenario presented here, this paper will offer three propositions. [read more...] AHC-UK http://www.arts-humanities.net/blog/ian_anderson/abductive_reasoning_life_historians_craft_one_scen#comments History abduction computing epistemology topography http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/370 Digital Historian AHC-UK Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:32:00 +0000 Ian Anderson 370 at http://www.arts-humanities.net Distributed Ignorance and the Unthinking Machine: The Challenges of Teaching History and Computing http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/274 Start: 17/11/2007 - 09:00 End: 17/11/2007 - 17:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT Saturday, 17th November 2007 The National Archives, Kew, London "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs "much pleasure would be lost on the unthinking machine" Ione Dobson, creator of the last 'hand made' concordance. [read more...] AHC-UK http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/274#comments History computers teaching http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/274 Digital Historian AHC-UK Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:07:02 +0000 Ian Anderson 274 at http://www.arts-humanities.net