2005: Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative

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2005 Arts and Humanities e-Science
Initiative

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (est.
  April 2005)
• JISC

• 2006 Engineering and Physical Sciences
  Research Council

• 2m funding for Arts and Humanities e-Science
  Projects - Announced May 2007
• c. 4 projects and 6 ringfenced PhD studentships

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Current activities
Demonstrator Projects (EPSRC) Virtual Vellum
Online Viewing Environment for the Grid and Live
Audiences (Professor PF Ainsworth, University of
Sheffield) A Virtual Workspace for the Study of
Ancient Documents (Dr CV Crowther, University of
Oxford) Motion Capture Data Services for
Multiple User Categories (Dr SJ Norman,
University of Newcastle)
Workshop projects (AHRC) User Requirements
Gathering for the Humanities (Professor Alan
Bowman, University of Oxford) Geographical
Information System e-Science developing a
roadmap (Dr Paul Ell, Queens University Belfast)
Performativity/Place/Space Locating Grid
Technologies (Dr Angela Piccini, University of
Bristol ) The Access Grid in Collaborative Arts
and Humanities Research (Professor David
Shepherd, University of Sheffield) Building the
Wireframe E-Science for the Arts Infrastructure
(Dr Gregory Sporton, University of Central
England) ReACH Researching e-Science Analysis
of Census Holdings (Dr Melissa Terras, University
College London)
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- Campus grid?
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• Access Grid Node
• I-Lab
• Links with other schools
• Links with other London colleges

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• Cost - potential for attracting outside funding
• User engagement
• Support
• Knowledge transfer