Beyond reading: understanding the book through computer vision
This talk showcases Oxford’s cutting-edge research at the intersection of book history and computer vision. It aims to make images of books as easy to search, compare and annotate as their texts.
The University’s Visual Geometry Group has a long track record of working with University researchers and collections, building tools to help researchers analyse everything from classical art to fifteenth-century printed books and English broadside ballads, as well as numerous applications in the sciences. Several of these tools have now been openly released for all to use and adapt.
The talk reveals how computer vision, far from detracting from understanding books as material objects, offers a fresh pair of eyes on what remains one of humanity’s most sophisticated inventions and richest forms of heritage.
Date:
2 November 2017, 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue:
Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Giles Bergel (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Bodleian Libraries
Organiser:
Pip Willcox (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
pip.willcox@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Pip Willcox (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Research Uncovered: public talks on digital scholarship
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/10/12/giles-bergel/
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Pip Willcox
