Research associate in the DiBS and Itinera Nova projects. Main focus: Research Software Engineering, X-Technologies, Data Visualization, OCR/HTR.
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Sviatoslav Drach studied Information Processing and Media Cultural Studies (BA 2017) as well as Information Processing (MA 2019) at the University of Cologne. He has been working at CCeH since 2014 and has contributed to different projects (including Pessoa, Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike) in fields such as web development, data management and data transformation. He is currently involved in the Itinera Nova and DiBS (Creating a Sustainable Digital Infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies) projects. In the Itinera Nova project, he is working on the further development of the CCeH software system for new challenges in large digital cultural heritage projects under a citizen science paradigm. In the DiBS project, he conceptualizes and develops a digital infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies.
Publications (selection)
“Networks of persons and figures in Fernando Pessoa’s publication plans”. In Book of Abstracts of the 5th Annual Conference of the Digital Humanities in German-speaking Countries (DHd, 2018), Cologne 26.02-02.03.2018, 448-53. Cologne, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4622305. [together with B. Bigalke, U. Henny-Krahmer, P. Sepúlveda, C. Theisen].
“StreamReaderSD 0.2 – A prototype web application for reading texts as a stream of characters”. In DHd 2020 Spielräume: Digital Humanities zwischen Modellierung und Interpretation. Conference Abstracts. Paderborn. 02.03.-06.03.2020. Paderborn, 2020.
„Anforderungen an Tools und Plattformen für kleinere und größere Transkriptionsprojekte anhand von zwei Anwendungsbeispielen“. In: Partizipative Transkriptionsprojekte in Museen, Archiven und Bibliotheken – ein praktischer Erfahrungsaustausch. Ed. by Diana Stört, Franziska Schuster and Anita Hermannstädter. Oktober 2021. Berlin 2022, p. 55-60. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-926062. [together with P. Sahle, C. Neuefeind].
“Teaching Digital Byzantine Sigillography: First Experiences and Future Strategies,” in “Digital Approaches to Medieval Sigillography,”, 2024, ed. Martina Filosa, Claes Neuefeind, and Claudia Sode, special collection. Digital Medievalist 17(1): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.16995/dm.11677. [together with M. Filosa, C. Malatras, C. Sode].
“Signed, sealed, delivered – digital approaches to Byzantine sigillography” it – Information Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, 2024, pp. 206-220. https://doi.org/10.1515/itit-2023-0030. [together with C. Neuefeind, J. Bigalke, M. T. Catalano, S. Efthymoglou, P. Evening, M. Filosa, C. Malatras, M. Schaeben, C. Sode].
Presentations (selection)
Juni 18, 2020 „Public Humanities in der Praxis – Konzepte, Methoden, Beispiele“ (DH Colloquium), Köln [together with J. Bigalke].
Dezember 2, 2020 „Arbeiten mit historischen Daten aus Sicht der Digital Humanities am Beispiel von KFHist“ (Digitales Althistorisches Colloquium), Berlin [together with J. Bigalke].
November 24, 2023, „Digital Humanities and online exhibitions“ (seminar Approaching Byzantium Through Seals), Köln.
Juni 5, 2024, “Review, renewal and relaunch of the web platform for Itinera Nova – a citizen science project of the City Archives Leuven and the Cologne Center for eHumanities” (Conference DH Benelux 2024), Leuven [together with B. Löbbert, C. Neufeind, H. Masure, L. Bastijns].
September 19, 2024, „Digitale Geisteswissenschaften mit der Hilfe von Enabling und Citizen Science: auf dem Weg zum vernetzten Wissensraum“ (conference Digital History & Citizen Science), Halle (Saale) [together with B. Löbbert, J. Bigalke, J. Blumtritt, C. Neuefeind].