The document outlines the development of e-science initiatives in the arts and humanities, including funding and collaborative projects aimed at sharing resources in a secure environment. It details various workshops, lectures, and research undertakings by different universities and researchers to promote e-science methodologies. Key areas of focus include geographic information systems, virtual environments, and enhancing the accessibility of humanities data.

1. Arts and Humanities e-Science Theme Edinburgh 21st March 2007

2. 'The development and deployment of a networked infrastructure and culture through which resources - be they processing power, data, expertise, or person power - can be shared in a secure environment, in which new forms of collaboration can emerge, and new and advanced methodologies explored' - AHDS e-Science Scoping Study 2006 http://ahds.ac.uk/e-science/e-science-scoping-study.htm

3. 2005: Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative Arts and Humanities Research Council (est. April 2005) Joint Information Systems Committee 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 Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (2006) http://www.ahessc.ac.uk

4. 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, Queen’s 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) 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)

5. Stuart Dunn Co-directors Research Associates Lorna Hughes Sheila Anderson Tobias Blanke

6. eSI THEME 7 public lectures (April - July) International Expert Seminar (September) Training Workshops (Autumn) Workgroups (January-April 2008) Lectures on e-Science projects (Autumn)

7. eSI THEME 7 Lectures (April-July 2007) April 30th: Opening lecture: Sheila Anderson (AHeSSC) June 18th: Methods and Technologies for Enabling Virtual Research Communities June 19th: Ontologies and Semantic Interoperability for Humanities Data June 20th: Collaborative Text Editing July 2nd: Grid Enabling Humanities Datasets July 6th: E-Science and Performance July 23rd: Aspects of Space and Time in Humanities e-Science http://www.ahessc.ac.uk/theme

8. J. Unsworth : The ACLS Cyberinfrastructure report (TBC) M. Hedges : Grid enabling humanities datasets N. Gold : Opportunities for A&H and Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services M. Greengrass : Semantic Integration and ontologies G. Crane : Challenges for the Perseus project D. Shepherd & A. Prescott: Methods and Technologies for Enabling Virtual Research Communities P. Ainsworth & M. Meredith : The Virtual Vellum project A. Piccini : Performing in virtual venues H. Denard: The London Charter and e-Science visualization G. Sporton : E-Science and Performance J. Garces & G. Bodard : Collaborative text editing and annotating S. Dunn : Spatial analysis and geospatial data on the grid S. Jeffrey : Aspects of Space and Time in Humanities e-Science

9. J. Unsworth : The ACLS Cyberinfrastructure report (TBC) M. Hedges : Grid enabling humanities datasets N. Gold : Opportunities for A&H and Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services M. Greengrass : Semantic Integration and ontologies G. Crane : Challenges for the Perseus project D. Shepherd & A. Prescott: Methods and Technologies for Enabling Virtual Research Communities P. Ainsworth & M. Meredith : The Virtual Vellum project A. Piccini : Performing in virtual venues H. Denard: The London Charter and e-Science visualization G. Sporton : E-Science and Performance J. Garces & G. Bodard : Collaborative text editing and annotating S. Dunn : Spatial analysis and geospatial data on the grid S. Jeffrey : Aspects of Space and Time in Humanities e-Science

10. SPACE AND TIME: METHODS IN GEOSPATIAL COMPUTING FOR MAPPING THE PAST Scale Heterogeneity Standards and Metadata 23rd and 24th July ‘ ASPECTS OF SPACE AND TIME IN HUMANITIES E-SCIENCE’ Stuart Jeffrey Femke Reitsma

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