A New Director for the Digital Humanities section at EPFL
Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez © 2018 EPFL
The Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) announced the appointment of Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez as the new Director of the Digital Humanities Section (SoDH) at EPFL. The section is in charge of the Master of Science in Digital Humanities program.
Prof. Gatica-Perez has been a lecturer in the DH Master program from its start in August 2017 and has been very much involved in the creation and set-up of this program from the beginning. He leads the Social Computing Group at Idiap (1) and is a faculty member of the School of Engineering (STI) and the College of Humanities (CDH) at EPFL. Prof. Gatica-Perez is taking over the position from Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk who has been the Director since 2015, date of its creation.
Prof. Süsstrunk, current director of the DHI commented: “I am extremely happy to have Daniel take over this position. Based on his experience both in Digital Humanities and in teaching, I feel he will be a great asset to the program. I wish him all the best in this new role”.
“I look forward to working with my DHI colleagues to consolidate the master program, building upon the strengths of the Institute and the teaching innovation culture at EPFL.” added Prof. Gatica-Perez.
The Digital Humanities Institute is happy to welcome Prof. Gatica-Perez in his new position and would like to take this opportunity to thank Prof. Süsstrunk for her engagement in the creation and set-up of the institute and the master program over these years.
About EPFL and its Digital Humanities Institute
With more than 300 laboratories and research groups on campus, EPFL is one of Europe’s most innovative and productive technology institutes. EPFL hosts a Digital Humanities Institute composed of five professors and two senior advisors who carry out research in the fields of Digital Humanities, Experimental Museology, Social Media & Computing, Digital & Cognitive Musicology, Literature, and Social Science. More than 48 collaborations with 44 institutes in 15 countries are already ongoing. It has also developed a Master of Science in Digital Humanities, which offers a two-year program of excellence in both the Data Science and Digital Humanities fields and brings graduates to positions of responsibility in cultural institutions and industries.
(1) The Idiap Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit research foundation affiliated with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).