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\n Bianca Badajos, UCLA\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cUsing 3D Data to Document and Exhibit Cultural Heritage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bianca Badajos is a programmer for Lux Lab, UCLA Library\u2019s 3D Data Lab. She works on 3D data processing and visualization alongside researchers to effectively display 3D models.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Rashida Braggs, Williams College\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cExploring Volumetric Video Capture for Humanities Scholarship and Pedagogy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rashida Braggs is chair and professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Comparative Literature at Williams College.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Bryan Carter, University of Arizona\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cExploring Volumetric Video Capture for Humanities Scholarship and Pedagogy\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bryan Carter is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Director of the Center for Digital Humanities at University of Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Tom Chandler, Monash University\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Virtual Angkor”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Chandler is Associate Professor of Human Centered Computing at Monash University in Australia. His research explores 3D Modeling and virtual environments in research visualization.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Doug Daniels, UCLA\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cUsing 3D Data to Document and Exhibit Cultural Heritage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doug Daniels is an Emerging Technologies Librarian at UCLA\u2019s Data Science Center. His interests include digital asset management, data visualization, data mining, 3D preservation, privacy issues and cultural heritage preservation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Aftab Hafeez, Google\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cPlaying with Time: Great Perfection History in Virtual Reality\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aftab Hafeez is a spatial audio UX research engineer at Google. Aftab is also a visiting VR designer at Stanford University\u2019s Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Elaine Lai, Stanford University\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Playing with Time: Great Perfection History in Virtual Reality”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elaine Lai is lecturer for Civic, Liberal, and Global Education at Stanford University. She is a scholar of Buddhism, and completed her PhD in Religious Studies at Stanford in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Elizabeth Lee, CyArk\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Tapestry: Enhancing Engagement with Cultural Heritage through Multivocal Spatial Storytelling”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lee is Vice President of Programs and Development at CyArk. Originally trained as an archaeologist, Elizabeth has been applying 3D technologies to the cultural field for over a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Zack Lischer-Katz, University of Arizona\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cExploring Volumetric Video Capture for Humanities Scholarship and Pedagogy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zack Lischer-Katz is Assistant Professor of Digital Curation and Preservation at the University of Arizona College of Information Science.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Rita Lucarelli, University of California, Berkeley\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Recontextualizing Egypt’s Ancient Material Cultural Heritage: The ‘Return to the Tomb’ Project”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rita Lucarelli is Associate Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Culture, Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and a Fellow of the Digital Humanities at University of California, Berkeley.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Cindy Nguyen, UCLA\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Virtual Angkor”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cindy Nguyen is Assistant Professor in the Information Studies Department and Digital Humanities program at UCLA. She specializes in the history of libraries, information, and digital humanities. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Kelly Nguyen, UCLA\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: \u201cUsing 3D Data to Document and Exhibit Cultural Heritage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kelly Nguyen is Assistant Professor of Classics at UCLA and a member of the UCLA Mellon Data\/Social Justice Curriculum Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Carlos Francisco L\u00f3pez Ram\u00edrez, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “MUVIAN-Digital Innovation for the Historical Reconstruction of the Basin of Mexico”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlos Francisco L\u00f3pez Ram\u00edrez is a programmer and 3D designer at the Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n John Ristevski, CyArk\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Tapestry: Enhancing Engagement with Cultural Heritage through Multivocal Spatial Storytelling”<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Ristevski is the Chairman of the Board and CEO for CyArk. John has a Masters of Science degree from UC Berkeley and degrees from the University of Melbourne in both Geomatic Engineering and Law.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Jesus Gerardo Medina Sanchez, Museo Virtual An\u00e1huac\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “MUVIAN-Digital Innovation for the Historical Reconstruction of the Basin of Mexico”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus Gerardo Medina Sanchez is a 3D designer for the Museo Virtual An\u00e1huac.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Elaine Sullivan, University of California, Santa Cruz\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project:“Recontextualizing Egypt’s Ancient Material Cultural Heritage: The ‘Return to the Tomb’ Project”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elaine Sullivan is an Associate Professor of Egyptology in the History Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a digital humanist whose first book, <\/span>Constructing the Sacred<\/span><\/i>, was born digital in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Sarah Swanz, Washington University, St. Louis\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Facilitating Access to Hidden Collections with 3D Models”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Swanz is the Digital Humanities librarian and Data Curator for deposits into Wash U Research Data.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Harper Tooch, Washington University, St. Louis\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Project: “Facilitating Access to Hidden Collections with 3D Models”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harper Tooch is a 3D Visualization Specialist at Washington University in St. Louis. 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