Data Science and AI for Arts and Humanities
Our data science and AI activity in the Arts and Humanities investigates a wide range of topics, from the foundations of responsible and trustworthy AI to developing powerful tools such as virtual and augmented reality techniques, as well as employing data science and AI in digital humanities for natural language processing, large-scale data analytics for languages and to classify cultural heritages to deliver this. For example, in the creative arts, the role of AI in musical creativity and production links with other projects investigating music and social inclusion. We also support programmes looking at trust in AI and big data ethics, as well as digital forensics and making sense of collections.
If you are interested in speaking to someone in regards to any of these activities, or related areas of interest, please contact our Programme Director directly, or alternatively get in touch via the Centre email address (cdsai@glasgow.ac.uk).
Programme Director: Professor Louise Harris
Professor (Music), Dean of Graduate Studies (Arts & Humanities Administration)
We asked Professor Harris to answer a few questions about her background with data science and AI and her hopes for the future of the Centre for Data Science & AI.
Can you tell us about your background in Data Science and AI, and how your experiences have shaped your approach to the programme you'll be directing?
I work a lot with data in my own compositional work – using data as a way of structuring pieces or using creative and usually audiovisual interpretations of data to try to impact and enhance research processes other than my own. That’s where my primary interest in the centre came from. I’m also a really strong advocate of arts-science collaboration and the potential benefits of transdisciplinary approaches, so am excited about the possibilities of the centre from that perspective.
What are your key goals and aspirations for the programme you're leading, and what do you hope and/or envision the Centre's impact on the wider University will be?
I hope to make visible the really extraordinary work already going on in the arts and humanities in both of these fields, and to facilitate growth and expansion through working really closely with the other programmes. I’d really like to see a lot of exciting, transdisciplinary projects and research grants emerging out of the centre. As I’m also Dean of Graduate Studies for our college, I also have my strategic eye on the growth opportunities for PGRs in this space, so am hoping to capitalise on this in the longer term.
