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Miray Özmutlu is an undergraduate student at Minerva University, majoring in History with a minor in Digital Practices. With a passion for delving into the intersection of technology and humanities, Miray is driven to pursue a PhD in digital humanities. Her professional interests lie in spatial and textual analysis, mainly applied to historical events and ethnographic research. Beyond academics, Miray spends most of her time reading and writing creative non-fiction; she is currently one of the editors of Napkins Magazine, the only art and culture magazine at Minerva University.

Alexandre Gefen, Directeur de Recherche (Full Research Professor) at the CNRS Theory and History of Modern Art and Literature Laboratory (UMR7172, THALIM, CNRS / University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3- Ecole Normale Supérieure), is a historian of ideas and literature. He is the author of numerous articles and essays on culture, contemporary literature and literary theory. He was one of the pioneers of Digital Humanities in France. He is the director of the Culturia IA research project, which focuses on the history and cultural issues of artificial intelligence.

Researcher | Computational Humanities | 3D mapping and Drones technologies

Learning designer and AI content specialist, interested in human-computer-interaction, cognitive science of learning, and philosophy of information. His work has been published by the Journal for the Center of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning out of Boston University, as well as the Oxford-based, Seisma Magazine. He holds a BA in Philosophy, and an MA in Education & Educational Technology.

Third Year Digital Media and Culture BA

Graduate from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis with MA in History (Concentration in Public History) and MS in Library and Information Sciences

Maria Laura Chiacchio, born in Naples in 1971, holds degrees in Art History and Literature and a PhD in Museum Education. She has worked as a consultant for museums and archaeological sites and as a researcher on cultural heritage projects. Currently, she teaches Art History in Italian public schools.

Assistant professor at the University of Naples "Federico II"

Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter

History Major and Religious Studies minor at Murray State University

Holds an MA in History from the University of Calgary. Her area of study was 15th to 17th-century religious dissidence in England. After several years of working in the public safety sector, Sarah is now a freelance writer, researcher, and passionate amateur historian. She is the administrator of The Tudor Book Club Facebook group and has a blog, History Tea.

Victoria Clark earned her BA in History with Highest Honors from The University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Her award-winning honors thesis provided a quantitative analysis of how the transition to capitalism was rooted in gendered divisions of labor. Her research interests encompass digital humanities, Early Modern Northern Europe, and cultural histories. Over the past decade, she has held diverse corporate roles in recruiting, sales, management, and market research.

Holds a Master's degree in Digital Humanities and a Bachelor's in Greek Philology

Master’s Degree in Digital Humanities. Experienced in machine learning and natural language processing, dedicated to developing advanced algorithms that enhance data interpretation and automate complex tasks in various tech industries.

Writer and editor

Bay Area-based writer and editor who began her examination of how technology impacts the human experience in New York when she worked as a journalist and editor for a trade publication focused on advertising production. Since then, she has worked for a variety of tech and media companies, and cultural and academic institutions, including U.C. Berkeley and San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Her novel, Jane Is Everywhere, was published in 2018.

Julianna DeSilvia is an international historical and language researcher and educator. She has completed research focused on the benefits of a global citizenship education in high school US history classrooms and is currently focused on the intersectionality between disciplinary structures and language acquisition in educational settings.

Complexity Scientist, Data Scientist, and Machine Learning Engineer with 15 years experience as a technical practitioner in both research and industry. She is currently working on the World School History Project, applying human-in-the-loop methods to develop a multi-perspective knowledge base of school history curricula and learning materials.

Research Fellow at Department of Humanities, University of Catania (Italy)

The author writes about what value can be created at the intersection of historical science and AI for different types of stakeholders.

Research Fellow at King’s College, Cambridge, where he works as part of the Silk Roads Programme.

Mark Humphries is a Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has published widely on various aspects of Canadian history and war and society. He is currently focused on the fur trade in North America and in exploring ways to use AI to support historical research.

Amateur historian specialising in European Medieval times with three decades of experience, and an avid collector. A thinker and practitioner, aspiring to empower historical methodology with AI technologies.

Author reflecting on the application of philosophical principles of determinism and the inherent limitation of knowledge in studying past and future social systems, drawing insights from a 25-year tenure in corporate strategy theory and practice.