Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee Presents
Software for the Past (SfP):
Digital Technologies to Study the Past and Present
8 December 2020 via Zoom
The conference is free, but registration is required. Register at:
https://forms.gle/YEWJYpkn7YWN6iKx7
Conference web site: http://sfp.kinneret.ac.il
13:45 – Conference Welcome – Organizing committee
13:50– Opening R emarks – Sibylle Heilbrunn, Dean School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Session 1: Photos from the Past Session Chair: Amir Tomer, Kinneret College
| 14:00 | Keynote: Computation and Grass Root History | Minna Rozen, University of Haifa |
| 14:40 | CemoMemo | Michael J May, Kinneret College Efrat Kantor, Kinneret College |
| 15:00 | Daily Photogrammetry-based Documentation in Hippos Excavations – Efficiency vs Quality / Benefits vs Drawbacks | Michael Eisenberg, University of Haifa |
Virtual Coffee Break –15:20 – 15:35
Session 2: Discovering the Past Next Door Session Chair: Giora Goodman, Kinneret College
| 15:35 | Homestead Hebrews | Tammy Hepps, Homestead Hebrews |
| 15:55 | How To Access Burial Data In Israel From Your Couch | Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage & IGRA |
| 16:15 | Local Story | Dafna Philip, Local Story |
Virtual Coffee Break – 16:35 – 16:50
Session 3: Analyzing the Past's Data and Media Session Chair: Orit Yaal, Kinneret College
| 16:50 | Constructing the Modern Jewish “Present”: Computational Analysis of Periodical Time Cycles in HaTzfira | Zef Segal, Open University of Israel Oren Soffer, Open University of Israel |
| 17:10 | Towards a Digital Atlas of Greco-Roman Anatomy: Methods and Challenges | Orly Lewis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 17:30 | Engaging with the Visual History of the Holocaust Through Digital Curation: The Case of the VHH-Media Management and Search Infrastructure | Ingo Zechner, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for History and Society Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Virtual Coffee Break – 17:50 – 18:05
Session 4: Mapping the Past Session Chair: Reuven Gafni, Kinneret College
| 18:05 | Mapping Ancient Synagogues – The Bornblum Eretz Israel Synagogues Website at Kinneret College | Chaim Ben David, Kinneret College Mechael Osband, Kinneret College |
| 18:25 | Kol ha-Nekudot/”All the Points”/”Kull al-NuqaE” An Interactive, Online Map of Israel and the Palestine Territories | Kol ha-Nekudot/”All the Points”/”Kull al-NuqaE” An Interactive, Online Map of Israel and the Palestine Territories |
Closing Remarks
| 18:45 | Closing and Farewell | Organizing committee |