This is Giulia, a D-Real-funded PhD candidate based at the University College Dublin, School of Information and Communication Studies.
Ph.D. Research
Area & Topics
My PhD research is oriented towards the understanding of how Computer Vision and Machine Learning applications are implemented by memory organisations to deal with digitised collections, and how this implementation impacts their working practices.
Core Topics
Artificial Intelligence / Computer Vision
Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums
Digital Preservation
Information and Communication Studies
About me
In 2014 I obtained my MSc in Quaternary, Prehistory, and Archaeology at the University of Ferrara (Italy); the same year I got involved in the excavation at the Terramara of Pilastri, where I had the opportunity to work there as a Digital and Community Archaeologist until 2020. After spending a year researching digital humanities at the Cyprus University of Technology, I moved to Ireland after winning the Ph.D. position I currently hold.
ICTs
Visual design and data science are among my best assets, now expanding toward more specific applications.
Archaeology
Yes! I am an experienced digital and community archaeologist – my original research area.
Plants
I grew up in a garden, so my interest in archaeobotany and plant biology and evolution came… naturally.
Last Activities
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION + PAPER
“That’s not Damning with Faint Praise”: Understanding the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Preservation Tasks
— iConference 2023 \ Normality, Virtuality, Inclusivity, Physicality. March 27-29 2023, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_18
CO-AUTHORED PAPER
“So how do we balance all of these needs?”: how the concept of AI technology impacts digital archival expertise
— Journal of Documentation, 22 October 2022 https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-08-2022-0170
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
A Welcome to the Machine? Archival Access and Content Retrieval in the Context of Artificial Intelligence
— IRF Final International Conference: Digital Archives, Big Data and Memory. 24-26 August 2022, Aalborg University, Copenhagen.
“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters.
