Computational Archaeologist
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Digital Humanist
Compuational Archaeology & Digital Humanities
I currently hold the post of Digital Skills Training Manager at the Centre for Data, Culture, & Society and Edinburgh Future Institute. My role focuses on advancing digital humanities research within the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Through my work, I design and deliver courses and workshops on digital and computational methods, empowering researchers with practical skills. My teaching spans topics like databases, data visualisation, and statistical analysis, aiming to equip scholars with essential tools for digital and data-driven research.
I am also involved in organising immersive summer schools on text & data analysis through coding. These events foster collaboration and interdisciplinary exchange in the digital humanities community.
My background is in computational archaeology and I hold an MSc in Geotechnologies for Archaeology (Università degli Studi di Siena), a MA in Classical Archaeology (Università degli Studi di Padova) and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh.
Digital Humanities and using non-conventional methods to reconstruct the past has been a core part of my research and I have worked on interdisciplinary research projects ranging from cultural analytics and statistical approaches to data visualisation, image processing and geographical approaches.
I works on different aspects of compuational archaelogy and Digital Humanities
I have designed and taught workshop and courses both online and in person on different aspects of Digital Humanities.
Below are some examples:
Michielin, L. (2021). Fores et fenestrae. A Computational Study of Doors and Windows in Roman Domestic Space. Archaeopress, Roman Archaeology 82.[URL]
Michielin, L. (2019). Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2(1). guest editor with M. Astolfi and K. O’Donnell[URL]
Osborne N., Helgason I., Michielin L., Smyth M., Panneels I., Lechelt S., Parkinson C., Sulaiman Y., Warren K., Ross J. (2024). ‘Digital and Data Literacy and Models for Data Training and Upskilling for the Future Creative Industries’ in Creative Data Catalysts: Encouraging Innovation Through Technology in the Creative Industries (editors: Terras M., Speed C., OSborne N., Jones V. )
Michielin L. (Forthcoming). ‘Impact of (low) natural light in choice and perception of Roman house decoration’ in Quantifying the Subjective? Recent developments within Sensory Archaeology, Special Issue of Time and Mind Journal
Michielin L.(In Press). ‘Shedding Light in Roman Houses: Using 3D Reconstructions to Analyse the Use of Natural Light’ in Understanding Roman Archaeology by Experiment: A Handbook, Bloomsbury
Notarian M., Carpentero G., Michielin L., Franconi T.V., Rice C.M., Bloy D. and Farney G. (2022). ‘Digital Vacone: The Upper Sabina Tiberina Project’s Transition from 2B Pencils to 3D Mesh’, Studies in Digital Heritage, ,Vol 4, No.2[URL]
Michielin L., Astolfi M. and O’Donnell K. (2019). ‘Increasing International Perspectives in Theoretical Roman Archaeology’, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal,2(1)[URL]
Michielin L., Strapazzon G. (2016). ‘Il caso del sito delle Bestie Ferite (Aquileia). Dai sistemi proprietari non comunicanti ad un sistema integrato di gestione dei dati delle campagne di indagine’, in P. Basso, A. Caravale, P. Grossi (eds.), ARCHEOFOSS. Free, Libre and Open Source Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologica. Atti del IX Workshop (Verona, 19-20 giugno 2014), 106-114.[URL]
Michielin L., L. Novello M., Santi M. (2015). ‘Dal pronto intervento al restauro virtuale: il caso dello scavo della domus delle “Bestie Ferite” ad Aquileia (UD)’ in AISCOM. Atti Accademia Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico, XX, 429- 436
Faresin E., Boschetti C, Salemi G., Salvadori M., Michielin L. (2015). ‘Uno studio interdisciplinare del mosaico delle Bestie Ferite di Aquileia: rilievo 3D e rapid prototyping’ in AISCOM. Atti Accademia Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico, XX, 703-710
Pescarin S., Lucci Baldassarri G., Cerato I., Michielin L. (2012). ‘Laser scanner e Computer Vision a Montegrotto’, in Montegrotto Terme e il termalismo in Italia. Aggiornamenti e nuove prospettive di valorizzazione Atti del convegno Nazionale (14-15 Giugno) 2011
2021-2024: Creation of online toolboxes ‘Pathways of Learning’ on digital and data-driven methods for researchers in Humanities and Social Science.
2020: Sufi S., Nenadic A., Ainsworth R., Michielin L., Crouch S., Antonioletti M., Peru G. ‘Guidance for running online training’ DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3923947
Below are some of the projects I have worked on in the last years
Since 2021 I led the organisation of the CDCS annual summer school. The event focused on hands-on computational methods for data and text analysis. These week-long intensive events have taken different shapes across the years but each version has focused on helping researchers from higher education institutions develop their digital and computational skills.
Since 2016 I have been the GIS and Survey sepcialist for the Upper Sabina Tiberina Project at the Villa di Vacone excavation. The Upper Sabina Tiberina Project has been transitioning from paper-based documentation to entirely digitally based recording procedures involving the 3D recording of all archaeological context
I was the web developer for the DBL Project (Edinburgh Database of Byzantine Literati). For the project I implemented its database and maintained its Drupal-based website
The Aeclanum excavations are a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the Apolline Project. I worked mainly as survey coordinator and I was involved with the digital recording of the remains and the production of easily accessible interactive material for visitors of the archaeological park. As part of this project we developed a prototype for presenting data about the unexcavated portion of the Roman site [URL]
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