A leading international figure in the field of Digital Humanities, Melissa Terras is Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Founding Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society, Director of Research at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and Co-Director of Creative Informatics. This extraordinary person is a pioneer in digital innovation and a passionate champion of enriching humanities scholarship through applied computing. Professor Melissa Terras: digital pioneer A leading international figure in the field of Digital Humanities, Melissa Terras has surprisingly never had a career plan. Instead, she has trusted her curiosity and held to a belief that the space between computer science and the humanities is where the magic happens. Transkribus is transforming scholarship in the archives A spinout formed by a team including Professor Melissa Terras is using AI-powered handwritten text recognition (HTR) to give researchers, institutions and the public unprecedented access to written records of global cultural heritage. Ten questions with Professor Melissa Terras Ten questions with Professor Melissa Terras This article was published on 2024-07-01
