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== Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute https://www.torontosri.ca/ The University of Toronto Program Committee Chair, ICTD 2022 https://ictd.org/ictd2022/
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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Adrien Zakar adrien.zakar@utoronto.ca Date: Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 2:38 PM Subject: request to circulate: Paid Student Opportunity | Jackman Scholars-in-Residence program | May 2-27 To: ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu
* Dear Ishtiaque (if I may), I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to ask you if you could circulate the call for applications below among your students and circles. My name is Adrien Zakar and I am assistant professor at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (NMC) and the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST). This summer I will be heading a project on the history of maps, visual practices, and geographical knowledge in Middle Eastern languages. I am looking for students with specific interests and expertise with Python, Git, 3D development software (Unity), and design concepts. We began working with materials in Turkish, Arabic, and French, and we plan on expanding to Armenian, Hebrew and Greek in the coming months. I am thus searching for talented students with at least one of these sets of rare skills. In addition to interacting with the SiR community, students will join a network of student programmers, architects, and humanists who have been involved in early stages working from UdeM, Stanford, and Yale. Jackman Scholars-in-Residence (SiR) is an intensive, 4-week paid research opportunity in humanities and social sciences for upper-year undergraduates, happening May 2-27, 2022. SiR provides students with an opportunity to acquire advanced research skills and experience while collaborating with an interdisciplinary and intellectually vibrant community of peers, professors, and research professionals. Students selected for SiR work as Research Assistants in small teams on projects led by professors. Eligible students must apply by Feb. 28, 2022 and be selected to work on one of the projects listed. For more information on the SiR program, visit: https://vic.utoronto.ca/academic-programs/scholars-in-residence/ https://vic.utoronto.ca/academic-programs/scholars-in-residence/ PROJECT DESCRIPTION Instruments of Empire with Adrien Zakar This project will gather a team of RAs and student programmers to investigate a forgotten history of when modern mapping became part of everyday life, from paper maps and pocket atlases to aerial photography, satellite imagery, drones, and GPS. Student RAs will develop cutting-edge methods in digital research and spatial analysis, recenter non-hegemonic voices in the archive, and contribute to the creation of a platform for humanities research and world heritage particularly in the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. A previous team laid the foundations of a searchable engine (https://bit.ly/cisternwebsite https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fcisternwebsite&data=04%7C01%7Cadrien.zakar%40utoronto.ca%7Ce5dbbd62f6f84f3e321208d9e506f034%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C637792640220448130%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yhJ5wE8DfFf0WzXZj0XHOiDi3DLpDpDPKKL%2BXbq4bG4%3D&reserved=0) and experimented with a 3D research room (https://bit.ly/cisternvideo https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbE9wGRQtfs0&data=04%7C01%7Cadrien.zakar%40utoronto.ca%7Ce5dbbd62f6f84f3e321208d9e506f034%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C637792640220458089%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=oENmGmx1tMBaDf%2FurZWUv7DigEayPQbTbnEkdZXzz8w%3D&reserved=0). Relevant skills and interests include: navigating large digital archives and databases; Turkish, French, or Arabic language skills; familiarity with Python, Git or 3D Software (Unity). Feel free to mention previous coursework in related fields. *
*Adrien Zakar* Assistant Professor Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology University of Toronto website http://adrienzakar.com/