Job Title: Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Digital Technologies - Art and Material Culture of Antiquity
About the Role:
We are seeking a dynamic research leader in the field of digital and/or AI development and its application to the material culture or iconography of the Classical World.
The Successful Candidate:
* Will be based in the School of Classics, one of the oldest Classics departments in the country and home of a unique national resource, the UCD Classical Museum.
* Will contribute to and advise on international best practice for digital projects already in progress under way in the School, including the development of a virtual Classical Museum, the digitisation of the Museum's collection, and the analysis of archaeological datasets from our fieldwork projects.
* Will apply for external research funding annually and develop a high-impact research cluster of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers within the School of Classics.
Potential Areas of Research:
* Big Data analysis by Machine Learning on artefact or iconographic assemblages
* Digital restoration/simulation of ancient buildings, monuments, objects and art
* Development of digitisation technologies
* Predictive modelling and archaeological sites
* Digital technologies for pedagogy and public engagement, including XR
* Digital reunification and repatriation, and decolonisation of collections
* Ethics and digital cultural heritage data
* AI and collections management
* Generative AI and creativity in cultural heritage
Collaborations:
* Close working relationship between Classics and the School of Art History and Cultural Policy
* Access to state-of-the-art photogrammetry equipment and other technical, administrative and research support
* Strategic research and teaching links with other relevant centres of expertise across the university
Taught Programmes:
The Fellow will support and enhance the undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes of the Schools of Classics and AHCP by contributing to and developing modules on ancient art and material culture, as well as on methods and theories in digitisation and AI.
Appointment Details:
* Five-year appointment with the possibility of permanency after a four-year performance review