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CUDAN ERA Chair #

Maximilian Schich
Professor of Cultural Data Analytics / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Tallinn University

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CUDAN Team Faculty #

Indrek Ibrus
Prof. of Media Innovation & Head, Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT) / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Tallinn University

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Marek Tamm
Professor of Cultural History& Head, TLU Centre of Excellence in Intercultural Studies & Head, Estonian Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts / School of Humanities, Tallinn University

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Sirje Virkus
Prof. of Information Science & Head, Study Area: Information Sciences / School of Digital Technology of Tallinn University.

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CUDAN Team Coordinator #

Sandra Kaljumäe
Project Coordinator / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Tallinn University

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CUDAN Senior Research Fellows #

Andres Karjus
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University

Computational Linguist - Investigates language and culture dynamics using big data. Read more [...]

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Ksenia Mukhina
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University

Computer Scientist - Towards understanding urban socio-cultural dynamics using Computational Social Science & Machine Learning. Read more [...]

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Mila Oiva
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University

Cultural Historian - Towards understanding circulation of knowledge & pseudohistory online. Read more [...]

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Mikhail Tamm
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University

Physicist - Works on application of statistical physics ideas in the interdisciplinary contexts. Read more [...]

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CUDAN Junior Research Fellows #

Yan Asadchy
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University

HCI Researcher - Cultural data analytics of internet culture and self-representation on social media Read more [...]

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Hanna Jemmer
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University

Media Policy Researcher - Investigating data use practices and innovation opportunities in media institutions. Read more [...]

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Antonina Korepanova
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University

Artist - A transformed art school: Collective art making using cultural data. Read more [...]

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Mark Mets
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University

Cultural Semiotician - Exploring the possibilities of researching cultural othering with cultural data analysis Read more [...]

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Tillmann Ohm
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University

Artist - Using knowledge graphs and machine learning for algorithmic curation of digital artefacts. Read more [...]

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Mar Canet Solà
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University

Artist - Latent spaces of cultural meaning: Enabling & understanding multimodal interaction using AI. Read more [...]

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CUDAN Advisory Board #

Taaniel Raudsepp, Undersecretary for Art in the Ministry of Culture

Luukas Kristjan Ilves, Undersecretary and e-government COO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication

Ott Jalakas, Co-founder and COO of Lingvist

Pille Runnel, Research director-deputy director Estonian National Museum

Jaan Tallinn, Co-founder of Skype, co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, founder of the Future of Life Institute

Julio M. Ottino, R.R. McCormick Institute Professor and Dean of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University

CUDAN Academic Advisory Board #

Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research – New England, Research Affiliate at Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT

José van Dijck, Distinguished University Professor, Utrecht University

John Hartley, Distinguished Professor and the previous Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University in Australia; Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University

Lucy Küng, Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, Oxford University, Non-Executive Board Member of SRG; Content Advisory Board Member of the NZZ Media Group, and Visiting Professor of Media Innovation at the University of Oslo

Tobias Ley, ERA Chair Professor for Learning Analytics and Educational Innovation in Tallinn University

Lev Manovich, Professor in Computer Science at the City University of New York; Director of Cultural Analytics Lab, Faculty member of Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design in Moscow

Robin Mansell, Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science

CUDAN Alumni #

Vejune Zemaityte
Senior Research Fellow (Fall 2020 to Spring 2023) / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University

Cultural Industries Researcher - Computational cinema studies to understand industry dynamics including gender & diversity. Read more [...]

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Tasweer Ahmad (Fall 2020 to Fall 2022)
Senior Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University

Information scientist using deep learning to recognize objects in stylized images, such as artworks. Read more [...]

Mariliis Niinemägi
Project Coordinator (Spring 2020 to Fall 2022) / CUDAN

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