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Foundations of Digital Humanities: Introduction
This lecture introduces the course 'Foundations of Digital Humanities', emphasizing collaboration and knowledge building among students and instructors. It covers the establishment of the Digital Humanities Laboratory and Institute at EPFL, the Master and Doctoral programs, and the partnership with the University of Lausanne. The lecture details the course structure, focusing on technical pipelines for digitizing various media, important algorithms like deep learning, and knowledge modeling. It also highlights platform management aspects and the collective project students will engage in.