Date and location: 3rd August, Dana Study (Floor 1), Dana Centre, London (165 Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5HD). 11:00-16:30

Heritage Connector was an 18-month Foundation project led by the Science Museum Group, funded through the Towards a National Collection funding stream. The project inspired the initial Congruence Engine application and has been influential throughout its development. This workshop is aimed at re-visiting Heritage Connector to ensure Congruence Engine and its current researchers and collaborators are able to benefit from HC’s findings as we move towards the final 14 months of the project.

Heritage Connector Final Report.pdf

Dutia, K. and Stack, J., Heritage Connector: A Machine Learning Framework for Building Linked Open Data from Museum Collections. Applied AI Letters. 2021;e23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ail2.23

Agenda for the day:

  1. 11:00 - 12:00: Presentations from the Heritage Connector and Congruence Engine teams
    1. Heritage Connector: Kalyan Dutia, Jamie Unwin, Jane Winters, John Stack
    2. Congruence Engine: Tim Boon, Alex Butterworth

12:00 - 12:45: Lunch

  1. 12:45 - 14:00: Technical discussion An opportunity to discuss the technical details of the Heritage Connector project - from the code to the technical architecture needed and used.

14:00 - 14:30: Refreshment break

  1. 14:30 - 16:30: Considerations for Congruence Engine Based on the presentations and conversations throughout the day, what can the Congruence Engine meaningfully take and develop from Heritage Connector over the next year.

Attendees:

Tim Boon, Alex Butterworth, Kalyan Dutia, Jane Winters, John Stack, Arran Rees, Helen Graham, Jamie Unwin, Nina Webb-Bourne, Carol Chung, Asa Calow, Felix Needham-Simpson, Sarah Middle (online), Kaspar Beelen, Kunika Kono, Daniel Belteki, Sefania Zardini-Lacdelli, Stuart Prior, Daria Cybulska, Jack Pay, Nayomi, Anna-Maria Sichani (online), Tasha Kitcher (online).

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