Maximilian Schich - On Complexity, Cognition and Art

Publication List
July 25, 2008 version
Contact maximilian@schich.info for preprints.
 
Talks:
Maximilian Schich and Sune Lehmann: Generating 2-Dimensional Overviews from a Bi-Partite Classification of Images. Contributed Talk at NetSci'08 - International Workshop and Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, Norwich Bioscience Institutes, Norwich, UK, June 23-27, 2008.
 
Palladio’s Imperial Roman Baths as a Central Node in the Complex Network of Visual Citation. Lecture at the Society of Architectural Historians 61st Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 23-27, 2008 (awarded with the SAH Annual Meeting Fellowship of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation).
 
Adding Art Research Data to the Giant Global Graph. Presentation at the Cambridge Semantic Web Gathering (organized by Tim Berners-Lee), Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge/MA, April 8, 2008.
 
Implementing the CIDOC CRM in Metaweb's Freebase.com. Presentation at 15th FRBR - CIDOC CRM Harmonization meeting, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, December 4-7, 2007 (for the implementation sketch see <http://www.freebase.com/view/user/maximilianschich/CIDOC_CRM>).
 
Integrating ‘very old’ sources with modern research. Lecture at the 'International Congress [on] Cultural Heritage und New Technologies: Workshop 12: Archaeology & Computers', 'Workshop 1: Publishing "old" excavations with new technologies Part 3', Stadtarchäologie Vienna, November 5-7, 2007. (for abstract see <http://www.stadtarchaeologie.at/tagung/archiv/ws12/12ws.htm>).
 
Sample und Remix in Kopie und Rekonstruktion. Lecture at the international congress 'The Originality of Copies. Copies as Produces and Media of the Transformations of Antiquity', SFB 644 Transformationen der Antike, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, November 2-3, 2007.
 
The Network of (Antique) Reception: Evolution, Self-Similarity and Transmission. Lecture at 'Dynamics On and Of Complex Networks. A Satellite Workshop of European Conference on Complex Systems', Dresden, October 1-5, 2007. (for abstract see <http://www.cel.iitkgp.ernet.in/~eccs07/camera_ready.pdf>).
 
Beyond the Paragone: Addressability and Access. Lecture at the 13th EAA (i.e. European Association of Archeologists) Annual Meeting (September 18-23, 2007, Zadar, Croatia), ‘Archaeology and the Modern World’ Session 13: ‘Is Invention the Mother of Necessity?’. (for session abstract see <http://www.unizd.hr/LinkClick.aspx?link=Carver.pdf&tabid=1436&mid=1868>).
 
Reception and Transmission of Visual Information as Complex Networks. Lecture at the 'International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks', Transylvanian Summer School Series, Teleki Educational Center, Sovata, Romania, July 15-20, 2007. (book of abstracts see <http://www.summerschools.ro/csn/upload/abstracts.pdf>).
 
Sample and Remix in Building Reconstruction. Lecture presented at the Study Day 'Terme di Caracalla - le ultime ricerche', Istituto Storico Austriaco and Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Rome. March 1-2, 2007.
 
L‘immagine delle Terme di Traiano nel Codice Destailleur e in vedute d‘epoca. Lecture presented at ‚Giornata di studi: Scavi nelle Terme di Traiano sul Colle Oppio‘, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Rome. October 20, 2005.
 
The Functions of the Roman Baths in the 16th Century. Paper presented at ‚Congresso AISU‘, Università Roma Tre. June 26, 2004.
 
Tradierung visueller Information am Beispiel der Kaiserthermen in Rom. CENSUS lecture, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. June 22, 2004.
 
Roman Imperial Baths and the Codex Destailleur. A Big Picture. Lecture presented at ‚International Study Day on the Codex Destailleur‘, Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History), Rome. April 26, 2004.
 
Zur visuellen Tradierung der Kaiserthermen. Workshop Lecture, Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History), Rome. November 27, 2003.
 
Die Internetoberfläche von Projekt Dyabola. ‚New Media Workshop‘ lecture, Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History) Rome. July 8, 2002.
 
Panel Discussion with Ecke Bonk. at Sarat Maharaj‘s seminar ‚Thinking Documenta & Doing Documenta‘, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. November 15, 2001.
 
The CENSUS of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance. Collaborative lecture with Peter Seiler and Tatjana Bartsch at the convention ‚Prometheus - Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung und Lehre‘, University of Cologne, September 13, 2001. (for abstract see <http://prometheus-web.uni-koeln.de/web/work_18.htm>).
 
The New DYABOLA Web Interface. Presentation at the workshop ‚They Never Covered This in Library School: Basic Resources in Ancient Art and Archeology‘, Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), 28th annual conference, Pittsburgh/PA, March 18, 2000.
 
Posters:
Maximilian Schich with Sune Lehmann, Juyong Park and Cesar Hidalgo: Dissecting the Canon: Visual Subject Co-Popularity Networks in Art Research. Poster presented at International Workshop on Challenges and Visions in the Social Sciences, Semper's lecture hall of ETH Zurich, Switzerland, August 18-23, 2008.
 
Maximilian Schich with Cesar Hidalgo, Sune Lehmann and Juyong Park: The Network of Subject Co-Popularity in Classical Archaeology. Poster presented at the 17th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Palazzo della FAO, Rome, September 22-26, 2008.
 
Articles:
Steffen Krämer; Maximilian Schich: How Simple Life Deconstructs Utopia in: Stephan Doesinger (Hrsg.): Space Between People. Munich: Prestel 2008 pp. 30-45 (Official Book of the 1st International Architectural Competition in Second Life; see <http://www.sl-award.com>) (buy at Amazon.com).
 
Caracalla-Thermen. in: Christina Strunck (Hrsg.): Rom. Meisterwerke der Baukunst von der Antike bis heute. Festgabe für Elisabeth Kieven. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag 2007 pp. 58-61 (buy at publisher)
 
L‘immagine delle Terme di Traiano nel Codice Destailleur e in altre vedute d‘epoca. in: La Rocca, Eugenio (ed.): Scavi nelle terme di traiano. Bulletino della Commissione archeologica communale di Roma. Supplementum 2008 (in print).
 
Terme e basilica di Massenzio. in: Fiore, Francesco Paolo (ed.): La Roma di Leon Battista Alberti. Umanisti, architetti e artisti alla scoperta dell‘antico nella città del Quattrocento. Exhibition Catalogue, Rome 2005 pp. 274-281. (buy from Abebooks.com)
 
Book:
Reception and Transmission as Complex Networks. The CENSUS and visual Documents on Imperial Baths in Rome. (Diss.) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2007. (in preparation; for abstract see <http://www.schich.info/en/dissertation_abstract.htm>)
 
Databases:
THERMAE. Visual Documents on the Imperial Baths in Rome. Preliminary adress: http://thermae.schich.info (in preparation)
 
Vinzenz Brinkmann; Maximilian Schich; Ulrike Wurnig et al.: The Electronic Inventory of the Glyptothek in Munich. DVD Munich 1996-2006. (for abstract see <http://www.dyabola.de/en/projects/detail/glyp.htm>)
 
Patent:
Method Producing Scalable Image Matrices. Priority: August 7, 2006; PCT application pending at European Patent Office (EPO) filed by Bibliotheca Hertziana and Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH; Technology offer see <http://tinyurl.com/29rb9l>; Full text see <http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2008017430>.
 
Statements and Reviews:
Comment: Re: Q: digital image databases. [Fundamental thoughts from a researcher‘s point of view]. in: H-Arthist Mailing-List (March 22, 2005). URL: <http:// h-net.msu.edu/ cgi-bin/ logbrowse.pl?trx=vx& list=H-ArtHist&month=0503& msg=AEPleFv6AhhcxkNNxZe1Ag>
 
Conference Review: Datenbanken in den Geisteswissenschaften. Arbeitsgespräch in der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rom, 18. Juli 2003. in: H-SOZ-U-KULT (September 10, 2003). URL: <http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=286>
 
Book Review: Anna Schreurs: Antikenbild und Kunstanschauungen des neapolitanischen Malers, Architekten und Antiquars Pirro Ligorio (1513-1583). Köln 2000 in: Kunstform 2 (2001) No. 02. URL: <http:// www.arthistoricum.net /index.php? id=276& ausgabe=2001_02& review_id=6038>.
 
Documentation:
Numerous public and internal manuals for Projekt Dyabola in English and German: Among others the general User Manual (2001) and with Vinzenz Brinkmann the manuals for the CENSUS (1999), the Winckelmann-Database (2000) and the Subject Catalogues of Publications on the Ancient World (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) (2001). All manuals named above are published online at <http://www.dyabola.de/en/manual/manual.htm>.
July 25, 2008