Curriculum Vitae
December 20, 2009 version
Including: Summary | Education | Professional Activities | Grants and Awards | Skills
Please contact maximilian@schich.info for further references concerning skills and activities listed below.
Dr. phil. Maximilian Schich M.A.
CCNR - BarabásiLab | Northeastern University
110 Forsyth St., 111 Dana | Boston, MA 02115 | U.S.A.
http://www.schich.info | maximilian@schich.info
Tel: +1 (617) 817-7880 | Nationality: German
Summary
Current research focus
Complex Networks in Art History and Archaeology.
Experience
Dr. phil. & Magister Artium in Art History. see education
Post-Doc experience bridging art research and science collaborating with researchers across disciplines at BarabásiLab and Max-Planck Society. see professional activities
10 years plus consulting experience working with network data in art research, brokering within the tetrahedron of project-partners, users, programmers and customers, in particular with Projekt Dyabola. see professional activities
Education
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
April 2001 - May 2007
Dr. phil. in Art History on Reception and Transmission as Complex Networks. The CENSUS and visual Documents on Imperial Baths in Rome. with Prof.
Horst Bredekamp and Prof.
Arnold Nesselrath; magna cum laude. see publication list
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
September 1995 - March 2001
Magister Artium in Art History, Classical Archaeology and Psychology. Thesis on Roman bath ground plans in Renaissance drawings. Exemplary studies on evolution and impact. with Prof.
Hubertus Kohle; grade: 1,26 (1=best, 5=worst), i.e. very good.
Professional Activities
Center for Complex Networks Research (CCNR), Northeastern University, Boston
April 2009 - March 2011
Visiting Associate Research Scientist examining Complex Networks in Art Research with Prof. Albert-Lázló Barabási.
February 2008 - April 2008
Visiting Associate Research Scientist examining phenomenons of Burstiness and Time in Art History with Prof. Albert-Lázló Barabási.
Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History), Rome
January | June - October 2008
Co-PI with Prof. Sybille Ebert-Schifferer in a project on Pictorial Construction in Annibale Carracci‘s and Caravaggio‘s Paintings.
European Commission, Brussels
May 2008
Evaluating expert within the 7th Framwork Program (FP7), Future & Emerging Technologies (FET).
Projekt Dyabola, Munich
Dyabola Program Development.
May 1998 - December 2007
Conception, development and localization of new and improved functionality of the Dyabola toolset with Dr. Ralf Biering and Prof. Vinzenz Brinkmann. Continous integration of needs, necessities and possibilities gathered from users, project partners and engineers into a comprehensive product vision.
Dyabola Web-Interface.
May 1998 - May 2006
Planning, rapid prototyping and implementation of several version iterations with Dr. Ralf Biering and Prof. Vinzenz Brinkmann. First public terminals were presented at two exhibitions in May 1998 (Ausser Rom ... nichts schönes auf der Welt by Winckelmann Gesellschaft Stendal at Schloss Wörlitz) and December 1998 (Hochrenaissance im Vatikan at Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle Bonn).
Dyabola Partner and Customer Consulting.
June 1997 - December 2007
... including various library catalogue and research database projects: for e.g. of Roman Germanic Commission (RGK), Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Staedelsches Kunstinstitut Frankfurt, Winckelmann Gesellschaft Stendal and individual researchers; production of manuals; presentations and on-site customer support in Germany, Europe and the U.S., winning several new institutional customers worth $25.000, like the Metropolitan
Museum and the Institute of the Fine Arts at ARLIS/NA and VRA conferences.
Inventory Database of Museum für Abgüsse München (MfA).
December 1999 and June 2004
Analysis and consulting concerning data revision, imaging and connectivity to Prometheus-Bildarchiv.
Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance.
June 1997 - May 2006
Analysis and consulting concerning various major data revision issues and general workflow.
Dr. Pfanner GmbH
September - October 1997
Restoration of the Munich Siegestor. Masonry works and documentary photography.
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek München
Exhibitions.
December 1997 - January 1998 and July 2000
Das Feige(n)blatt und Der Torso - Ruhm und Rätsel. Production of facsimile in Prof. Raimund
Wünsche's and Prof. Vinzenz
Brinkmann's. team.
Inventar
der Glyptothek.
November 1996 - October 1998
Revision and photographic documentation of the Glyptothek objects and as a consequence, development and production of an inventory database including more than 15.000 photos, a comprehensive bibliography since 1830 and provenance information.
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München
Exhibition.
October - December 1998
Im Brennpunkt der Moderne - Mies van der Rohes Haus Tugendhat. Exhibition planning and implementation in Prof. Wolf Tegetoff's team.
DOCMA - Documentation of Modern Architecture.
November 1996 - October 1998
Conception and prototyping of a database project in Prof. Wolf Tegetoff's team.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Institut
für Kunstgeschichte.
November 1999 - February 2000
Teaching a tutorial preparing students for their intermediate exams in collaboration with Stefan
Hertle.
Institut
für Klassische Archäologie.
May 1996 - July 1997
Research Assistant (slide jockey).
Event Management and DJ Sets
Fachschaft
Kunstgeschichte - LMU-München.
July 1997 - February 1999
Organization of public events with video and performance artists and by this way setting up an independent financial basis for the student community. Up to 800 guests.
Rent a Party (with Georg Gasteiger).
1990 - June 1994
Founding of a business and organizing public events up to 1000 guests. Collaboration with various public institutions like Kreisjugendring, catholic and lutheran parishes, schools...
Grants and Awards
Research Grant
April 2009 - March 2011
German Research Foundation (DFG).
Best Poster Award
August 18 - 23, 2008
International Workshop on Challenges and Visions in the Social Sciences, ETH Zurich, CHF 1000.
Travel Award
April 23 - 27, 2008
Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting Fellowship of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, SAH 61st Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, $ 1000.
Special Project Grant
January | June - October 2008
Strategic Innovation Fund of the President of Max-Planck Society, € 59.000.
Predoctoral Grant
February 2002 - January 2004
Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History), Rome.
Skills
Languages
Fluent: German, English, Italian.
Reads: Latin, Spanish, French.
Computer skills
Experienced in network data analysis and evaluation, imaging, print and online publication, database planning, application prototyping, and project evaluation. Uses Apple, Windows and Linux. Particularily proficient in MS Excel, Cytoscape, Adobe Design Collection and Dyabola, a semantic data technology. Constantly learning new methods, languages and tools as needed.
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