Maximilian Schich - On Complexity, Cognition and Art

Curriculum Vitae
February 5, 2008 version
Maximilian Schich
 
Adress: Westendstrasse 80 | D-80339 München | Germany
Tel: +49-179-6678041 | Mail: maximilian@schich.info | Home: www.schich.info
Nationality: German
 
Summary
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Research focus:  Art & Complex Networks (in collaboration with network scientists and art researchers).
Experience:  Dr. phil. (des.) and Magister Artium in Art History;
10 years plus end-to-end product management experience with Projekt Dyabola (a semantic data technology);
International patent pending with Max-Planck for a method for the production of scalable image matrices (see publication list).
 
Professional Activities
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Center for Complex Network Research (CCNR), Northeastern University, Boston
Feb 2008 - Apr 2008 
Visiting Associate Research Scientist examining phenomenons of Burstiness and Time in Art History with Prof. Albert-Lázló Barabási.
 
Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte) Rome
Jan|June - Okt 2008 
Pictorial Construction in Annibale Carracci's and Caravaggio's Paintings: Analysis of Repoussoir Figures Using Scalable Image Matrices. The project with Prof. Sybille Ebert-Schifferer and her team uses my method for the Production of Scalable Image Matrices, for which Bibliotheca Hertziana and Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH have filed an international patent application.
 
Projekt Dyabola
May 1998 - December 2007 
Dyabola Program Development. Conception, development and localization of new and improved functionality of the Dyabola toolset with Ralf Biering and Prof. Vinzenz Brinkmann. Continous integration of needs, necessities and possibilities gathered from users, partners and engineers into a comprehensive product vision.
 
May 1998 - May 2006 
Dyabola Web-Interface. Planning, rapid prototyping and implementation of several version iterations with 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).
 
June 1997 - December 2007 

Dyabola Partner and Customer Consulting, 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 of several new institutional customers like the Metropolitan Museum and Institute of the Fine Arts at ARLIS/NA and VRA conferences.

 
December 1999 and June 2004 
Inventory Database of Museum für Abgüsse München (MfA). Analysis and consulting concerning data revision, imaging and connectivity to Prometheus-Bildarchiv.
 
June 1997 - May 2006 
Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance. 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
December 1997 - January 1998 
and July 2000
Das Feige(n)blatt and Der Torso - Ruhm und Rätsel exhibitions. Production of facsimile in Prof. Raimund Wünsches and Prof. Vinzenz Brinkmanns team.
 
November 1996 - October 1998 
Inventory of the Glyptothek. 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
October - December 1998 
Im Brennpunkt der Moderne - Mies van der Rohes Haus Tugendhat. Exhibition planning and implementation in Prof. Wolf Tegetoffs team.
 
November 1996 - October 1998 
DOCMA - Documentation of Modern Architecture. Conception and prototyping of a database project in Prof. Wolf Tegetoffs team.
 
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
November 1999 - February 2000 
Institut für Kunstgeschichte. Tutorial for students preparing for their intermediate exams in collaboration with Stefan Hertle.
 
May 1996 - July 1997 
Institut für Klassische Archäologie. Research assistant (slide jockey).
 
  Event Management and DJ Sets
July 1997 - February 1999 
Fachschaft Kunstgeschichte - LMU-München. 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.
 
1990 - June 1994 
Rent a Party - Georg Gasteiger / Maximilian Schich. Founding of a business and organizing public events up to 1000 guests. Collaboration with various public institutions like Kreisjugendring, catholic and lutheran parishes, schools...
 
Education
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April 2001 - May 2007  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. phil. (des.) on Reception and Transmission as Complex Networks. The CENSUS and visual Documents on Imperial Baths in Rome; Advisers: Prof. Horst Bredekamp and Prof. Arnold Nesselrath; Grade: magna cum laude; Abstract see www.schich.info/en/dissertation_abstract.htm.
 
February 2002 - January 2004  Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute for Art History), Rome

Predoctoral Grant
 
September 1995 - March 2001  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Magister Artium in Art History, Greek and Roman Archaeology and Psychology; Thesis: Thermengrundrisse auf Renaissancezeichungen. Exemplarische Untersuchungen zu Entwicklung und Auswirkungen; Grade: 1,26; Supervisor: Prof. Hubertus Kohle.
 
July 1994 - September 1995  Youth Hostel Regensburg

Civilian Service
 
September 1985 - June 1994  Gymnasium Erding / Schyrengymnasium Pfaffenhofen/Ilm

Abitur (art & mathematics)
 
Skills
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Languages: 
Fluent: German, English, Italian;
Reading ability: Latin, Spanish, French.
 
Professional computer skills: 
Imaging, Databases, Desktop Publishing, Web Design, Office, OCR, GPS, Network Analysis, Information Visualization, System Administration.
 
Systems: 
Apple, Windows, Linux.
 
Computer Languages: 
HTML, XML, RDF, various macro languages.
For further references concerning skills and experiences listed above contact maximilian@schich.info
February 5, 2008