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Computer Vision and Art History — Markus Seidl

Markus Seidl

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What can digital technologies tell us about cultural heritage in Austria? Markus Seidl is exploring this question in collaboration with archaeologists, musicologists, and art historians in Vienna and Lower Austria. His research focuses on what is known as computer vision:

When I reach into my pants pocket with my hand, I immediately notice: there’s a lighter or a set of keys in there. That’s the tactile stimuli from my fingers that have been transmitted to my brain, where the pattern is interpreted. That’s pattern recognition.

Computer vision is a subfield of artificial intelligence that analyzes visual data and recognizes patterns. Markus Seidl is a program director at USTP and has been conducting research years at the intersection of computer science, media art, and computer vision for many years.

You can learn more about Markus Seidl and his research on computer vision and art history in our new ECCC podcast.