Anna Foka — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor in digital humanities, Department of ALM, Uppsala University.
Founder and former Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University.
Focuses research and teaching on applications of Information Technology, including AI, for the arts and humanities.
National mentor for AI research for SKERIC, the Sweden Korea Education Research Innovation Collaboration.
National Member of the Management Committee of COST Action Maia: Managing AI in Archaeology.
Member of the European Science Foundation and the European Commission community of experts.

Biography

Anna Foka is a Professor in digital humanities within the Department of ALM (Archival, Library and Information Science Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies) at Uppsala University. She is the founder and former Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at the university.

Her research and teaching concentrate on the applications of Information Technology, including knowledge organisation, Linked Open Data, and AI, for the arts and humanities.