Curious about the EPFL DH community and what motivates them?
We asked some of our past and present community members to share a few of their views, accomplishments, goals and dreams in the digital humanities field. Here is what they had to say:
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The most valuable skill my digital humanities training has provided me is deeper knowledge of the scientific process and how we use it to to discover causalities.
Maryam Zakani
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Digital humanities is important because it broadens humanities research to include both quantitative and qualitative research methods and thus explores new frontiers.
Sabine Süsstrunk
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Digital humanities is essential to the world because it enables the development of an ethical sensitivity for technology.
Dario Rodighiero
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My training as a digital humanities engineer has enabled me to approach problems of creativity and art from a new perspective.
Pushkar Jajoria
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I chose to study digital humanities because it helps me to study subjects that are close to my heart using the tools that are close to my brain (technologies that I am good at).
Ravi Annapureddy
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I am proud to have developed a tool that allows users to georeference historical cadastral images.
Zaya Khayankhyarvaa
![](https://www.epfl.ch/schools/cdh/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/16-9_0023_Elisa-Michelet_Vertdeau-768x432.jpg)
Digital humanities is important because it links two traditionally separated worlds.
Elisa Michelet
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Digital humanities is important because it builds bridges between disciplines.
Raphaël Barman
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What makes studying digital humanities special is that it makes you feel connected to the society through engineering.
Ciprian Tomoiaga
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What makes studying digital humanities special is that by doing various projects, I feel like I become not only an engineer but also a designer and an artist.
Yuanhui Lin
![](https://www.epfl.ch/schools/cdh/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/16-9_0028_Fabian-Moss_Perle-768x432.jpg)
Digital humanities is important because it emphasizes that cultural data is not “just” data.
Fabian Moss
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Digital humanities is essential to the world because there is never only one approach to things in life.
Kathleen Collins
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The most valuable skill my digital humanities training has provided me is how to approach novel problems effectively and without preconceptions.
Alexander Rusnak
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My favorite aspect of digital humanities research is discovering new angles to explore well known questions.
Aurel Mäder
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What makes studying digital humanities special is being part of the birth of a new disciplinary field.
Gabriele Cecchetti
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Digital humanities will enable the world to engage more cultural activities, rather than only viewing from a distance.
Yumeng Hou
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What makes studying digital humanities special is that it is the only field that approaches IT from a human point of view.
Cyril Bornet
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Digital humanities is essential to the world because it makes cultural heritage available to the masses.
Johannes Hentschel
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I am proud to have built the first visual search engine for visual art.
Benoit Seguin
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My favorite aspect of digital humanities research is the diversity and collaborating with people from different backgrounds.
Fabrice Berger
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I chose to study digital humanities because I wanted to apply my computer science skills to interdisciplinary projects.
Maxime Jan
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My training as a digital humanities engineer has empowered me to be more creative in my approach to problem solving.
Marion Kramer
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Thanks to my DH Master studies, I am now able to pursue a career in industry or in the cultural sector, depending on my inclination.
Hakim Invernizzi
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I chose to study digitial humanities because I was bored of only collaborating with other technical fields over and over in computer science.
Michał Bień
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Digital humanities will enable the world to see research as an interdisciplinary space for collaboration between specialists from very different academic backgrounds.
Olya Nicolaeva
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My dream future digital humanities project is writing the history of Swiss video games, from both the humanities and technological points of view.
Yannick Rochat
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What makes studying digital humanities special is working people from many different fields and coming from numerous countries.
Hangqian Li
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Digital humanities is useful because it tackles problems that neither humanists nor computer scientists would dare to address, even in their most extraordinary dreams.
Rémi Petitpierre
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Digital Humanities is important because technology and society are more and more intertwined. Understanding the implications of this is essential for our future.
Kevin Baumer
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Digital humanities will enable the world to ensure technical innovations are used for the benefit of society as a whole.
Robert Lieck