Special Issue on Information Processing in the Arts and Humanities
The papers in this special issue focus on information processing in the arts and humanities. Recent years have witnessed the emergence of various sophisticated information processing tools — including some involving artificial intelligence — that are capable of interrogating increasingly complex datasets in order to tackle challenges arising in a wide range of application domains.
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Reducing Bias in AI-Based Analysis of Visual Artworks
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Forecasting Environmental Conditions to Foster Climate Resilience in Heritage
Heritage objects are continually at risk from the harmful agents of deterioration, and these risks may be exacerbated by climate change [2]. Therefore, heritage institutions need to adopt a position of climate resilience; they must “anticipate, absorb, and adapt” to the effects of climate change to preserve cultural heritage for future generations [10]. One crucial step is to understand how the future climate may affect the environments surrounding heritage objects whether they are ...