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Application of Technology to Historical Research

Application of Technology to Historical Research. Collaborative effort by: Michael Polczynski – Georgetown University PhD candidate studying Ottoman Empire frontiers Mark Polczynski – Marquette University Faculty – College of Engineering.

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Application of Technology to Historical Research

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  1. Application of Technology to Historical Research • Collaborative effort by: • Michael Polczynski – Georgetown University • PhD candidate studying Ottoman Empire frontiers • Mark Polczynski – Marquette University • Faculty – College of Engineering Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  2. Some technologies that can augment historical research: • GIS Systems (Google Earth) • Smart phone cloud on-site data acquisition (GIS Cloud) • Wiki collaboration (MediaWiki) • Network analysis (Pajek) • Agent-based modeling (NetLogo) • Data mining and machine learning (Weka) Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  3. Converts Excel database of sites with attributes into a map that can be displayed on Google Earth and other GIS systems. Database created and maintained by Michael Polczynski Excel application written by Mark Polczynski Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  4. http://www.giscloud.com/ • Allows data collected on-site to be uploaded via smart phone to a cloud for display by GIS systems such as Google Earth. • User can design custom data collection forms to capture relevant site attributes, including photos and recordings. • Data can be downloaded to XLS2KML database. Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  5. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Wiki technology is designed to support collaborative generation and sharing of information. Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  6. http://pajek.imfm.si/doku.php?id=pajek • Used to document and analyze time-varying relationships among elements of: • Geographical networks such as primary trade routes; • Governmental administrative hierarchy (who reports to whom) • Ecclesiastical administrative hierarchy (who reports to whom). Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  7. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  8. Beauplan’s diagram of Tatar slave raid dispersal tactics. NetLogo model of Tatar slave raid dispersal tactics, With randomized tracks following geographical features. Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  9. Tatar Dispersal Tactics movie created using NetLogo To play Tatar Dispersal Tactics movie: Get out of presentation “Slide Show” mode. Click on icon below. Wait until movie player opens. If movie does not automatically run, click Run button on movie player. Analysis of Beauplan’s description of dispersal tactics by Michael Polczynski. NetLogoimplementatoin of analysis by Mark Polczynski. Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  10. From: A Microsoft VBA Application for Generating Heat Maps Mark Polczynski – Marquette University Michael Polczynski – Georgetown University Transactions in GIS – accepted for publication Data mining and machine learning technologies provide general tools for analyzing historical sites according to characteristics recorded in site databases. Clustering algorithm used to produce heat map of 17th century Polish Commonwealth – Ottoman Empire frontier sites Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

  11. Long-Range Vision: Primary Historical Sources On-Site Data Collection (GIS Cloud) Machine Learning (Weka) Frontier Wiki (MediaWiki) Historical Database (Excel) Network Analysis (Pajek) Agent-Based Modeling (NetLogo) GIS System Visualization (Google Earth) Research Publications Application of Technology to Hisorical Research

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