Published: 2007.06.01

UCLA is recognized as a national leader in the field of digital research. The May 2007 event, "Countries, Cultures, Communication: Digital Innovation at UCLA", highlighted research that is being done at UCLA utilizing digital technology. It was designed to serve as a catalyst for strengthening the UCLA community by encouraging collaboration between faculty from different departments and disciplines. The event provided the opportunity for attendees to view many of UCLA's groundbreaking digital research projects, and meet the faculty and grad students involved in their creation.

A few of the many presentations:

• Digital Decay: Technological Change and the Long-Term Preservation of Media Art 
• HyperCities: 800 Years of Berlin
• REMAPPING LA: Cultural Civic Computing in Los Angeles
• Teaching The Arabian Nights: Arabic Storytelling and American Orientalism
• UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)  

A full list and description of each project is available on the website.

Keynote speaker Willard McCarty, King's College London, provided insight on the effect of the growth of digital scholarship. "What's Going On?", also available on the event's website.