Christopher Pollin
Founder And CEO at Digital Humanities Craft OG
Graz, Styria, Austria
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Top SchoolChristopher Pollin is a founder, CEO, and PhD candidate in Digital Humanities with eight years of experience applying semantic web technologies and web programming to cultural heritage and historical research. Based in Graz, he has led technical development and data modeling at the Centre for Information Modeling and co-founded Digital Humanities Craft to bridge academic research and practical digital infrastructure. He teaches computer science and information modeling across master's and certificate programs, translating complex scholarly needs into robust resource-discovery systems and digital editions. His dissertation and project work focus on information-based resource discovery for historical information, and he increasingly integrates generative AI and prompt engineering into tooling for humanities workflows. Notably, his background spans both deep humanistic training (MA in History and Digital Cultural Heritage) and hands-on engineering, enabling him to navigate interdisciplinary teams and standards-driven projects.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Humanities, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Humanities at University of Graz
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Github contributions (5)
MEDEAEditions/DEPCHA
Mar 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:172 pushes, 3 comments, 20 issues in 6 years 10 months
chpollin/SZD
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:172 pushes, 32 comments, 31 issues in 4 years 5 months
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