Miguel Varela
Co-Director at NUS Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities
Singapore
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Top SchoolMiguel Varela is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director at NUS's Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities, combining nine years of academic leadership with hands-on computational research into Southeast Asian cultural heritage. He blends ethnographic fieldwork with NLP, computer vision, and network analysis to trace how cultural production and reception evolve over time, and translates scholarship into public-facing museum installations and digital platforms. Trained in theatre and arts heritage (PhD, NUS; MA Maastricht) and fluent in Indonesian language and culture, he bridges performance studies and data-driven methods in ways that reveal both macro patterns and on-the-ground practices. Known for crafting interdisciplinary public projects as well as academic publications, he brings a practical commitment to making scholarly insights accessible beyond the academy.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Arts and Heritage, MA, Arts and Heritage at Maastricht UniversityUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Indonesian Language and Culture, Indonesian Language and Culture at Universitas Gadjah MadaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Theatre/Theater, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Theatre/Theater at National University of Singapore
English, Spanish, Indonesian, French, Dutch, Chinese, javanese
Github Skills (2)
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digital-humanities1
Github contributions (5)
villaorlado/wayangnetworks
Mar 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:54 commits, 48 pushes in 1 year 10 months
villaorlado/networkWorkshopPNC2019
Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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