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Digitalisation for Researchers at the University of Vienna

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Ronald Maier has been Vice-Rector for Digitalisation and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Vienna since 1 October 2019. He is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Innsbruck.

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The Role of the ZID in Supporting IT for Researchers

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Ulf Busch has been CIO of the University of Vienna since 2010. He is the head of Zentraler Informatikdienst.

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Michaela Bociurko is head of IT Communications and Marketing at Zentraler Informatikdienst. The staff unit bridges the gap between technical experts and users by providing user guides and documentation, organising information events and advising on product design and usability.

Moderation

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Sara Curtis is an employee of IT Communications and Marketing at Zentraler Informatikdienst.

Moderation

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Theresa Novak is an employee of IT Communications and Marketing at Zentraler Informatikdienst.

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FACEM: A Repository for Ancient Ceramic Fabrics from the Mediterranean

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Barbara Borgers holds a Hertha Firnberg Fellowship at the Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna. As a ceramic scientist, she has worked in various interdisciplinary research projects of heritage communities, museums, and commercial archaeology companies across Europe, and she is currently the PI of the project ‘Cooking ware as Indicator for Regional Trade and Exchange in 4^th-1^st c. BC Central Italy’.

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 Data Flows Along the Danube: The Digital Development of The Danube Trade – from Past to Present

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Beate Pamperl has been working at the University of Vienna since 2007. She began as an IT representative at the Department of History and developed databases and interfaces for numerous research projects in the field of Digital Humanities. Today, she serves as the IT coordinator of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies, digitalization officer, and deputy faculty manager.

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Data Flows Along the Danube: The Digital Development of The Danube Trade – from Past to Present

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Peter Rauscher is a historian specialising in early modern financial, administrative, and economic history, as well as Jewish history, particularly in the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. Since 2005, he has been a lecturer in modern history and became a Senior Scientist at the University of Vienna in 2024. He has been PI of the project cluster “The Danube trabe. Sources on Austrian Economic History (17th/18th Centuries)” since 2010.

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Data Flows Along the Danube: The Digital Development of The Danube Trade – from Past to Present

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Andrea Serles studied History at the University of Vienna, where she holds the position of a research assistant since 2013. The main focus of her scientific work is the online edition of sources related to the Danube trade in early modern times. Apart from history of trade Mrs. Serles’ research interests cover the history of public finance and infrastructure as well as town and regional history. Since January 2025, she is the co-editor of the volumes on the 16th and 17th centuries in the series "History of Lower Austria”.

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Raman Ganguly is head of the IT Support for Research department at the ZID. With a strong software development and media technology background, he has been actively involved in digital data archiving since 2011. He mainly focuses on design and technical models for data preservation. Additionally, he leads the development of Phaidra, along with other open-source projects aimed at data preservation. At the University of Vienna, Raman oversees the creation and operation of systems to preserve data from research and education long-term. Alongside this, he has contributed to various local and international projects, aiming to enhance research data infrastructure.

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ZID News

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Christian Kracher-Fischer is Head of Coordination Digital Transformation at Zentraler Informatikdienst. Among others, the staff unit is responsible for digitalisation and cloud computing at the University of Vienna.