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Keywords

Cultural heritage, IIIF, Photography, Digital Humanities, Electrical Engineering, Digital Preservation, Digitization

Countries

Switzerland

Biography

Currently, Peter Fornaro is part of the Digital Humanities Lab Management Team of the University of Basel as well as Deputy Head of the Data & Service Center for the Humanities (DaSCH).

With his scientific background in electrical engineering and physics, Peter Fornaro worked, among others, for NASA. Thanks to his many years of experience in humanities research, he masters the conception and implementation of interdisciplinary research projects from scratch. As a trained scientific photographer, he experienced the change of the photographic image from the analogue to the digital domain in detail.

This vast range of experience not only allows him to develop new, innovative solutions but also allows him to conduct a profound transdisciplinary dialogue. With a doctorate in experimental physics, he was habilitated at the University of Basel's humanities faculty.


In his research, Fornaro focuses on visual media and the linking of digital infrastructures with digital curation and collection management. This connection is key to making our cultural memory available for research and contributing to the successful digital transformation of our society, in which tradition and heritage go hand in hand with technology and innovation.

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Employment (2)

DaSCH: Basel / Bern / Lausanne , BS, CH

Co-Head (Managemtn)
Employment
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Peter Fornaro

University of Basel: Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

1996-08-01 to present | Co-Head (Digital Humanities Lab)
Employment
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Peter Fornaro

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Basel: Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

2016-01-01 to 2018-12-06 | Habilitation (Huamities Faculty)
Education
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Peter Fornaro

University of Basel: Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

2006-01-01 to 2008-01-01 | MAS Marketing and Economy (Economy)
Education
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Peter Fornaro

University of Basel: Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

2001-06-01 to 2004-05-30 | PhD (Physics)
Education
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Peter Fornaro

Funding (1)

Participatory Knowledge Practices in Analogue and Digital Image Archives (PIA)

2021-02 to 2025-01 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
GRANT_NUMBER: 193788
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Peter Fornaro

Works (37)

Digitale Archivierung Chancen und Risiken

DIGIARCH 2021 Kulturerbe im digitalen Zeitalter / Patrimoine culturel à l’ère numérique
2021 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Peter Fornaro

Das Digital Humanities Lab der Universität Basel und die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit mit der Kunstgeschichte und der Archäologie

Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte
2020 | Journal article
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Peter Fornaro

Digitale Infrastrukturen in den Geisteswissenschaften

Objekte im Netz
2020-12-31 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.14361/9783839455715-022
Part of ISBN: 9783839455715
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Peter Fornaro

Open Access im Kontext der Digital Humanities

Arts in Context - Kunst, Forschung, Gesellschaft
2020-12-31 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.14361/9783839453223-005
Part of ISBN: 9783839453223
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Peter Fornaro

Artificial Intelligence for Content and Context Metadata Retrieval in Photographs and Image Groups

Archiving Conference
2020-04-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2020.1.0.79
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

3D Objekte in virtuellen Forschungsumgebungen

Der Modelle Tugend 2.0: Digitale 3D-Rekonstruktion als virtueller Raum der architekturhistorischen Forschun
2019 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-947449-70-5
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Peter Fornaro

Enhanced Reflectance Transformation Imaging for Research and Interoperability
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Peter Fornaro

RTI Images for Documentation in Archaeology: The Case of the Iron Age Female Terracotta Figurines from Buṣayra, Jordan

Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.7.2.0188
Part of ISSN: 2166-3548
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Peter Fornaro

Zugang zum digitalen Archiv
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Peter Fornaro

Standardized Reflection Transformation Imaging (RTI) for Documentation and Research

Archiving Conference
2019-05-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2019.1.0.13
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). Eine digitale Reproduktionstechnik zur Dokumentation von Wandmalereien

UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe Reichenau. Die Wandmalereien in der Kirche St. Georg: Interdisziplinarität als Schlüssel zu einer nachhaltigen Denkmalpflege
2017 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-3-8167-9889-7
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Peter Fornaro

Content-based Interoperability: Beyond Technical Specifications of Interfaces

Archiving Conference
2017-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2017.1.0.34
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Implementing a Video Framework based on IIIF: A Customized Approach from Long-Term Preservation Video Formats to Conversion on Demand

Archiving Conference
2017-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2017.1.0.68
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Simple Image Presentation Interface (SIPI) – an IIIF-based Image-Server

Archiving Conference
2017-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2017.1.0.28
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

TIFF in Archives: A survey about existing files in memory institutions

Archiving Conference
2017-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2017.1.0.6
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Implementation of a National Data Center for the Humanities (DaSCH)

Digital Humanities 2016
2016 | Conference paper
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Peter Fornaro

Neue computerbasierte Verfahren zur Wiedergabe von Kunstwerken

Rundbrief Fotografie
2016 | Journal article
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Peter Fornaro

Visual Design of PV-Modules – a Crucial Factor for Façade Application Acceptance

32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2470-2475
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-6DO.7.2
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Peter Fornaro

Digital Materiality with Enhanced Reflectance Transformation Imaging

Archiving Conference
2016-04-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2016.1.0.11
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Long-term Preservation and Archival File Formats: Concepts and solutions

Archiving Conference
2016-04-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2016.1.0.87
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro
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The "International Image Interoperability Framework" and its Implication to Preservation

Archiving Conference
2016-04-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2016.1.0.95
Part of ISSN: 2161-8798
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Peter Fornaro

Archiving digital image data and motion pictures: Concepts and solutions

ICAI 2015
2015 | Conference paper
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Peter Fornaro

DASCH: Data and Service Center for the Humanities

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
2015-10-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqv051
Part of ISSN: 2055-7671
Part of ISSN: 2055-768X
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Peter Fornaro

DCP/A: Discussion of an Archival Digital Cinema Package for AV-Media
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Peter Fornaro

Monolith, Lessons learned

IS&T Archiving Conference Proceedings
2013-04 | Conference paper
URI: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/ist/ac/2013/00002013/00000001/art00023
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Peter Fornaro

Float, explode or sink: postmortem fate of lung-breathing marine vertebrates

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
2012-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-011-0067-z
Part of ISSN: 1867-1594
Part of ISSN: 1867-1608
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Peter Fornaro

Long-term archiving of digital data on microfilm

International Journal of Electronic Governance
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1504/ijeg.2010.036900
Part of ISSN: 1742-7509
Part of ISSN: 1742-7517
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Peter Fornaro

PEVIAR

Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
2010-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1145/1805961.1805963
Part of ISSN: 1556-4673
Part of ISSN: 1556-4711
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Peter Fornaro

A Remote Controllable and Programmable Atomic Force Microscope based on LabView

Virtuelle Instrumente in der Praxis: Begleitband zum Kongress VIP 2004
2007 | Conference paper
URI: http://nano-world2.cs.unibas.ch/People/Martin.Guggisberg/en/vip2004.pdf
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Peter Fornaro

Automated digital camera sensor characterization

Digital Photography III
2007-02-15 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1117/12.704431
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Peter Fornaro

Problem-Based Learning Using Mobile Devices

Sixth International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)
2006 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2006.270
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Peter Fornaro

EClimate: Creating a Motivating Virtual Learning Environment

Proceedings 4th ICNEE Lugano
2003 | Conference paper
URI: http://nano-world2.cs.unibas.ch/Events/icnee_lugano_02/de/luganopaper.pdf
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Peter Fornaro

Monitoring and Controlling Scientific Experiments: Anywhere - Anytime
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Peter Fornaro

An interdisciplinary virtual laboratory on nanoscience

Future Generation Computer Systems
2003-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-739x(02)00107-3
Part of ISSN: 0167-739X
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Peter Fornaro

Digital slide reproduction using densitometry

9th Congress of the International Colour Association
2002-06-06 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1117/12.464671
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Peter Fornaro

The nanomechanical NOSE

Technical Digest. IEEE International MEMS 99 Conference. Twelfth IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (Cat. No.99CH36291)
1999 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/memsys.1999.746743
ISBN: 0780351940
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Peter Fornaro

An artificial nose based on a micromechanical cantilever array

Analytica Chimica Acta
1999-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(99)00283-4
Part of ISSN: 0003-2670
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Peter Fornaro
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