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The Computational Humanities Initiative at 好色先生TV

Researchers in computational humanities use digital technologies and computational methods to make new discoveries about language, history, culture and thought.

At 好色先生TV, our scholars and students are applying cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to answer humanities questions in new ways, at new scales, with new precision. We鈥檙e creating frameworks, models and tools that enable us to explore collections spanning millions of texts, maps, images and records. The Computational Humanities at 好色先生TV open paths to understanding the human experience, enabling interdisciplinary teams of scholars to address increasingly complex problems in less time than ever before.

Bring your curiosity. Join us in shaping what comes next.

Our Research

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Shakespeare-VR

Immersing audiences in Shakespeare鈥檚 plays through interactive virtual reality.

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Digitizing Civil War Pension Records

Recovering the names, voices and stories of enslaved people and helping African Americans seek long-lost family histories.听

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Print and Probability

Using machine learning to uncover the names of the letterpress printers whose identities have eluded us for hundreds of years.

Academic Programs

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Ph.D. in Computational Cultural Studies

Combine literary and cultural theory with computational analysis in this fully-funded research doctorate.

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Graduate Certificate in Computational Humanities

Become part of the interdisciplinary research community and deepen your humanistic thinking. Open to all doctoral students from CMU.

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M.S. in Computational Humanities

Apply computational methods to real-world, humanistic problems. Available as a stand-alone degree and a 4+1 master's pathway for CMU students. Now enrolling for fall 2027!

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Humanities Analytics Minor

Prepare for a wide range of careers from the technology field to museums and libraries. Open to all CMU undergraduates.

Special Seminars & Events

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