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Hong Kong-based interdisciplinary research lab
ACI Digital Humanities Lab
Designing research infrastructure for digital humanities, cultural memory, and immersive knowledge.
ACI Digital Humanities Lab connects humanities scholarship with AI workflows, XR storytelling, and connected systems for archives, heritage, and public engagement. We build collaborative research programs that bridge humanities scholarship with emerging technologies.
Program Snapshot
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Research streams
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Featured projects
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Publications indexed
3
Interface languages
Current agenda
AI / XR / IoT01
AI for Humanities
Human-centered AI for archives, language, and cultural analysis.
Methods: entity extraction, classification workflows, and responsible language technologies.
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IoT Cultural Systems
Sensor-driven research infrastructure and field deployment.
Methods: sensing systems, field instrumentation, and connected cultural infrastructure.
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XR Storytelling
Immersive media for cultural memory, ritual interaction, and public engagement.
Methods: immersive prototyping, spatial narrative design, and experiential documentation.
How we work with partners
- Faculty and research collaborations
- Cultural heritage and archive partnerships
- Prototype development for public engagement
Research Agenda
How the lab structures inquiry
Each stream links a humanities question, a technical method, and a real-world setting for application or public dissemination.
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aiAI for Humanities
Human-centered AI for archives, language, and cultural analysis.
Methods: entity extraction, classification workflows, and responsible language technologies.
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iotIoT Cultural Systems
Sensor-driven research infrastructure and field deployment.
Methods: sensing systems, field instrumentation, and connected cultural infrastructure.
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xrXR Storytelling
Immersive media for cultural memory, ritual interaction, and public engagement.
Methods: immersive prototyping, spatial narrative design, and experiential documentation.
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Selected Work
Projects framed as research case studies
Rather than isolated demos, projects are presented as applied research programmes with methods, domain context, and implementation status.
AIPilot
Digital Heritage
Heritage AI Archive
Entity-aware cataloging for heritage collections.
Digital Heritage
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XRPrototype
Digital Farewells / XR Ritual Design / Cultural Memory
XR Ritual Memory
A ritualized XR memorial that studies how participation and immersion shape digital farewells.
Digital FarewellsXR Ritual DesignCultural Memory
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Research Practice
Methods, infrastructure, and partnership model
The lab operates as a collaborative platform: defining questions, shaping datasets, prototyping interfaces, documenting methods, and producing publishable outputs.
Method
Question-led programme design
We begin with humanities research questions and shape technical work around interpretive needs, not novelty alone.
Method
Prototype to publication pipeline
Projects move from exploratory builds and documentation toward reproducible outputs, public-facing interfaces, and scholarly dissemination.
Method
Cross-sector collaboration
Our work is designed for scholars, archives, museums, and applied partners who need durable research infrastructure.
Outputs + Updates
Publications, project notes, and institutional signals
Selected publication
2024 / Digital Humanities Conference
AI for Cultural Heritage: A Framework
Researcher A, Researcher B
Institutional frame
The lab frames digital humanities as a site for applied, collaborative, and critically informed experimentation across archives, media, and networked systems.
The partner showcase appears below as a dedicated section.
Collaborating Institutions
The lab develops its research through institutional partnerships, shared infrastructures, and cross-sector collaboration.
People + Contact
Research leadership and collaboration pathways
The lab is structured to support principal-investigator-led research with expandable teams, project collaborators, and institutional partnerships.
Current leadership
Chan In SIO, Devin
Principal Researcher
Principal researcher working across digital humanities, XR experience design, and culturally situated interactive systems
Alex Mann
Researcher
Focusing on the productivity applications of artificial intelligence in different sectors of society
Collaboration modes
We support collaborations that need a bridge between humanities framing and technical implementation, from concept design to prototyping and research communication.
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Use a research question as the starting point
If you are planning research around cultural data, digital archives, immersive storytelling, or public knowledge platforms, we would be glad to hear from you.