Tid, betydning og ritual dynamik (Time, Meaning and Ritual Dynamics)
Nielbo, K.L. (2011). "Tid, betydning og ritual dynamik." Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift. 56, pp. 85-97.
CV
Education
- B.A., Study of Religion, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, 2006
- M.A., Study of Religion, Aarhus University, Dept. of the Study of Religion, 2010
- Ph.D, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, 2012
Work experience
Research
- 2019- : Associate Professor of Humanities Computing, Aarhus University
- 2017-2019: Associate Professor of Humanities Computing, Dept. of History, University of Southern Denmark
- 2015-2017: Associate Professor, School of Culture & Society, Aarhus University
- 2012-2015: Postdoc, joint position between IMC, Aarhus University, and CERC, University of British Columbia
Administration
- 2019- : Director of Center for Humanities Computing Aarhus
- 2017- : Steering Group member in CodeRrfinery
- 2017-2019: University of Southern Denmarks eScience Committee (@ Abacus 2.0)
- 2016-2019: Advisory Board for the Simulating Religion Project
- 2016-2017: AU Arts’ representative in AU eScience committee
- 2015-2017: Administrator of Digital Text Laboratory, Aarhus University
- 2015-2017: Head of Digital Arts Initiative, Aarhus University
- 2014- : WP Member of Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH)
Professional Development
- 2020: FAIR Data Steward, Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration.
- 2017: Instructor in Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry
- 2016: Fellow at Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California Los Angeles, USA
- 2015: Visiting researcher at University of British Columbia, Asian Centre, Canada
- 2014: Visiting researcher at Tel-Aviv University, Dept. of Zoology, Israel
- 2014: NIH training in Protecting Human Research Participants, Aarhus University
- 2014: Cascades inside our Data (scaling relations and multifractality), Aarhus University
- 2013: R Intro for Mixed Models, Aarhus University
- 2013: Implementation of Recurrence Quantification Analysis on Real-World Data of All Kinds,Aarhus University
- 2012: Teachers Training Programme, Aarhus University
- 2012: Agent-based Simulation of Human Behavior, University of Copenhagen
- 2011: Sequence Alignment Methods Inspired by Dynamical Systems, Aarhus University
- 2010: Visiting researcher at Washington University Saint Louis, Dept. of Psychology, USA
- 2010: Advanced Quantitative Methods, University of Copenhagen
- 2008: Calculus 1-2, Aarhus University, Dept. of Mathematical Science, Aarhus University
- 2006: Cognitive Semiotics, Aarhus University, Center of Semiotics, Denmark
Skills
- Markup (LaTeX, Markdown)
- Script (Bash, MATLAB, Python, R, Scala, SQL)
- Tools (Club-house, Git, Jira, Jupyter, RapidMiner))
Grants and Awards
- 2020-22: Fabula-NET, Velux Foundation, DKK 5,343,544 (co-applicant).
- 2020-22: How Democracies Cope with COVID19, Carlsberg Foundation, DKK 25,000,000 (funded by).
- 2020-21: $\alpha$Cloud, IT-Vest, DKK 220,000 (co-applicant).
- 2020-21: Mistrust of Scientific Expertise, AUFF Nova, DKK 570.000 (co-applicant).
- 2019-21: Nordic Digital Humanities Laboratory, DKK 250,000 (main applicant).
- 2018-20: Network for Digital Literary Research, DKK 1,186,560 (co-applicant).
- 2017: Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation: Semantic Disruptions in Public Discourse, DKK 100,000, (main applicant).
- 2017: Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education: Calculus of Culture, DKK 275,000, (main applicant).
- 2016-19: Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education: Unearned Wealth - A Literary History of Inheritance (1600-2015), 5,870,000 DKK, (co-applicant).
- 2016-18: Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles.
- 2015: Aarhus University Strategical Funding for Education, DKK 30,000, (main applicant).
- 2015: Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF): Digital Text Laboratory, DKK 60,000, (main applicant).
- 2015-17: The Andrew Mellon Foundation: Mapping Literary Influences, DKK 270,000, (co-applicant).
- 2014-15: Interacting Minds Centre, Seed Funding: Timing is of essence, DKK 65,000, (main applicant).
- 2012-15: The Evolution of Religion and Morality: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), DKK 18,400,000, (supported by).
- 2012: Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF) PhD to Postdoc Transition Scholarship for Talented PhDs, DKK 75,000.
- 2010: Danish Ministry of Science’s Elite Researcher (EliteForsk) Stipend, DKK 300,000.
- 2008-12: Full PhD Scholarship, DKK 1,600,000.
Publications
Spontaneous processing of functional and nonfunctional action sequences
Nielbo, K.L., & Sørensen, J. (2011). "Spontaneous processing of functional and nonfunctional action sequences." Religion, Brain & Behavior. 1(1), pp. 18-30.
Computing religion: A new tool in the multilevel analysis of religion
Nielbo, K.L., Braxton, D.M., & Upal, A. (2012). "Computing religion: A new tool in the multilevel analysis of religion." Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 24(3), pp. 267-290.
Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions
Schjodt, U., Sørensen, J., Nielbo, K. L., Xygalatas, D., Mitkidis, P., & Bulbulia, J. (2013). "Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions." Religion, Brain & Behavior. 3(1), pp. 39-86.
The resource model and the principle of predictive coding: A framework for analyzing proximate effects of ritual
Schjodt, U., Sørensen, J., Nielbo, K. L., Xygalatas, D., Mitkidis, P., & Bulbulia, J. (2013). "The resource model and the principle of predictive coding: A framework for analyzing proximate effects of ritual." Religion, Brain & Behavior. 3(1), pp. 79-86.
Hierarchical Organization of Segmentation in Non-Functional Action Sequences
Nielbo, K.L., Schjoedt, U. & Sørensen, J. (2013). "Hierarchical Organization of Segmentation in Non-Functional Action Sequences." Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion. 1(1).
Collective-goal ascription increases cooperation in humans
Mitkidis, Panagiotis; Sørensen, Jesper; Nielbo, Kristoffer L; Andersen, Marc; Lienard, Pierre (2013). "Collective-goal ascription increases cooperation in humans; PloS one. 5(8), e64776.
Prediction Error During Functional and Non-Functional Action Sequences: A Computational Exploration of Ritual and Ritualized Event Processing
Nielbo, K.L. & Sørensen, J. (2013). "Prediction Error During Functional and Non-Functional Action Sequences: A Computational Exploration of Ritual and Ritualized Event Processing." Journal of Cognition and Culture. 13.
Mystical experience in the lab
Andersen, M. N., Schjødt, U., Nielbo, K. L., & Sørensen, J. (2014). "Mystical experience in the lab." Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, 26(3), 217-245.
Does Goal-Demotion Enhance Cooperation?
Mitkidis, P., Liénard, P., Nielbo, K. L., & Sørensen, J. (2014). "Does Goal-Demotion Enhance Cooperation?" Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Journal of Cognition and Culture 14(3-4), 263-272.
Attentional resource allocation and cultural modulation in a computational model of ritualized behavior
Nielbo, K.L. & Sørensen, J. (2016). "Attentional resource allocation and cultural modulation in a computational model of ritualized behavior." Religion, Brain and Behavior. 6(4).
Structural differences among individuals, genders and generations as the key for ritual transmission, stereotypy and flexibility
Nielbo, K. L., Fux, M., Mort, J., Zamir, R., & Eilam, D. (2017). " Structural differences among individuals, genders and generations as the key for ritual transmission, stereotypy and flexibility." Behaviour, 154(1), 93-114.
Kan man validere et selvopgør?
Baunvig, I. K. F. & Nielbo, K. L., 2017, " Kan man validere et selvopgør?" Textkritik som analysmetod: bidra till en konferens anordnad av Nordiskt Nätverk för Editionsfilologer 2-4 oktober 2015. Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (Stockholm), s. 45-67 (Nordisk Netværk for Editionsfilologer. Skrifter, Bind 12).
Modeling the Contested Relationship between Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach
Nichols, R., Slingerland, E., Nielbo, K., Bergeton, U., Logan, C., & Kleinman, S. (2018). "Modeling the Contested Relationship between Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach." The Journal of Asian Studies, 77(1), 19-57.
The Distant Reading of Religious Texts: A “Big Data” Approach to Mind-Body Concepts in Early China
Edward Slingerland, Ryan Nichols, Kristoffer Neilbo, Carson Logan; "The Distant Reading of Religious Texts: A “Big Data” Approach to Mind-Body Concepts in Early China." Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 85, Issue 4, 30 December 2017, Pages 985–1016.
Mining the Past – Data-Intensive Knowledge Discovery in the Study of Historical Textual Traditions
Nielbo, K. L.; Nichols, R.; Slingerland, E. (2018) "Mining the Past : Data-Intensive Knowledge Discovery in the Study of Historical Textual Traditions." Journal of Cognitive Historiography 3(1-2), pp. 93-118.
Predictive minds in Ouija board sessions
Andersen, M., Nielbo, K. L., Schjoedt, U., Pfeiffer, T., Roepstorff, A., & Sørensen, J. (2018). "Predictive minds in Ouija board sessions." Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
Are We Exposed to the Same “News” in the News Feed?
Anja Bechmann & Kristoffer L. Nielbo (2018): " Are We Exposed to the Same News in the News Feed?" Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1510741
A curious case of entropic decay: Persistent complexity in textual cultural heritage
Kristoffer L Nielbo, Katrine F Baunvig, Bin Liu, Jianbo Gao (2018). "A curious case of entropic decay: Persistent complexity in textual cultural heritage." Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, fqy054
Mind the Text: Traces of Mental States in Unstructured Historical Data
Kristoffer L Nielbo (2019): " Mind the Text: Traces of Mental States in Unstructured Historical Data." in (Klostergaard, A. et al eds.) Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion: A New Synthesis. Brill. pp. 239-251.
How do humans process ritualized actions?
Sørensen, J. & Nielbo, K. L. (2019): " How do humans process ritualized actions?" in (Slone, J. & McCorkle, W. (eds.)) The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies. Bloomsbury Academic.
Talks
Turning Points and Disruptions in Systems of Symbolic Production
Talk at Institute of Complexity Science and Big Data Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
SDU eScience Center Launch Event: Humanities
Talk at SDU eScience Center, Odense, Denmark
Tutorial in Text & Data Mining w. Python
Tutorial at Danish School of Education, Emdrup, Denmark
A Calculus of Culture
Talk at University of Southern Denmark, Dept. of History, Odense, Denmark
Tutorial in Text & Data Mining w. Python
Workshop at Center for Language Technology, Copenhagen
When a Few Data Points are Not Enough
talk at Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA), Växjö, Sverige
The Dostoyevskian Trope: State Incongruence in 19 th Century Textual Cultural Heritage
Talk at Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Culture Analytics, Los Angeles
A Researcher’s Perspective on the GDPR 2018 - Legal Constraints on Data-driven SSH Research
Talk at , University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, DK
Visual Analytics Macroscope (VISAM)
Talk at History group meeting, Brussels
A Curious Case of Entropic Decay
Talk at Institute of Automation - Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing
From Humanities Computing to Human Analytics
Talk at University of Southern Denmark, Kolding
Department of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric, Aarhus UniversityTutorial at Department of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Programming with Python and Version Control with Git
Workshop at DHN 2018, Helsinki
The Dostoyevskian Trope: State Incongruence in Danish Textual Cultural Heritage
talk at DHN 2018, Helsinki
When Humanities Scale: On the Emergence of Analytics in Culture Research
talk at DIGHUMLAB Strategy Input, Copenhagen
how to do computationally assisted research
talk at Digital Literacy, Middelfart, Denmark
Text Mining in a Broader Perspective
talk at Business Intelligence, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
NCSR18: How to Study Religion with Digital Technology
talk at School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Digitally Empowered Education in SSH
talk at Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
The Dostoyevskian Trope
talk at Modèles et Apprentissage en Sciences Humaines et Sociales 2018, Paris, France
Data-intensive Research and eScience: A New Possibility Space for Historical and Cultural Research
talk at Vores Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Computationally Enhancing the Social Sciences and Humanities
talk at North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Baoding, China
Programming with Python
workshop at Aarhus University, Digital Literacy, Aarhus, Aarhus University
It is just a machine that learns
talk at The Thinking Machine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Neural Networks, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus, Denmark
Outline of a Literary Informatics
talk at Literature and Digital Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Outline of a Human Informatics
talk at Temadag om fagområder i forskningen v/Dansk Sprognævn og Dansk, SDU HUM, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Mapping Literary Influences
talk at Fondation maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris
Project Sustainability & Data Literacy
talk at Increasing Digital Competences within Humanities #2, Copenhagen
DataKube - Empowering domain experts with scalable knowledge discovery
talk at DigHumLab strategy meeting, Aarhus
Some Thoughts on Computational Narratology - Dynamic Evolution and Compositional Change in Literature
talk at Culture Analytics, Lake Arrowhead
The Carpentries in the Social Sciences and Humanities
talk at Danish Royal Library, Black Diamond, Copenhagen
Dataintensiv humaniora
talk at Fagudvikling i Praksis 2019, Dansk HTX, Syddansk Erhvervsskole, Odense
Automated Compositional Change Detection in Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum
talk at Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 2019, Copenhagen
How to support and upskill: After Digitization and Digitalization come Digital Transformation
talk at Digital Literacy, Aarhus
Introduction to the NFSG Sandbox Environment
talk at Grundtvig Study Center Vartov, Copenhagen
Center for Humanities Computing Aarhus
talk at Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus
It is just a machine that learns
talk at Department of Philosophy, Aarhus
Center for Humanities Computing Aarhus: A Tutorial with Applications in the Humanities
talk at Danish School of Education, Copenhagen
Disruptive lexical dynamics in the Shangshu
talk at Digital Humanities and Classical Studies: Prospects and Challenges, Berlin
Human Informatics
talk at IT-Vest: Computational Methods in Research, Aarhus
When a few data points are not enough
talk at DATALAB workshop, AIAS, Aarhus
Accelerating compute-intensive humanities through collaborative development
talk at It-vest-konference 2019, Kolding
Future Innovation Predictions through Signatures of Past Noveltys
talk at Humlab: Computational text analysis and historical change, Umeå
Beyond postmortem descriptions: natural language generation for historical figures
talk at Aarhus University Arts, Aarhus
Planning a shared stack and data repository - DK
talk at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg
Humanities & Arts Data Service - Every Researcher’s Dream OR an Administrative Nightmare
talk at Aarhus University, Aarhus
Scientific domains of mistrust - Query expansion for mistrust using matrix decomposition & neural embeddings in the JSTOR digital library
talk at Aarhus University, Aarhus
Research Technology at Scale
talk at The Digital Curriculum 2020-2021, Comwell Middelfart, Middelfart
Workflow, Technologies, and Rules of Engagement
talk at The Digital Literacy, Aarhus
alpha cloud - rule of engagement
talk at Aarhus Univeresity, Aarhus
Implications of multifractal theory for fictional narratives
talk at DHN 2020, Riga
On the inherent complexity of cultural information
talk at Nordplus GBS Riga Workshop: Creating corpora and text mining in digital libraries, Riga
Methodological Issues in Humanities Computing: HITL Models, Impossibility Results, and Interactive Computing
talk at Aarhus University - Media and Journalism Studies, Aarhus
Digital Social Studies - digital data and computational approaches in social studies
talk at Digitale teknologier og metoder i forskning, fag og undervisning, Odense
Idea Analytics
talk at Managing Innovation - Master in Innovation Management and Business Development, Aarhus
When no news is bad news
talk at DH Benelux 2021 ‘The Humanities in a Digital World‘ (Online), Leiden
Digital Research Infrastructure for Humanities
talk at DeiC Science Forum, Copenhagen
News Information Decoupling: An Information Signature of Catastrophes in Legacy News Media
talk at EADH 2021, Siberia
Research-IT Support for Education
talk at Digital Curriculum 2 date: 2021-10-11, Middelfart
DeiC Facility for Interactive HPC
talk at Tech Digital Infrastructure Committee, Aarhus
Information Decoupling - A Pandemic Signature in News Media
talk at DHNB 2022, Uppsala
No Golden Path - A Cautionary Tale of Quality and Bias
talk at Storytelling - DARIAH 2022, Athens
Teaching
Service and leadership
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