Teaching staff
The Summer School will be taught by an international team of experienced trainers.
Nick Crofts PhD, chair CIDOC Training Association
Nick has been working internationally for museums, libraries, and archives since 1986. He has a background in the humanities and information science and enjoys working at the intersection of the two fields - explaining technical issues to curators and art history to computer programmers. Nick was instrumental in the development of ISO 21127 (aka the CIDOC CRM), an international standard for the exchange of cultural heritage information. Nick currently works as a consultant in cultural informatics and is a Visiting Professor the Indian Institute of Heritage.
Stephen Stead BSc, Big Data analytics trainer and Heritage data integrator
Stephen Stead was a founder member of CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model Special Interest Group (CRM-SIG). He has worked on the CRM since 2000 and is one of the editing team that guided the standard through the ISO standardization process. He has delivered tutorials on the CRM in more than a dozen countries, including Korea, Brazil, Greece, Russia, and the USA. He is a graduate in Archaeological Science from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London and has worked as an independent consultant in the Heritage sector since 1991. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Southampton and the University of Kent at Canterbury. He has served on the CIDOC Board since 2001.