Carl Stahmer

Carl Stahmer is the Executive Director of the UC Davis DataLab (Data Science and Informatics) and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of English at UC Davis. He is also a faculty member at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

His research focuses on digital bibliography, print history, and computational methods in the early modern period. He co-founded Romantic Circles and has served as Associate Director of the English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) since 2003, leading digitization efforts and developing analytic tools. His work includes redesigning the English Short Title Catalogue for linked data and contributing to platforms like Zotero.

Recent publications highlight his expertise in linked data, network analysis, and NLP for cultural heritage and urban planning. Funders include the National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, and University of California Humanities Research Institute.

Stahmer's projects integrate image recognition and text mining to transform archival practices, emphasizing accessibility and semantic discovery. He maintains a professional website at www.carlstahmer.com.