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Émilie Volpi is a Research Engineer at the University of Avignon, affiliated with UMR 5648 CIHAM (Centre for Medieval and Modern History and Archaeology) and the FR 3621 Agorantic research federation. She supports researchers in digital aspects of their projects, including software development, database management, and web applications. Her role includes maintaining digital infrastructure, supervising computer science interns, and organizing training sessions. She joined CNRS in 2018 after an eight-year career as an IT analyst-developer-project manager. Volpi holds a computer science degree from Polytech'Nice Sophia-Antipolis engineering school.
- Education: Computer Science Engineering, Polytech'Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Her research interests focus on applying digital tools to humanities disciplines such as medieval history, archaeology, and literature. She contributes to transdisciplinary projects integrating digital technologies with cultural heritage and societal studies under the FR Agorantic’s 'Culture, Heritage & Digital Societies' axis.
Volpi emphasizes collaboration in multi-university and international research initiatives, emphasizing the role of IT support in advancing human knowledge. She advocates for accessibility in digital humanities and promotes gender recognition in computing history, as highlighted by her choice of an International Women's Day portrait celebrating anonymous female contributors to technology.
Labs/Teams: CIHAM (UMR 5648), FR Agorantic (FR 3621), and interdisciplinary digital humanities teams at Avignon University.
