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Curriculum Vitae :: Dr.  Stéfan Sinclair

Address: TSH-328, Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
http://stefansinclair.name/
Phone: (1) 905-525-9140×23930; Fax: (1) 905-527-6793

Stéfan Sinclair is an Associate Professor of Multimedia. His areas of interest include computer-assisted literary text analysis, experimental visualization interfaces, and 20th Century French literature (especially Oulipo), computer-assisted text-analysis. He is the creator or co-developer of online Digital Humanities tools such as HyperPo , the TAPoR Portal, the Humanities Visualization Project. His Ph.D. in French Literature is from Queen’s University (2000), his M.A. in French literature is from the University of Victoria (1995), and his honours B.A. in French is from the University of British Columbia (1994).

Publications

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Presentations

  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Humanities Computing: A History of Lists,” The Potential and Limitations of a List: an International Transdisciplinary Workshop, November 8 to 9, 2007.
  • Ruecker, Stan, Stéfan Sinclair, Milena Radzikowska, Susan Brown, Thomas Nelson, Isobel Grundy, Patricia Clements, Sharon Balasz and Jeff Antoniuk. “The Dynamic Table of Contents: Extending a Venerable List in a Digital Context,” The Potential and Limitations of a List: an International Transdisciplinary Workshop, November 8 to 9, 2007.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Ruecker Stan. “Multilevel Displays and Document Blueprints: Dynamic Browsing Using XML Structures and Text Features,” Digital Humanities 2007, June 7, 2007.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Rockwell Geoffrey. “Reading Tools, or Text Analysis Tools as Objects of Interpretation,” Digital Humanities 2007, June 6, 2007.
  • Stan, Ruecker and Stéfan Sinclair. “The Mandala as an Interface to a Textual Database,” Digital Humanities 2007, June 5, 2007.
  • Rockwell, Geoffrey and Stéfan Sinclair. “Social Aspects of Text Analysis,” SDH/SEMI 2007, May 30, 2007.
  • Rockwell, Geoffrey and Stéfan Sinclair. “Text Analysis Portal for Research, Using the Public Release,” Digital Humanities 2007, May 30, 2007.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Wikis and Blogs: The Latest in Web Based Technology for Research Administration,” Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (CAURA Ontario 2006), November 12, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Stan Ruecker and Anthony Sapp. “Experimental Reading: A Humanities Visualization Toolset for the TEI,” TEI Annual Members’ Meeting, October 27, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Defining Text and Tools in Text Analysis,” Digital Humanities 2006, August 8, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Geoffrey Rockwell and James Chartrand. “[TEXT, ANALYSIS, TOOLS].define(),” Society for Digital Humanities (SDH/SEMI) 2006, May 31, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “From HyperPo to HyperPoets,” Society for Digital Humanities (SDH/SEMI) 2006, May 31, 2006.
  • Cheypesh, Oksaka, Costanza Pacher, Sandra Gabriele, Stéfan Sinclair, Drew Paulin and Stan Ruecker. “Centering the Mind and Calming the Heart: Mandalas as Interfaces,” Society for Digital Humanities (SDH/SEMI) 2006, May 29, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Stan Ruecker, Sandra Gabriele and Anthony Sapp. “Digital Scripts on a Virtual Stage: The Design of New Online Tools for Drama Students,” Fifth IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education (WBE 2006), January 23, 2006.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Vers une poétique de la visualisation,” La pensée, les réseaux et l’ordinateur, Université Laval, 9, 2005.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Geoffrey Rockwell and James Chartrand. “Supporting Research Projects withing the TAPoR Portal,” ACH/ALLC 2005, University of Victoria, 29, 2005.
  • Ruecker, Stan, Stéfan Sinclair and Milena Radzikowska. “Interface Design,” ACH/ALLC 2005, University of Victoria, 29, 2005.
  • Nadasdi, Terry and Stéfan Sinclair. “Le Patron: Un système multilingue de correction de grammaire,” COCH/COSH 2005, University of Western Ontario, May 30, 2005.
  • Rockwell, Geoffrey, Stéfan Sinclair and James Chartrand. “TAPoR: Five Views Through a Text Analysis Portal,” COCH/COSH 2005, University of Western Ontario, May 29, 2005.
  • Toms, Elaine, Geoffrey Rockwell, Stéfan Sinclair and Ray Siemens. “Modelling the humanities scholar at work,” Face of Text, McMaster University, November 21, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “HyperPo: A Longitudinal Perspective,” Face of Text, McMaster University, November 20, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Envisioning Visualization in the Humanities,” New Directions in the Humanities, Stanford University, November 15, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Reading and Studying Texts with Computers,” Humanities Computing Summer Institute, University of Victoria, June 26, 2004.
  • Gouglas, Sean and Stéfan Sinclair. “Winter Nights in Alberta: Computer Role Playing Games and Digital Narrative in the Classroom,” ALLC/ACH 2004 Joint Conference, Göteborg University, June 15, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Eric Homich and Stan Ruecker. “Text Document Prospect,” ALLC/ACH 2004 Joint Conference, Göteborg University, June 12, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Text Analysis Markup Language (TAML),” ALLC/ACH 2004 Joint Conference, Göteborg University, June 11 to 16, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Modelling Expert Reading,” COCH/COSH 2004, University of Manitoba, June 1, 2004.
  • Toms, Elaine, Geoffrey Rockwell, Ray Siemens and Stéfan Sinclair. “Text analysis Research: What is Being Done and What is Needed,” COCH/COSH 2004, University of Manitoba, May 31, 2004.
  • Gouglas, Sean and Stéfan Sinclair. “Geeking Havoc: Technical Concepts in Digital Narrative,” COCH/COSH 2004, University of Manitoba, May 30, 2004.
  • Ruecker, Stan, Eric Homich and Stéfan Sinclair. “Watching the Script of Synge’s Playboy of the Western World,” COCH/COSH 2004, University of Manitoba, May 30, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Humanities Computing: A Glimpse at Some of What We Do on the Other Side of Campus,” University of Alberta, April 2, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Textual offering: Roundabouts and intersections of literature and mathematics,” Carleton University / University of Ottawa Joint Colloquium Series, Carleton University, March 26, 2004.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “The Future of Humanities Computing,” University of Alberta Humanities Computing Graduate Conference 2003, University of Alberta, December 5, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Text Analysis Markup Language (TAML),” Canadian Symposium for Text Analysis, University of Victoria, November 14, 2003.
  • Toms, Elaine, Geoffrey Rockwell, Ray Siemens and Stéfan Sinclair. “Text Analysis Needs of Humanists: A Survey,” Canadian Symposium for Text Analysis, University of Victoria, November 14, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Terry Butler. “20th Century Literature: The New Apocrypha,” Archiving Modernism, University of Alberta, July 26, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Peer Review of Humanities Computing Software,” ACH/ALLC 2003, University of Georgia, June 2, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Greg Lessard and Max Vernet. “SatorDétecte: Using expert-constructed databases to refine computational searches,” C0CH/COSH 2003, Dalhousie University, May 28, 2003.
  • Lessard, Greg, Stéfan Sinclair, Max Vernet, Elisabeth Zawisza, Marie Surridge, Kasareka Kavwariheri and Louis-Emile Fromet de Rosnay. “Pour la reconnaissance semi-automatique des topoï,” Colloque SATOR 2002, Universiversité de Louvain-la-neuve, May 22, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “HyperPo Usability Study,” Highway Two, University of Alberta, May 15, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Stephanie Posthumus. “Technology and Ecology: Dialogue de Sourds?,” Culture and State, University of Alberta, May 4, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “An Oulipian Index,” Twentieth-Century French Studies Colloquium , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 27 to 29, 2003.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “The M.A. in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta,” University of Alberta, November 1 to 30, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Grantsmanship for Graduate Students,” MLCS Pro-Seminar, University of Alberta, October 11, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “SatorBase: Faisons les comptes,” Topique narrative de l’étranger (de l’étrange), Queen’s University, October 3 to 5, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Text Analysis as Exploration,” ACH/ALLC 2002, Universität Tübingen, July 24 to 28, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan, Terry Butler and Sean Gouglas. “The MA in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta,” Inter/Disciplinary Models, Disciplinary Boundaries: Humanities Computing and Emerging Mind Technologies, University of Toronto, May 27, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Humanities Computing Resources: A Unified Gateway and Platform,” COCH/COSH 2002, University of Toronto, May 26 to 28, 2002.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “SatorBase: où nous en sommes et où nous allons,” Locus in fabula: XVe colloque international de la Sator, École normale supérieure, November 26 to 29, 2001.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Présentation de la Maîtrise en informatique dans les sciences humaines à l’Université de l’Alberta,” Univeristé d’Ottawa, November 23, 2001.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Balancing Global and Local Perspectives in a Humanities Computing Curriculum,” Humanities Computing Curriculum, Malaspina University-College, November 9 to 10, 2001.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “La collaboration internationale de chercheurs à l’aide de Satorbase,” COSH/COCH, Université Laval, May 27, 2001.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Greg Lessard. “Vinci: Un Outil oulipien,” APFUCC, Université Laval, May 25, 2001.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “SatorBase: Successeur de TopoSator,” XIVe colloque internationale de la SATOR, Universiteit van Amsterdam, June 19 to 24, 2000.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Hypertexte, etcetera: remue-méninges,” L’heure ou le leurre de la communication, University of Western Ontario, March 20 to 21, 2000.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “HyperPo: The Next Generation,” ACH/ALLC’99, University of Virginia, June 9 to 14, 1999.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Le Motif: onde ou particule? L’interaction thématique dans La Disparition de Georges Perec,” Pratique langagières transgressives, University de Sherbrooke, June 3, 1999.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Tout compte fait: L’oulipo sous la loupe informatique,” Lire Oulipo, Université d’Ottawa, May 30, 1998.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “La langue de l’ordinateur: ce n’est pas naturel,” La Langue de l’autre, University of Western Ontario, April 3 to 4, 1998.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Hyperquoi? Le texte et ses strucutres hypertextuelles latentes.,” Paratexte, Queen’s University, October 24 to 27, 1997.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “HyperPo: Exploration des structures lexicales à l’aide des formes hypertextuelles.,” ACH-ALLC’97, Queen’s University, June 3 to 7, 1997.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “L’Oulinpo : Ouvroir de littérature informatique potentielle,” L’Oulipo. Avoir et avenir. 65e Congrès de l’Acfas, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, May 12, 1997.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Une Non-histoire de l’informatique dans les humanités et quelques morales à en tirer,” Prise de parole: Huitième colloque annuel de la Société des études supérieures du Département de français, University of Toronto, April 19, 1997.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan and Robert Paquet. “L’enseignement assisté par informatique: Présentation de nos méthodes,” Séminaire départemental, Queen’s University, March 25, 1997.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Les Enjeux des jeux de mots informatiques,” Jeux: Septième colloque annuel de la Société des études supérieures du Département de français, University of Toronto, May 11, 1996.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “La Roue des sens: Un nouveau modèle sémantique ou la sémantique schizophrène,” Les dixièmes Journées de linguistique, Université Laval, April 2 to 4, 1996.
  • Sinclair, Stéfan. “Un Oulipien peut en cacher un autre,” Séminaire départemental, Queen’s University, March 26, 1996.
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Selected Research Grants

  • (2007 to 2008) “Metadata Offer New Knowlege” Mellon Foundation, $999,883.41 (USD) with John Unsworth (PI) , Stéfan Sinclair, Loretta Auvil, Martin Mueller, Stephen Ramsay and Stan Ruecker.
  • (2005 to 2007) “LePatron: Aide à la rédaction du français” SSHRC, $92,000 with Terry Nadasdi (PI) and Stéfan Sinclair.
  • (2008) “Exploring Convergence and Connectivity of Multiple Large Scale Literary Databases” Arts Research Board, $9,000 (USD) with Stéfan Sinclair (PI) , Madeleine Jeay and Elzbieta Grodek.
  • (2002 to 2007) “Text Analysis Portal for Research” Canada Foundation for Innovation, $6,784,740 with Geoffrey Rockwell (PI) , Michael Best, William Coleman, Nicholas Griffin, Antonette Healy, Ian Lancashire, David Miall, Bradford Nickerson, Daniel Poulin, Stéfan Sinclair and Elaine Toms.
  • (2006 to 2008) “Vers des stratégies d’exploitation simultanée de ressources polyvalents” SSHRC, $40,000 with Madeleine Jeay (PI) and Stéfan Sinclair.
  • (2008) “Mandala: Visualization Interfaces for Searching Online Collections” SSHRC, $39,600 (USD) with Stan Ruecker (PI) , Stéfan Sinclair, Sandra Gabriele and Julia Flanders.
  • (2007 to 2008) “Mashing Texts: New Methodologies in Digital Textuality” SSHRC, $39,500 (USD) with Stéfan Sinclair (PI) , Geoffrey Rockwell, Stan Ruecker, Amanda Etches-Johnson and Krista Godfrey.
  • (2007 to 2008) “Mashing Texts: New Methodologies in Digital Textuality” SSHRC, $38,000 (USD) with Geoffrey Rockwell (PI) , Stéfan Sinclair, Alexandre Sévigny and Susan Brown.
  • (2003 to 2008) “Interdisciplinary Multimedia Research Centre for the Arts” Canada Foundation for Innovation (New Opportunities), $333,851 with Sean Gouglas (PI) , Stéfan Sinclair and Harvey Quamen.
  • (2005 to 2006) “Text Analysis Summit” SSHRC, $30,000 (PI).
  • (2005 to 2006) “Réseau Raison” SSHRC, $24,000 with Gilbert Boss (PI) , Stéfan Sinclair, Anne Staquet, Christian Vandendorpe, Maryvonne Longeart, Pierre Lévy and Renée-Marie Fontain.
  • (2005 to 2008) “Humanities Visualization” SSHRC, $130,000 with Stan Ruecker (PI) and Stéfan Sinclair.
  • (2002 to 2005) “Répertoire informatisé de topoï narratifs” SSHRC, $105,695 with Max Vernet (PI) , Greg Lessard, François Rouget, Stéfan Sinclair and Elizabeth Zawisza.
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Selected Activities

  • (2005 to present) Blogs Editor, Digital Humanities Quarterly
  • (2005 to present) Associate Editor, Literary and Linguistic Computing
  • (2002 to present) Member of the Executive Council, Société d’analyse de la topique romanesque (SATOR)
  • (2002 to present) Member, National Executive Board of the Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR) Project
  • (2001 to present) Member of the Editorial Board, L’Astrolabe: Recherche littéraire et informatique
  • (2004 to 2007) Executive Secretary, Association for Computers in the Humanities
  • (2003 to 2006) Executive Secretary, Society for Digital Humanities
  • (2004 to 2005) Member of the Executive Council, School of the Arts, McMaster University
  • (2003 to 2004) Member, University Technology Planning Committee, University of Alberta
  • (2002 to 2004) Member, Board of Directors and Technical Advisor for Humanitech (a student-run company that provides fee-based computing services to the academic community and the public sector), Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
  • (2001 to 2004) Co-Director and member of the curriculum committee of the M.A. in Humanities Computing, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
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