The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) had a few things to celebrate at its open house Tuesday.
The gathering served as a grand opening to the CDH’s new location, on the fifth level of the Thomas Cooper Library, a move from the Welsh Humanities Building. It was moved recently in order to accommodate more faculty members.
Among its faculty are Director David Lee Miller and Associate Director Colin Wilder, who are both closely involved with the department’s second reason for celebration.
Among the projects the CDH highlighted Tuesday was Paragon, a computer program that was developed by associate professor Song Wang.
Paragon can compare two similar pieces of literature and spot the differences between the two. This allows the user to notice what changes in the same text printed years apart.
The program has been used by experts testing Paragon, who are studying early modern texts and books such as the “The Faerie Queene” by Edmund Spenser.