Sebastiano Giacomini

Digital Humanist | Research Software Engineer

Research Fellow @ University of Bologna – Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge

About Me

I design and develop ontologies, build front-end and back-end applications,
and craft digital infrastructures that bring cultural heritage data to life.

My work blends semantic modeling, knowledge engineering, and web development,
turning complex information into meaningful, interconnected systems.

Education

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Master's degree — Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge
2021 – Oct 2023
Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Bachelor's degree — Humanities
2018 – 2021
Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Certifications

Meta React Specialization

By Meta (via Coursera)
Certificate earned on November 15, 2025

Foundations of Data Science

By Google (via Coursera)
Certificate earned on October 22, 2025

Work Experience

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Research Fellow
01/02/2024 – 31/10/2025

Knowledge Graph Data Visualization Web Application Digital Humanities

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

University Tutor
01/06/2025 – 31/10/2025

Content Curation Communication Social Media Department Management

Digital Humanities Advanced Research Center (/DH.arc) – University of Bologna

Intern
01/04/2023 – 01/08/2023

Backend (Python) Frontend Graph Database Cataloging

Tech Stack

Tools and libraries I use regularly for research software and web development.

HTML5

HTML5

CSS3

CSS3

JavaScript

JavaScript

jQuery

jQuery

Bootstrap

Bootstrap

React

React

Chakra UI

Chakra UI

Python

Python

Pandas

Pandas

Django

Django

SPARQL

SPARQL

Docker

Docker

Projects

A selection of projects developed across research, academic, and professional contexts, with a focus on knowledge graphs, semantic modelling, and digital humanities software development.

Research Fellow
Intern
Master Degree

ATLAS Web App

Collaborative platform for LOD-based cataloguing with NER, data visualization, and structured annotation workflows.

JavaScript HTML Python Docker
Live Demo GitHub

ATLAS Guidelines

FAIR-oriented guidelines for producing high-quality Digital Humanities research outputs.

HTML CSS JavaScript
Live Demo GitHub

ATLAS Ontology

OWL 2 DL ontology for modelling DH research projects and scholarly outputs.

Live Demo GitHub

CLEF 3.1

Lightweight LOD-native system for collaborative cataloguing and data collection.

JavaScript HTML Python Docker
Live Demo GitHub

CLEF 2.0

Lightweight LOD-native system for collaborative cataloguing and data collection.

JavaScript HTML Python Docker
Documentation GitHub

OFf-LOD

A knowledge-organization project that uses Linked Open Data to represent the cultural context surrounding the creation of Orlando Furioso.

JavaScript HTML CSS Turtle
Live Demo GitHub

TYPANTHEON

An online magazine featuring multiple issues designed in typographic styles inspired by different historical periods.

JavaScript HTML CSS
Live Demo GitHub

Songs TO Poems

A knowledge-extraction and representation project comparing, from a semantic perspective, Fabrizio De André’s album Non al denaro non all’amore né al cielo with the poems of Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology.

JavaScript HTML Python BERT
Live Demo GitHub

The Waste Land Original Drafts

A documentary digital edition that recovers, structures, and presents the rich content of the original drafts of The Waste Land.

JavaScript HTML CSS XML/TEI
Live Demo GitHub

Nice to MET you!

A data-analysis and visualization project exploring Italian paintings currently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Python JavaScript HTML CSS
Live Demo GitHub

IntoTheLoops

A software tool designed to process JSON and CSV datasets containing various types of information on scientific publications, enabling integrated storage and querying.

Python SQLite3 SPARQL Blazegraph
Live Demo GitHub

Publications

Academic publications, talks, and conference contributions covering FAIR principles, Linked Open Data, knowledge representation, and Digital Humanities research.

Conferences & Talks

«ATLAS: A data model for describing FAIR Digital Humanities research outcomes»

10–13 June 2025, University of Verona — XIV Convegno Annuale AIUCD2025.

«FAIR Digital Humanities scholarly metadata: The ATLAS project»

28–29 May 2025, University of Bologna — Workshop on Open Citations & Open Scholarly Metadata 2025.

«The DH-ATLAS project and prototype»

26 March 2025, University of Bologna — Accessing Digital Humanities Research on the Cultural Heritage.

«ATLAS: Towards a knowledge graph of international scholarly research on the Italian Digital Cultural Heritage»

20–21 February 2025, University of Udine — 21st Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science.

«CLEF 2.0. Soluzioni per la catalogazione nativa Linked Data del patrimonio digitale culturale italiano»

28–30 May 2024, University of Catania — XIII Convegno Annuale AIUCD2024.

Articles & Proceedings

ATLAS: A Knowledge Graph to enhance the findability of International Scholarly Research on the Italian Digital Cultural Heritage

Submitted manuscript, Umanistica Digitale.

CLEF 2.0. Solutions for Native Linked Data Cataloguing of Italian Digital Cultural Heritage

JLIS.it, 16(1), 108–126, 2025. DOI

ATLAS: Towards a knowledge graph of international scholarly research on the Italian digital cultural heritage

Proceedings of the 21st Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science, 2025.

CLEF 2.0. Soluzioni per la catalogazione nativa Linked Data del patrimonio digitale culturale italiano

Proceedings of AIUCD2024, pp. 417–422, 2024. DOI

Connect with Me

I'm always happy to discuss research, collaboration, or new projects.

ORCID

0009-0007-7813-0939

Email

sebastiano.giacomini9@gmail.com

LinkedIn

@sebastianogiacomini