Subtheme 7: Symposium on Buddhism in The Digital Age


			A Program to Translate the Chinese Taisho Tripitaka into English and Other Western Languages. (abstract) - *(full pape.pdf) Tran Tien Khanh, Tran Tien Huyern Tue Quang Foundation, USA VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION Maurizio Forte, University of California, Merced, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Art The Future of Buddhism on the Internet** Ven. Pannyavaro* – Webmaster of Buddhanet.net An Experiment on Distance Learning in Spreading the Buddha´s Teachings in Brazil (abstract) Ricardo Sasaki DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY:OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE TO BUDDHISM Ven. Thích Chân Quang Translated by Minh Thien Phuoc IMAGING SHUILU’AN: A MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVAL REPOSITORY Harlan Wallach Architect for Media Technology, Nuit At Nuamps Northwestern University APPEARANCE OF A CORPUS OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES AND APPEARANCE OF A WORLD OF BUDDHISM Masahiro Shimoda, The University of Tokyo A TRIPITAKA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL SANSKRIT BUDDHIST CANON Min Bahadur Shakya Director of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods Chakupat, Lalitpur, Nepal THE FUTURE OF BUDDHISM ON THE INTERNET Ven. Pannyavaro Webmaster of Buddhanet.net THE INTERNATIONAL DUNHUANG PROJECT RECONSTRUCTING, DISSEMINATING AND ENABLING SCHOLARSHIP ON THE WORLDS EARLIEST BUDDHIST LIBRARY Dr. Susan Whitfield Director, The International Dunhuang Project (IDP), The British Library “BLUE DOTS VIEW” – A NEW WAY LOOKING INTO DIGITAL BUDDHIST CANON Howie Lan Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) University of California, Berkeley EVENTWEB FOR DISSEMINATING CULTURAL HISTORY Ramesh Jain Department of Computer Science University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 ELECTRONIC CULTURAL ATLAS INITIATIVE IN TAIWAN Shih Cheer Dean Statement of Purpose THE ICOMOS ENAME CHARTER FOR THE INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES: THE INITIATIVE, ITS DEVELOPMENTS AND ITS FUTURE APPLICATIONS Claudia Liuzza, Ename Center, Belgium SOME RESULTS FROM VIETNAM ECAI Minh Thiện Phước - Lê Công Hậu ________________________________ LISTINGS FOR PANELS AND PLENARY TECHNOLOGY SECTIONS PLENARY Keynote Address “Buddhism and the New Technology: An Overview”, (abtract) Lewis Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley Project Examples: “The International Dunhuang Project: Reconstructing, Disseminating and Enabling Scholarship on the Worlds Earliest Buddhist Library. “(Panel Three) Susan Whitfield, British Library “Remote Sensing Technology and Angkor Wat” (Panel One) Damian Evans University of Sydney CBETA- Past Results and Future Expectations” (Panel Three) Huimin Bhiksu Fagu University, Taiwan PANEL ONE ABSTRACTS VIRTUAL REALITY AND TECHNOLOGY Virtual Heritage in Time, Space and Place Maurizio Forte, University of California, Merced Remote Sensing Technology and Angkor Wat Damian Evans University of Sydney Imag(n)ing Shuilu’an: A Multimedia Archival Repository Harlan Wallach, Northwestern University PANEL TWO ABSTRACTS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Visualizing Buddhism in Time and Place Jeanette Zerneke University of California, Berkeley EventWeb for Disseminating Cultural History Ramesh Jain University of California, Irvine Documentation of Buddhist Centres in Tamil Nadu D. Dayalan Archaeological Survey of India, Agra Buddhist Culture and International Collaboration Sungtaek Cho Korea University PANEL THREE ABSTRACTS DIGITAL BUDDHIST TEXTS Appearance of a Corpus of Buddhist Scriptures and Appearance of a World of Buddhism: A History of Buddhism from the Perspective of the Development of the Medium Masahiro Shimoda, Tokyo University A 21s Century Tripitaka: The Development of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Min Bahadur Shakya, Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods. CBETA- Past Results and Future Expectations Huimin Bhiksu, Aming Tu, Dharma Drum Buddhist College The International Dunhuang Project: Reconstructing, Disseminating, and Enabling Scholarship on the World’s Earliest Buddhist Library Dr Susan Whitfield The International Dunhuang Project (IDP), The British Library The Koryo Buddhist Canon: Sources and Importance Chun Oh Tripitaka Koreana Institute, Korea PANEL FOUR ABSTRACTS CULTURAL ATLASES OF BUDDHISM Survey on Theravada Buddhist Practice: Area Informatics Approach with Emphasis on Temples in Northeast Thailand Mamoru Shibayama Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Atlas of Taiwanese Religion Cheer Dean Yuan Heng Graduate School of Buddhism, Taiwan Atlas of Chinese and Himalayan Religions Howie Lan University of California, Berkeley