KEYNOTE / Robert Erdmann

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as a technically jaw-dropping talk, and it is the standard reference whenever the Night Watch gigapixel images come up.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

PyCon US

Topic

heritage imaging with python

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Robert Erdmann also gave a keynote talk at PyCon US 2021 about how they used Python for most of digitization and processing of the Night Watch (aka Operation Night Watch). Fascinating talk with tones of technical details. Link: [VIDEO]

• I can’t hear about the Rijksmuseum without thinking of the presentation Rob Erdmann did at Pycon on how they imaged Rembrandt’s Night Watch: [VIDEO] Incredible work being done there. I’m glad to see they’re continuing to make headlines.

• Robert Erdmann's keynote at PyCon: [VIDEO] The talk centers around Erdmann's use of python in "combining materials science, computer science, and imaging science to help the world access, preserve, and understand its cultural heritage". The technical complexity and nuance that went into the project was …