Hubert Mara graduated ([[Matura|matura]]) in electrical engineering from the [[Höhere Technische Lehranstalt|HTBLuVA]] in [[Wiener Neustadt]] and studied computer science at the [[Vienna University of Technology|TU Wien]], graduating in 2006. Already during his studies he participated in [[excavation (archaeology)|excavation]]s in [[Israel]] and [[Peru]], where he learned to combine methods of computer science and [[humanities|humanities]]. Early on, he participated in the development of new methods here, such as for [[Three-dimensional space|3D]] recording of ancient pottery for the Austrian [[Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum]]. After graduation, he received a [[Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions|Marie Curie Fellowship]], with the help of which he went to the [[University of Florence]], where he joined the ''Cultural Heritage Informatics Research Oriented Network'' (CHIRON)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/514539/|title=CHIRON in ERC Cordis|access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref> was involved in the development of the ''London Charter for the Computational Visualization of Cultural Heritage''. In 2009, Mara moved to the [[Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing|Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing]] (IWR) at the [[Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg|Universität Heidelberg]]. In Heidelberg, his interdisciplinary [[Doctorate|doctorate]] was awarded in 2012, with [[Willi Jäger]] and [[Hans Georg Bock]] as reviewers. As part of the [[dissertation]], he developed the [[GigaMesh Software Framework]]. This was a [[Free/Libre Open Source Software|free and open source]] modular [[software]] for displaying, editing and visualizing 3D data. In practice, it is used to make things visible again that can no longer be captured with the normal human eye. Thus, it was now possible to make the writing on weathered gravestones legible again<ref name="spiegel_worms" /><ref name="vortrag_gisela" />, to make fingerprints on archaeological ceramics visible, or to make damaged [[cuneiform|cuneiform texts]] legible again. He received his doctorate in 2012, after which Mara founded the ''Forensic Computational Geometry Laboratory'' (FCGL or FCGLab), also at Heidelberg University. He leads the FCGLab, which was funded as a junior research group by the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]] under the 2nd [[German Universities Excellence Initiative]] from 2014 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhd-wp.hab.de/?q=content/informatik-und-arch%C3%A4ologie-%E2%80%93-mein-verflixtes-13-jahr |title=Informatics and Archaeology - My darned 13th year {{!}} Workingpapers DHd working groups|language=de|access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref> The group was dedicated to further projects on [[computer vision|3D computer vision]], but also [[machine learning|machine learning]] for archaeological finds. In Heidelberg, he had the doctoral right between 2014 and 2020, and was able to supervise three PhD students in the process.<ref name="linkedin_profile" /> In 2020, they were awarded the ''European Heritage Award'' of the [[Europa Nostra]] in the field of research for their collaboration on the project ''Scanning for Syria''. As of June 2020, Mara moved to the ''Mainz Centre for [[Digitality]] in the Humanities and Cultural Studies'' ([[mainzed]]) as executive director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i3mainz.hs-mainz.de/team/hubertmara/|title=Hubert Mara - i3mainz|access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref> Since 1. November 2021, Mara is a [[tenure-track]]-[[junior professor|junior professor]] of [[Digital Humanities|eHumanities]] at the Institute of Computer Science at [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg|University of Halle]]. He is an [[Editor-in-Chief|Editor-in-Chief]] of the ''it - Information Technology'' journal series at [[De Gruyter]]<ref name="editorinchief_itit" />, which is one of the oldest publication media of computer science in Germany.▼

Mara's main focus is on the connection of computer science with the humanities, especially archaeology. The core of his work is the development of new analysis, representation and research methods for archaeological finds, such as the age determination of 3D-captured cuneiform tablets with [[Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]].<ref name="ICFHR20" /> Starting with GigaMesh, he has done fundamental work in these areas. Since 2016, he has served on the advisory board of the German chapter of the [[Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology]]. Mara's publication list now includes a three-digit number of publications of various types and forms.▼

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* [https://www.hs-mainz.de/news/mit-neuem-schwung-in-die-zukunft/ Mit neuem Schwung in die Zukunft] auf der Webseite von ''mainzed''.▼

* [https://www.campus-halensis.de/artikel/digitale-archaologie/ Digitale Archäologie]; zur Berufung zum Juniorprofessor auf ''campus-halensis.de''.▼