Tony Scarlatos, a recipient of the 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, has been honored with a faculty fellowship for 2025–2027.
Scarlatos is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. This fellowship will enable him to develop an innovative course titled, “The Future of History,” which will revolutionize how students engage with cultural heritage by leveraging cutting-edge technologies like AI, augmented reality and 3D scanning.
Scheduled to launch in Fall 2026, the course will bridge computer science, digital humanities, and museum studies through hands-on projects with institutions such as the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, The Jazz Loft, and the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame.
Students will learn to digitize archival materials, create interactive exhibits and develop accessibility tools using open-source platforms. The curriculum includes AI-driven restoration of artifacts and documents, holographic displays for immersive exhibit design, and projection mapping techniques used in major institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“This isn’t only about preserving the past — it’s also about reinventing how we engage with history through technology,” said Scarlatos. “Students will gain skills that museums desperately need while reimagining what’s possible in cultural storytelling.”
Read the full story by Yuganshu Jain at the Computer Science website.
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