Matthias Arnold graduated from Heidelberg University in 2003 with an M.A. in East Asian Art History, Classical Chinese and European Art History. As a member of the Heidelberg Research Architecture he coordinated the development of various digitization and database projects. Within NHDP, he was responsible for managing visual resources and metadata quality, as well as overseeing data sustainability. Along with Dr. Ashish Karmacharya, he conceptualized the development of the Arches platform.

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