William J. Turkel is Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario and internationally recognized for his innovative work in digital history. He uses machine learning, text mining, and computational techniques in his study of the histories of science, technology and environment, drawing on many decades of programming experience. He is the author of Spark from the Deep (Johns Hopkins, 2013), The Archive of Place (UBC, 2007) and the open access textbook Digital Research Methods with Mathematica (2nd rev ed 2020). His current monograph Exploring Global 21st Century History with Generative AI is under review at McGill-Queens University Press. Dr. Turkel is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (2018-26) and is a Generative AI Fellow at Western University’s Center for Teaching and Learning (2025-27).