Seminar Programme (2023/2024)
Seminars take place on Tuesdays (starting at 16:00 c.t.) on a fortnightly basis at the Zentrum Grundlagenforschung Alte Welt of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (see below).
Alternating - for students of the Humboldt University - the seminar / Übung will be leaded by Nicole Bukhardt.
The seminar 2023/24 will put a focus on artificial intelligence and how it can be used in the study of the ancient world.
The seminar will be transmitted. Please follow this link: Zoom-Meeting. The room will be opened tuesdays at 16:00.
Download the **poster** with the full programme (PDF here) and put it up on your institution's notice board.
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Venue | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.10.2023 | Martin Dröge / Torsten Hiltmann (HU Berlin) | Geschichte aus der Maschine. Funktionsweise, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Machine Learning für die geschichtswissenschaftliche Forschung und Lehre | BBAW | |
| 07.11.2023 | Jochen Büttner (MPIWG) | Generative KI. Eine Standortbestimmung | BBAW | abstract |
| 14.11.2023 (extra time) | Youssef Nader (FU Berlin) | Resurrecting Ancient Scrolls with AI | BBAW | |
| 21.11.2023 | Martin Langner (Universität Göttingen) | Maße, Muster, Modelle. Computergestützte Bildanalyse in der Klassischen Archäologie | BBAW | abstract |
| 05.12.2023 | Claudia Antonetti / Eloisa Paganoni (Venedig/Münster) | Preserving Inscriptions on Paper: Old and New Challenges. The Experience of the Venice Squeeze Project | BBAW | abstract |
| 19.12.2023 | G. R. Smidt, E. Lefever, K. De Graef, K. K. T. Chandrasekar, L. Foket (Universität Gent) | MIND THE GAP! Advancing Cuneiform Studies through Digital Collaboration | BBAW | abstract |
| 16.01.2024 | Patrick Burns (New York University) | How to Read Latin like a Computer: A case study of Latin noun chunking with SpaCy. With a workshop on 17.1.: What you need to train a historical-language spaCy model | BBAW | abstract |
| 23.01.2024 | Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (Paris) | Lösungsansätze und offene Fragen zur Massentranskription historischer Handschriften | BBAW | |
| 06.02.2024 | Elisa Roßberger (FU Berlin) | Geht das auch schneller? Chancen und Herausforderungen bei der semi-automatisierten Verschlagwortung von Siegelbildern aus dem alten Westasien | BBAW | abstract |
Venues
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities / Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Unter den Linden 8 (building of the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, entry Unter den Linden) (Raum 07W04)
10117 Berlin map
Due to pandemic restrictions, you have to register via email at schnoepf@bbaw.de in case you want to take place personally. There will be a live transmission via zoom (see above).
For more information contact the organisers or check the website https://digiclass.bbaw.de.
