On September 20, the MAIA (Managing Artificial Intelligence for Archaeology) COST Action began, bringing together a network of archaeologists, digital archaeologists, and computer scientists who will work to develop a shared understanding of AI applications in archaeology. Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor) participates as Spain’s representative in the Management Committee of the project. Artificial Intelligence…
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This Thursday, 17th of October, Prof. Hèctor A. Orengo will offer a lecture on the uses of Artificial Intelligence in cultural heritage for the Cultural Heritage Day organised by the Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage (Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural, ACdPC) Title of the LectureArtificial Intelligence and Cultural Heritage: Current Applications and Future Perspectives. Brief…
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We’re excited to announce that our research in has been featured in the latest post on Dropbox’s Work in Progress blog! The article highlights the dawn of a new era in computational archaeology, discussing the innovative ways Prof. Hèctor A. Orengo and our computational archaeology team are leveraging AI, machine learning, and cloud computing to unlock new…
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New Scientist magazine (Elsevier), has echoed our latest work on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448049-cold-war-spy-satellites-and-ai-detect-ancient-underground-aqueducts/ The paper, authored by Nazarij Buławka (MSCA postdoctoral researcher), Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor) and Iban Berganzo-Besga (Postdoctoral researcher at Ramsey Lab), is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological…
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We are glad to announce that we got a new postdoc grant in the preliminary resolution of the 2023 call Juan de la Cierva call (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)! Dr. Sònia Carbonell Pastor will join us at the end of the year and will be supervised by Hèctor A. Orengo. About Sònia Her…
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We are glad to announce our participation in a new COST Action project, which created a network of archaeologists and computer scientists to develop a shared understanding of AI applications in archaeology. The project, a COST Action called “Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA)” (CA23141), gathers scientists from 8 countries, and is led by the…
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On the 27th and 28th of May, we are hosting a workshop in the context of the MSCA project “UnderTheSands. Ancient irrigation detection and analysis using Advanced remote sensing methods“, lead by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nazarij Buławka. Abstract: The workshop aims to bring together researchers specialising in archaeology and water management in arid landscapes. Water management…
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20 June 2024, 18h CEST (UTC +2) “The botanical approach to Archaeobotany: plants behaviour and human adaptation” Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri Lab.of Palynology and Palaeobotany, Dept. Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract: The seminar will present…
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14 May 2024, 12h CEST (UTC +2) “Review of stable isotopic research on human diet, subsistence and mobility in Mesopotamia” Prof. Arkadiusz SołtysiakFaculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GIAPseminars2024Open event. No registration required. Hosted in Microsoft Teams (no Microsoft/Teams account needed). Abstract: Since 40 years, research on stable isotopes has become…
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Dr. Andrew McLean, MSCA postdoctoral fellow in GIAP (ICAC-CERCA), will collaborate in a new excavation in Istria, Croatia as part of the Economic Landscapes of Roman Istria (ELRI) project (directed by Davor Bulić, Candace Rice, and Andrew McLean). The project aims to reconstruct the economic organisation of the Barbariga site in the context of Roman…
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