Tuesday 12 of November, at 13:15 a.m., Dr Nazarij Bulawka, Dr Héctor A. Orengo and Dr Iban Berganzo will offer a lecture on the application of satellite imagery in the landscape archaeology in the Near East to detect qanat irrigation systems using AI. This talk is part of the Seminar “Near East Archaeology” of the…
Read more
We are happy to announce the publication of findings from a new regional archaeological survey in Land! Led by Giannis Apostolou, a PhD candidate of the GIAP-ICAC, this study investigates the evolution of human settlement in Grevena (NW Greece) from the Neolithic to the Late Roman periods, integrating geospatial analyses with multi-disciplinary surveying strategies. Giannis…
Read more
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…
Read more
Monday 21st of October, from 4:00-5:00 p.m, Dr Ekta Gupta will offer a lecture on the use of computational archaeology to study contentious theories about the Harappan Civilization. This talk will be the first in the Computational and Digital Archaeology Lab (CDAL) Seminar Series, Department of Archaeology, Cambridge (McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Downing Site). Register…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
The conference will take place in Athens, Greece, on the 5-9 May 2024. GIAP (ICAC-CERCA) will co-organise 5 sessions: Deadline: 29 October 2024. Submit your papers here: https://2025.caaconference.org/call-for-papers/ S20: “Scaling Heights”: Unveiling Mountainous Landscapes Through Interdisciplinary Survey Strategies, Quantitative Modelling and Computational Methods Session Organisers: Andriana-Maria Xenaki, University of Cambridge Giannis Apostolou, Landscape Archaeology Research Group (GIAP)/…
Read more
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…
Read more
Dr Najarij Bulawka, along with Dr Hèctor A. Orengo and Dr Iban Berganzo-Besga, have published a new open access paper on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments. The paper is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological Science”: Buławka, Nazarij, Hector A. Orengo, and Iban Berganzo-Besga. 2024. ‘Deep…
Read more
Monday 29th of July Ekta Gupta was in Baroda (India) presenting her research at the Lecture Series 1 of the Department of Geography of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Her talk ‘Connecting the dots: remote sensing and GIS at the Geography-Archaeology interface” focused on: – Examine the spatial context of historical events through the…
Read more
