The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has released their monthly newsletter! Learn more about their projects relating to the ancient world and archaeology below.
IAS Squeeze Digitization Project Unlocking the Text of Ancient Inscriptions
The Institute’s Krateros Project is launching a new exploratory effort to further unlock the text of ancient Greek inscriptions by applying optical character recognition technology to its 30,000-strong collection of squeezes.
“Becoming Bodies” Explores History of Computing, Cybernetics, and Cyberorganisms
Artificial intelligence continues to blur the lines between human and machine. An exhibition on display at the Institute reveals that, since its founding, IAS has been a key space for the testing and contesting of these boundaries.
For more information on the IAS, as well as their other projects related to fields such as physics, biology, chemistry, and mathematics, please view their website here.