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How we spent our summer vacation: the Herodotos Project

September 9, 2014
12:45 pm - 2:05 pm
Oxley Hall 122

Brian Joseph & Christopher Brown
Tuesday, September 9 
CLIPPERS Computational Linguistics Discussion Group
12:45-2:05 pm
Oxley Hall 122
 
We spent a week this summer at a seminar in Germany on computational humanities, where were we able to make dramatic advances on a project we call the “Herodotos Project” — devising a web-based portal/database on ancient ethnohistory — advances that were made possible by expertise we encountered there in computational linguistics as applied to humanistic issues. Knowing very little about the computational side of things, we came away with an appreciation for how computer science and the humanities can successfully interact. In this presentation, we will introduce our project, share our experiences with the group concerning its computational dimension(s), and seek further advice from the group about next steps that might be taken.