Research
Semantic technologies, knowledge graphs and critically grounded AI.
About TALOS
The Laboratory
Artificial intelligence and humanistic inquiry at the University of Crete. We study language, culture, knowledge and society through interdisciplinary research.
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Vision
AI shaped by humanistic inquiry
TALOS advances artificial intelligence with, and for, the humanities and social sciences. Our starting point is simple: computational methods should extend scholarly interpretation, not replace it.
Established as a permanent interdisciplinary laboratory at the University of Crete, TALOS brings computer scientists into sustained collaboration with scholars of language, history, archaeology, philosophy, education and society. Together, they develop semantic technologies, knowledge graphs and critically grounded AI methods for research questions that no single discipline can answer alone.
The laboratory combines research with infrastructure, education and collaboration. It produces open datasets and reusable tools, trains students and researchers, and creates durable links among universities, cultural institutions, public organisations and technology partners.
Our methods are designed around provenance, uncertainty, interpretation and accountability—qualities essential to cultural and social knowledge. Through open data, reusable software and shared standards, TALOS makes research materials easier to discover, connect, examine and reuse while preserving the scholarly context that gives them meaning.
Research, infrastructure & education
Infrastructure
Datasets with DOIs, reusable tools and a public SPARQL endpoint.
Education
Teaching, summer schools, seminars and doctoral supervision.
Collaboration
Partnerships with universities, cultural institutions and public organisations.
How we work
Research questions are defined together. Sources remain traceable, and tools are evaluated against scholarly needs.
- Frame the question with domain specialists.
- Model the evidence and document its context.
- Examine the results and make materials reusable under their stated terms.
Explore our research connections
From scholarly subjects to structured knowledge
Select a subject to trace its connections. Follow a dataset to explore the evidence.
Subjects
Knowledge models
Ontoterminology
Ontology
A thematic guide to the seven datasets in our catalogue; connections indicate subject and model type, not research volume or a complete map of the laboratory.
Institutional background
The ERA Chair project laid the foundations for TALOS. The permanent laboratory brings together researchers, doctoral candidates, students and visiting scholars at the University of Crete.
- Institution
- University of Crete
- Location
- Gallos campus, Rethymno
- Founding act
- Government Gazette 4617/B/07.08.2024
Research begins with people in the same room
A philologist, an archaeologist and a computer scientist may approach the same source differently. TALOS turns those differences into a shared method: questions are defined together, evidence remains traceable, and technology is evaluated against genuine scholarly needs.