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Classifying & naming objects

Knowledge modelling, image analysis and terminology connect material objects with shared descriptions.

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Terracotta Hadra hydria, The Met object 90.9.9

How do we describe what we see?

Inspect an object

One object, several descriptions

Inspect a real museum object through its material, name and dimensions. The example explains the modelling task; it is not an RT2 dataset record.

Terracotta Hadra hydria, The Met object 90.9.9
The Met · collection record 90.9.9 →
Research scope
  • Describe objects through formal knowledge models.
  • Explore machine learning for image-based classification.
  • Use terminology and standards to publish searchable Linked Open Data.
Doctoral research

Women of the Bronze Age Aegean

Melissa Bergoffen

An ontology of female representations in archaeology, bringing together iconographic descriptions and provenance. The project aims at a central repository and an AI-compatible database.

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People behind the research

Artemis Karnava

Leader

Christophe Roche

Co-supervisor

Maria Papadopoulou

Co-supervisor

Rafail Giannadakis

Research Assistant

Tonia Lourentzaki

Research Assistant

Melissa Bergoffen

PhD Candidate

Dimitris Bilianos

Post-Doc Researcher