ΘΕΜΑ: Call for Abstracts, Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World Conference, May 20-21, 2025 (University of Crete)
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΕΑΣ: Maria Papadopoulou
Call for Abstracts, Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World Conference, May 20-21, 2025 (University of Crete)
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the Conference οn Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World, scheduled to take place in Rethymno on May 20-21, 2025, and online is now open.
The deadline is February 1st, 2025.
Please submit an abstract of max. 1,000 words (bibliography excluded) via EasyChair.
The conference is organised by the TALOS AI4SSH Centre of the University of Crete (Horizon ERA Chair TALOS AI4SSH ID: 101087269) in collaboration with the Department of Philology, University of Crete. See the announcement on TALOS AI4SSH website .
Please feel free to distribute this Call for Abstracts broadly within your networks.
Best wishes,
Maria Papadopoulou
Ass. Professor in Digital Humanities & Classics,
Dept. of Philology (University of Crete) & TALOS AI4SSH
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Call for Abstracts: Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World - SA4AW
May 20-21, 2025, in Rethymno, Crete (Greece) & online
Description
This conference will explore the contribution of semantic annotation, along with that of hybrid AI, deep learning, and knowledge graphs to ancient world studies. Semantic annotation is the process of tagging or (manually or automatically) labelling pieces of content—such as words, phrases, or objects in texts or images—with meaningful metadata to provide context and clarify meaning. Semantic annotation allows machines to process the meaning and relationships of content within a dataset, transforming raw data into structured knowledge. For example, a machine can recognize that “Athens” is a city, distinguish it from the other cities with the same name, and link it to related concepts, which improves ability to perform tasks like searching, or making inferences. By tagging concepts, entities, and relations, semantic annotation enables machines to interpret and process data more accurately, connecting data points across software, allowing for better searchability, advanced queries and further reuse via natural language processing and machine learning.
Through this conference, we hope to foster collaboration and intellectual exchange amongst digital scholars of the ancient world. According to the principles of FAIR and Linked Open Data, we strive to promote openness and accessibility in all of the workflows and methods presented at the conference.
In order to further encourage the open exchange of ideas, the conference will also include a round-table discussion. We welcome accepted participants to suggest topics to discuss.
Conference proceedings will be published in open access online format.
We encourage proposals on the following themes:
- Ontology-driven semantic annotation
- Standardisation
- Multilingual annotation practices
- Automatic and semi-automatic annotation
- Annotation of ancient geography
- FAIR/LOD data
- Semantic Web
- NER for ancient Greek/Latin
- RDF-based digital editions
- Methods, tools, and platforms
Submission details:
We invite proposals from all scholars, junior and senior, working in the topic areas of the conference.
Please submit an abstract of max. 1,000 words (bibliography excluded, free format). Submissions will be reviewed via double-blind peer review through EasyChair .
Paper presentations will be 20 minutes long, with extra time for questions and discussion. The working language of the conference is English.
A longer version of accepted papers will be published in an edited volume after the conference. More details about the edited volume are forthcoming.
Important dates:
1st announcement of the Call for abstracts November 22nd, 2024
Deadline for submission February 1st, 2025
Notification of acceptance to authors February 20th, 2025
Deadline for confirmation of participation by accepted authors February 28th, 2025
Conference dates May 20th-21st, 2025
Submission of camera-ready version September 25th, 2025
Publication of edited volume July 2026
For any further questions, please contact the organisers:
Maria Papadopoulou
Ass. Professor in Digital Humanities & Classics,
TALOSAI4SSH & Dept. of Philology (University of Crete)
Rachel Milio
Ph.D. candidate,
TALOS AI4SSH & Dept. of Philology (University of Crete)
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Dr Maria Papadopoulou
Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities and Classics
Research Group Leader & Project Manager
HORIZON ERA CHAIR TALOS AI4SSH
Artificial Intelligence for the Humanities and the Social Sciences
Visiting address:
University of Crete Research Center (UCRC)
Building E-Room 10, Gallos Campus, Rethymno, GR 74100
Telephone: +30 28310 77140 -
Mobile: +30 6972 822777, +971 56 399 4300