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Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World Conference 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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May 20 & 21, 2025<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Student and Cultural Center XENIA, Nikolaou Psarrou 46, Rethymno, Crete <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Participation in SA4AW is free of charge!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On-site & online (via Zoom) participation. Register for online participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Submit abstracts (750-1000 words) at the EasyChair by February 15th 2025<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Conference Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Conference Programme<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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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\u2014such as words, phrases, or objects in texts or images\u2014with 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 \u201cAthens\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROPOSALS’ THEMES<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We encourage proposals on the following themes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ontology-driven semantic annotation <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Standardisation <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Multilingual annotation practices <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Automatic and semi-automatic annotation <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Annotation of ancient geography <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FAIR\/LOD data <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Semantic Web <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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NER for ancient Greek\/Latin <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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RDF-based digital editions <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Methods, tools, and platforms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CONFERENCE SCOPE<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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INVITATION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

We invite proposals from researchers at all career stages, working in the topic areas of the conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PRESENTATION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Paper presentations will be 20 minutes long, with extra time for questions and discussion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ABSTRACT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Please submit an abstract of max. 1,000 words (bibliography excluded, free format).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PUBLICATION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A longer version of accepted papers will be published in an edited volume after the conference. More details about the edited volume are forthcoming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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REVIEW<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Submissions will be reviewed via double-blind peer review through EasyChair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LANGUAGE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The working language of the conference is English.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elton Barker<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The Open University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Monica Berti<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Universit\u00e4t Leipzig – Institut f\u00fcr Informatik<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Antonis Bikakis<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

University College London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dimitrios Bilianos<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

University of Athens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Margherita Fantoli<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

KU Leuven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Leif Isaksen<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

University of Exeter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diane Jakacki<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Bucknell University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Olha Kanishcheva<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

National Technical University
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Nikos Litinas<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

University of Crete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hiu Liu<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Nanjing University of Aeronautics
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Chiara Palladino<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Furman University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eirene Seiradaki<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Director of Research Partnerships,
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Peking University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Silvia Piccini<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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University of Crete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ORGANIZERS<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Papadopoulou<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Classics, TALOS AI4SSH & Department of Philology, University of Crete<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rachel Milio<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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PROGRAM TIMELINE<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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November 22nd <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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