The TALOS-AI4SSH project is set to establish a Centre of Excellence in Digital Humanities at the University of Crete, Greece.
The TALOS-Artificial Intelligence for Humanities and Social Sciences (TALOS-AI4SSH) project has received funding from the European Commission (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01-01-ERA Chairs) and will run for a period of five years (2023-2028).
The TALOS-AI4SSH project aims to establish a Centre of Excellence in Digital Humanities at the University of Crete. The centre will be integrated into the University of Crete Research Centre (UCRC) for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences.
Activities at the new centre will be directed by Professor Christophe Roche (ERA Chair Holder), a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Savoie-Mont Blanc (France), with long experience and international collaborations in the field of Digital Humanities.
Professor Roche has joined the Department of Philology at the University of Crete as a Visiting Professor, taking on teaching and research duties. His research team will consist of new researchers (PhDs and post-docs), while he will also be supported by academic staff of the University of Crete who participate in the project.
The TALOS-AI4SSH project is expected to have a significant impact
The TALOS-AI4SSH project is expected to make a huge impact in the following areas:
- Research: The research project will focus on the following areas: digital classical studies, digital archaeology, digitalisation of education, digital literary studies and computational linguistics. PhD and post-doctoral candidates will work on these themes;
- Innovative Training: In the framework of the TALOS-AI4SSH project, new courses will be taught at the University of Crete. More specifically, a short programme on Digital Humanities will be introduced at the BA Level from the academic year 2023-2024. This short programme will initially be destined for all undergraduate students of the UoC. Still, it is planned to open later to students from other Greek Universities and international students. In addition, distinguished scholars will be invited to the UoC to provide training for the academic community and students on specific topics related to the project. Finally, activities for a larger audience have been designed, such as summer schools and open online courses (MOOCs);
- International visibility and outreach: The TALOS-AI4SSH project is supported by a vast network of scientists and institutions, both Greek and international. Distinguished scientists from Greece and abroad participate in the project’s Advisory Board. At the same time, cooperation has also been developed with important institutions for Digital Humanities, such as Clarin-EL, the Cyprus University of Technology, two COST European funding actions, the interdisciplinary research networks Distant Reading and Nexus Linguarum, and the Post-Scriptum company. As part of the international visibility and outreach activities, conferences, workshops, and lectures will be organised;
- Sustainability: To ensure the sustainability of the new Centre of Excellence, efforts will be made to attract excellent scientists, post-doctoral fellows and doctoral candidates who, in turn, under the guidance of Professor Roche and members of the research team, will contribute to increasing the Centre’s funding through grants, awards and new research projects; and
- Institutional reforms: In collaboration with other ERA Chairs of Greek institutions, efforts will be made to promote institutional reforms that will improve working conditions in Greek HEIs and research centres and their further internationalisation.
Partnerships and Collaborations
The team of the TALOS-AI4SSH project welcomes propositions for collaboration and partnership from institutions, companies, Labs or individuals, with the aim of:
- Setting up joint programmes (especially on the MA and Doctoral Level)
- Preparing joint applications for funding
- Organising joint events (conferences, workshops, colloquia)
- Discussing creative ideas of common interest
Calls for funded PhDs
The TALOS-AI4SSH project is advertising four funded positions for PhD researchers.
The positions are:
- PhD, Research Topic 1: Semantic Annotation of texts (Digital Classics)
- PhD, Research Topic 2: Classifying and Naming Objects (Digital Archaeology)
- PhD, Research Topic 3: Pattern Recognition in Literary/Journalistic Corpora
- PhD, Research Topic 4: Digitalization and datafication of Education
The deadline for application submissions is 30 October 2023.
Mobility grants for visiting researchers
The TALOS-AI4SSH project is now offering mobility grants to scholars and young researchers to collaborate with the team in research, training, project applications, and other activities.
TALOS will accept the first visiting researchers in Spring 2024.
To register your interest in the grants, please fill in the following form.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Digital Humanities
- Artificial Intelligence
- Ontologies
- Digital Classical Studies
- Digital Literary Studies
- Digital Archaeology
- Digital Education
- Computational Linguistics
