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Frederic Kaplan
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Director of the EPFL College of Humanities, Digital Humanities Institute and Digital Humanities Laboratory, President of Time Machine Organisation
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🌟Opening Keynote Speech by Frédéric Kaplan - ”The information potential of books”.

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July 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Join us for Venice Data Week 2025 at EPFL (June 25-27) — a three-day workshop dedicated to exploring, interpreting, and enriching historical datasets on the city of Venice.
👉 Details & registration: epfl.ch/schools/cdh/...
#DigitalHumanities #VeniceTimeMachine #EPFL
Venice Data Week Lausanne 25-27 June 2025
The Digital Humanities Laboratory and the Time Machine Unit at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are pleased to announce a three-day workshop dedicated to exploring, interpreting, an...
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May 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sven Najem-Meyer's research exemplifies the exciting intersection of AI and classical studies. His PhD Thesis, which I co-supervised with Matteo Romanello, addresses the unique challenges of working with low-resource, domain-specific environments. actu.epfl.ch/news/the-fro...
“The frontiers between antiquity and AI fit me very well”
Sven Najem-Meyer of the Digital Humanities Laboratory explores the intersection of machine learning and classical studies, tackling the challenges of document processing for texts in Ancient Greek. On...
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March 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The creation of 3D assets for cultural heritage is accelerating, bringing us closer each day to a European Time Machine—an open 4D mirror world that enables the exploration of places across space and time.
Exited to kick-off in Trento with our international consortium of 10 European partners, diving into the future of #3DBigDataSpace! Exploring innovation, spatial intelligence & the next frontier of data visualization for Cultural Heritage. @ec.europa.eu @europeana.bsky.social
#Innovation #Trento #CH
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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I'm not sure why Peter Mount chose Valentine's Day to upload 2,000 arcade game manuals but here we are.

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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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February 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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@trackingactions.bsky.social for #AMLD closing keynote, presenting her work in building adaptive AI, brain-inspired algorithm to replicate human behavior. Incredible work at the crossroad of neuro-engineering, machine-learning and computer vision!
February 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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🌟Roundtable discussion on the future of #3D cultural heritage preservation—exploring synergies between competence centres, research & EU strategies.

Featuring:🎙️
🔹@gverhoev.bsky.social - @univie.ac.at
🔹Harry Verwayen - @europeana.bsky.social
🔹Xavier Rodier - @cnrs.fr & @echoes-eu.bsky.social
& more!
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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✈️ We are so excited for the #3D4CH #Kickoff Meeting & #Workshop to Align our 3D-4CH project with Key European Initiatives!👨‍💻

Join us online for the public session including keynote speeches & a roundtable discussion.

For more ℹ️see 👇

🗓️ 19th Feb
🕙 10 am-4:30 pm (CET)
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News: 3D-4CH Kickoff Meeting in Trento and Workshop to Align 3D-4CH with Key European Initiatives | Time Machine Europe
When: 18-20 February 2025Where: FBK, Humanities hub, via Santa Croce 77, Trento (Italy)  The 3D-4CH project is set to officially kick off with a meeting in Trento, Italy, from February 18–20, 2025. Th...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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After two years of international cooperation, the #5Dculture project has achieved a remarkable transformation in how European #CulturalHeritage is preserved, shared and reimagined through the power of #3D technologies. Read more about its achievements!
➡️ bit.ly/40Gp3fW
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Fantastic segment with Annie Hartley and Daniela Weber discussing implementable and scalable AI for humanitarian response - there is a need to continue to develop a positive vision for use of AI in this sector alongside a presentation of the risks. #AMLD
February 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Philippe Cudre-Maudrou on cyber defense: "We've been bad at anticipating AI development. I see 2 main trends: Agentic AI with multi-agent frameworks, where specialized AI agents work together to tackle complex challenges. The 2nd is the space of possibilities to find better answers." #AMLD
February 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Join us on 📅19 Feb, for the #ARCHE_EU 3rd Member States & Associated Countries online #workshop on "European Partnership for Resilient #CulturalHeritage:
New Opportunities for Int. Cooperation – Asia & Oceania."🌍

Let's explore global collabs to preserve our shared heritage.🤲
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News: ARCHE workshop on International cooperation with Asia and Oceania | Time Machine Europe
The Fondation des sciences du patrimoine will organise on 19 February 2025 an online workshop called “European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage: New Opportunities for International Cooperat...
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February 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Prochain concert de l’exposition 'Musica ex Machina' le 27 février!
> go.epfl.ch/Orpheus

Dix interprètes manipulent ou interagissent avec des moyens expérimentaux de création musicale pour explorer l’interaction entre musiciens et algorithmes.

27.2, 19h–21h
Hall MED, #EPFL
Entrée libre
#Lausanne
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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"Intelligence Artificielle : à quoi ressemblera l’art dans 100 ou 200 ans ?"
le titre n'est pas de moi mais le podcast de mon intervention sur RFI est en tout cas disponible : www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
Sur le pont des arts - Intelligence Artificielle : à quoi ressemblera l’art dans 100 ou 200 ans ?
Ne verrons-nous, ne lirons-nous et n’entendrons-nous que des créations issues de l’Intelligence artificielle ? Car aujourd’hui, en musique, en photo, en peinture, au cinéma, l'IA est déjà à l’œuvre,…
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February 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Annie Hartley looks back at a year of #Meditron.
What was "just" a model 6 months ago turned into a suite of models with different modalities and settings👏
The key: Engage with it critically, challenge its limitations, and continuously refine it 💪 #AMLD
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Revue de presse | Samedi passé, coup de projecteur sur Musica ex Machina dans le 6h-9h de RTS La Première avec Laurent Dormond!

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#EPFL #Lausanne #RTS
On fait quoi ce week-end ? – Musica ex Machina au Pavillon de l'EPFL
Laurent Dormond nous emmène au Pavillon de lʹEPFL pour découvrir Musica ex Machina, une exposition qui explore lʹhistoire de la pensée computationnelle et algorithmique en musique. Elle illustre comme...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We are excited! Tomorrow February 11, we open the doors on AMLD EPFL 2025. Join us in Lausanne for 4 action-packed days. Get your ticket! https://buff.ly/3UYv8Cr
🗓️ February 11-13: Three-day Conference +400 expert speakers, keynotes, 46 tracks, 21 exhibitors 🗓️ February 14: Workshop Day
February 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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I made a new subreddit.

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I'll be posting exclusively in there about Internet Archive stuff for the forseeable future.
theinternetarchive
A community for discussing use of The Internet Archive (archive.org) and the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org). Intended to provide extended support for topics related to use of the Archive, and prov...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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After a successful first phase at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the 'Cosmos Archaeology' exhibition is coming to the Guangdong Science Center in #Guangzhou, the world's largest science museum!

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#epfl #lausanne
A new Chinese step for Cosmos Archaeology
After a successful first phase at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the Cosmos Archaeology exhibition is coming to the Guangdong Science Center in Guangzhou, the world's largest science museum.
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February 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Registration is still open for the #ARCHE_EU conference! 📂

We’re excited to see you there and hear opening remarks from our President @frederickaplan.bsky.social, Ana-Maria Stan from @ec.europa.eu, Austrian Federal Ministries reps & more!

📅📌 3-5 March.

Secure your spot now!✍️
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Innovation Through Heritage: Resilience in Times of Climate Change | Time Machine Europe
TMO and the ARCHE initiative invite you to an international conference, where we will explore how national and European research and funding policies can unite to make cultural heritage resilient in t...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Nouvelle Publication: Kaplan Frédéric (2024/2). Prothèses linguistiques : typologie, auctorialité et prolétarisation. In Gefen Alexandre & Huneman Philippe (Eds), Philosophies de l’IA : penser et écrire avec les LLM, Intellectica, 81, (pp.135-161)

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February 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM