This week a large group of staff here at the ADS will travel to Amsterdam to attend the Computer Applications and Quantitative Method in Archaeology (CAA) International conference. This is the 50th anniversary conference for the organisation, which brings together an international audience of archaeologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists.
ADS staff will have a strong presence at the conference, organising several sessions and delivering a number of presentations. Below is a list of the sessions and presentations given by ADS staff on each day on the conference:
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Session 13. An inventory of the Sea: our shared marine heritage challenges and opportunities – Organised by Peter McKeague, Historic Environment Scotland, Professor Julian Richards, Archaeology Data Service, University of York and Dr Clare Postlethwaite, MEDIN Coordinator, National Oceanography Centre.
- ‘Aggregating the UK’s maritime data in Unpath’d Waters’ – a paper presented by Julian Richards (ADS), Jamie Bradley (ADS), Jamie G Geddes (ADS) and Holly Wright (ADS).
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Session 22. Machine and deep learning methods in archaeological research – creating an integrated community
- ‘A comparison of machine learning and rule-based approaches for text mining in the archaeology domain, across three languages’ – a paper presented by Alex Brandsen (Universiteit Leiden), Andreas Vlachidis (UCL) and Alphaeus G W Lien-Talks (University of York, Historic England, ADS).
Session 23 – Round Table. Understanding Archaeological Site Topography: 3D Archaeology of Archaeology
- Participation in the roundtable by Teagan Zoldoske (ADS).
Thursday 6th April 2023
Session 16. Archiving information on archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment: workflows, paradata and beyond
- ‘5 years of archiving: Exploring what people see as deposit worthy’ – a paper presented by Teagan K Zoldoske (ADS) and Becky Hirst (ADS).
Session 29. How do we ensure archaeological data are usable and Reusable, and for whom? Putting the R in FAIR for archaeology’s data – Organised by Sara Perry, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and Holly Wright, (ADS, University of York).
- ‘High Speed 2 vs Unpath’d Waters: keeping large projects FAIR’ – paper presented by Evelyn A Curl (ADS), Teagan K Zoldoske (ADS) and Jamie G Geddes (ADS).
- ‘How FAIR is bioarchaeological data: with a particular emphasis on making archaeological science data reusable’ – paper presented by Alphaeus G W Lien-Talks (University of York, Historic England, ADS).
- ‘Reuse and the Archaeology Data Service’ – paper presented by Holly Wright (ADS, University of York).
For more information about the schedule, sessions and papers please follow these links to the CAA 2023 website.
