Teaching a Computer to Classify Ceramics with Dr. Leszek Pawlowicz - ArchaeoTech 155
We speak with Dr. Pawlowicz of Northern Arizona University about a recent paper he was involved in that used convolutional neural networks to classify ceramics in the American Southwest. There are a lot of applications to this technology and some people love it and some think it's going to take the jobs of archaeologists. Links * Heritage Daily: "Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery" [https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/archaeologists-teach-computers-to-sort-ancient-pottery/139190?amp=1] Contact * Chris Webster * Twitter: @archeowebby [http://www.twitter.com/archeowebby] * Email: [email protected] * Paul Zimmerman * Twitter: @lugal [http://www.twitter.com/lugal] * Email: [email protected] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]
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We speak with Dr. Pawlowicz of Northern Arizona University about a recent paper he was involved in that used convolutional neural networks to classify ceramics in the American Southwest. There are a lot of applications to this technology and some people love it and some think it’s going to take the jobs of archaeologists.
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Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: [email protected]
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: [email protected]
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