5th Plenary Meeting of ITSERR. State of the Art and Training on NLP and Onomasiological Searching and on Digital Preservation and Communication of Tangible and Intangible Heritage

The Fifth Training Event of the ITSERR project in Turin: at the center of Innovation and Interdisciplinary Research in the filedwork of  Religious Studies

On 14 and 15 January 2025, the Department of Historical Studies (Palazzo Nuovo) of the University of Turin will host the fifth training and update event on the progress of the research of the PNRR ITSERR project – Italian Strengthening of the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE, coordinated by Dr. Fabrizio Sebastiani (ISTI-CNR) and involving UniTo through the Department of Historical Studies, under the scientific guidance of Prof. Stefano De Martino.

After the meetings in Bologna, Palermo, Reggio Emilia and Naples, this event will be a crucial moment to evaluate the progress of the project and plan future challenges. ITSERR aims to develop state-of-the-art technological solutions for the analysis and management of sources and data related to Religious Studies through the European research infrastructure RESILIENCE. The project brings together scholars from different disciplines – linguists, historians, philologists and religious experts – together with computer engineers in a unique synergy aimed at creating innovative and accessible tools for the entire scientific community.

The results achieved so far have already obtained international recognition, with publications in academic journals and presentations at important conferences. Among the main innovations, the project includes the development of algorithms for the recognition of title pages in non-Latin alphabets, software for the extraction of semantic data applied to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, tools for the multidimensional visualization of normative texts and the indexing of historical documents based on consolidated recording methodologies.

More than 50 participants are expected, including professors, researchers, PhD students and technologists from the project partners, which, in addition to the University of Turin, include the CNR, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the University of Naples L’Orientale and the University of Palermo.

The event will be opened by the greetings of Prof. Paolo Cozzo, Director of the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Turin, Dr. Monica Cini, Head of Research Support Services for the Humanities Pole, and Prof. Stefano De Martino, scientific coordinator of the ITSERR.

Over the course of the two days, participants will discuss the progress of the project and the challenges for 2025, highlighting the value of interdisciplinarity in research.

Ample space will be dedicated to training, with lectures by Prof. Alek Keersmaekers on advances in the processing of the natural language of ancient Greek, with reference to the GLAUx project, and by Prof. Vincenzo Lombardo, who will give a lecture on digital preservation and communication of tangible and intangible heritage.

The training sessions will be interspersed with thematic workshops, covering topics such as data management and visualization, large and small language models, information analysis, and critical editions.

Updates on the progress of each of the seven research groups will also be presented to identify opportunities and challenges that require interdisciplinary collaboration.

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