WG2 Digital Comparative Collections and AI Training Data for Archaeology

Working Group 2 works to identify the critical collections upon which researchers rely to identify their archaeological resources and the issues around their use in digital applications (including AI). They will explore significant impediments, such as copyright issues, and develop relationships with publishers to create more open licensing options for these key collections. It brings together AI specialists and digital archaeologists to share current practices and survey future trends to understand aspects related to data optimisation, technical challenges, and opportunities for AI applications in Archaeology.

Leader: Vera Moitinho de Almeda
Faculty of Arts And Humanities of The University of Porto
Portugal (PT)

Vice-Leader: Aurore Mathys
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Belgium (BE)

Activities:

• Survey on currently available comparative collections
• Survey of current practice concerning archaeological training datasets for AI applications
• Publication report on survey results and problems linked to comparative digital collections for AI applications and best practices for the creation of archaeological training datasets
• Exploratory and Discussion workshops
• Publication report based on both the surveys and workshops
• Open access publication on the results