TALOS AI4SSH at the 5th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2026)
Dr Maria Papadopoulou, Director of the TALOS Lab, will give a keynote presentation at the 5th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2026), organized by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye, on October 8, 2026. Her presentation will explore the role of AI in the Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on research capacity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and selected activities of TALOS AI4SSH at the University of Crete.
Visit by Dr Jacob Murel (Princeton University Logion Project) | Hybrid
TALOS AI4SSH at the University of Crete welcomed Dr Jacob Murel, Technical Lead of the Princeton University Logion Project, for a talk on the possibilities and challenges of using artificial intelligence in classical textual scholarship. The event explored the use of language models for philological tasks, text reconstruction, and textual criticism, while also considering the challenges of evaluating and developing AI tools for research in the humanities.
TALOS AI4SSH at the University of Oviedo
Maria Papadopoulou, Director of the TALOS AI4SSH Lab, participated in the BIP “Teaching Environment and Environmental Sustainability in the Third Millennium” at the University of Oviedo, presenting the research and vision of TALOS and exploring future collaboration in Classical Philology, Digital Humanities, and AI for Classics.
TALOS at the 13th Annual Meeting of the European Coin Find Network and Nomisma.org
TALOS AI4SSH at the University of Crete will participate in the 13th Annual Meeting of the European Coin Find Network and Nomisma.org, taking place at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy, from 15–18 September 2026. On Thursday, 17 September, Maria Papadopoulou and Christophe Roche will present “Κρητικὸς Χαρακτήρ – Cretan Character: a Digital Numismatics FAIR Dataset” in the session “Digital Tools and Data Management.” The RDF dataset was curated by Tonia Lourentzaki and Dimitrios Malliarakis using TEDI and is available online through Humanistica Digitalia.
TALOS hands-on training at the Crete Past and Present 2026 Summer School
As part of the Crete Past and Present 2026 Summer School, the TALOS Lab delivered the hands-on session “Looking for Europa (mal du pays)” in Rethymno on 25 June 2026. Led by Maria Papadopoulou and Rafail Giannadakis, the training introduced participants to the myth of Europa, its textual and visual receptions, and to AI-supported methods such as semantic annotation, ontology-based modelling, and knowledge graphs, which students then applied in group work.
The School of Philosophy of the University of Crete among the world’s top 500 in the Times Higher Education ranking
The University of Crete has been ranked in the 401–500 band worldwide in Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026. This distinction reflects the University’s strong international presence and the quality of its academic and research work in the Humanities, closely connected with the fields represented by the School of Philosophy.
Rafail Giannadakis at the Erasmus+ Staff Week organised by the international offices of the Universities of Crete and Piraeus
During the last week of May 2026, Rafail Giannadakis, Research Assistant at the TALOS-AI4SSH Lab, participated in the Erasmus+ Staff Week at the University of Crete, organised by the international offices of the Universities of Crete and Piraeus. As part of the programme, he presented the talk “Digital Transformation in Education and Research: The TALOS – AI4SSH Initiative,” introducing the TALOS initiative and highlighting its role in connecting artificial intelligence, education, and research in the humanities and social sciences.
Melina Tamiolaki and Melissa Bergoffen at UNESCO Club “Knossos” Event on AI and Cultural Heritage
Prof. Eleni Melina Tamiolaki and Melissa Bergoffen will participate in the UNESCO Club “Knossos” event on AI and cultural heritage on Saturday, 13 June 2026, in Heraklion. Their talk will present the TALOS programme and current research on digital cultural heritage, within a broader public event on AI, 3D modelling, augmented reality, and digital innovation for cultural and historical heritage.
TOTh 2026 Successfully Concluded in Chambéry
TOTh 2026 successfully concluded in Chambéry after four days of training, presentations, and international exchange at the intersection of terminology, ontology, and artificial intelligence. Organised by the University of Crete’s TALOS Lab in AI4SSH, the event featured a two-day pre-conference training, the 20th anniversary conference programme, presentations by TALOS members, and the Young Researcher Prize awarded to Giuliana Elizabeth Vilela Ruiz.
Methodology of Formally Representing Genre Terminology in Archaic Greek Lyric
On May 29–30, 2026, TALOS Lab member Rafail Giannadakis participated online in the international Romanian Colloquium, presenting a paper on the methodology of formally representing genre terminology in archaic Greek lyric. Using ALyrA (Archaic Lyrical Agora) as a case study, the talk discussed how the ontoterminology paradigm, TEDI software, and formalization function as a philological method to organize uncertainty.