TALOS at TEDxUniversityofCrete 2026
On 9 May 2026, members of the TALOS AI4SSH team were present at TEDxUniversityofCrete, an event centered on ideas, creativity, and innovation within the academic community. Lefteris Zampoulakis, TALOS research assistant and undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology, contributed as part of the organising committee, while Prof. Melina Tamiolaki, TALOS PI, also attended and delivered remarks. TALOS’s presence reflected its ongoing commitment to outreach, public engagement, and dialogue at the University of Crete.
Last chance to register for the TOTh 2026 AI Terminology Training!
There is still time to register for the TOTh 2026 training “Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Terminology: A Step-by-Step Project Approach,” taking place on 2–3 June 2026 before the 20th anniversary edition of the TOTh International Conference. Led by Dr. Silvia Piccini, Prof. Christophe Roche, and Dr. Maria Papadopoulou, the training highlights a core principle of the programme: AI is a tool, but the expert remains essential.
Fotini Koidaki presented GeoAffect at the ISA-22 workshop at LREC 2026
Fotini Koidaki, TALOS PhD candidate in RT3: Corpus Analysis, presented the paper “GeoAffect: A Multi-Layer Annotation Schema and Few-Shot LLM Evaluation for Geoaffective Analysis of Literary Texts” at ISA-22, held within LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca. The paper introduced a multi-layer annotation schema for analysing how places are emotionally framed in literary narrative, applied to 19th-century Ionian prose fiction and evaluated on 13 large language models.
TALOS Invited Lecture: Cybersecurity and Citizen Science: Building Digital Resilience Together by Dr. Stavros Eleftherakis (NYU – Abu Dhabi)
TALOS Lab will host a hybrid invited lecture by Dr. Stavros Eleftherakis, Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 14:30 Athens time. The lecture, titled “Cybersecurity and Citizen Science: Building Digital Resilience Together,” will take place at the TALOS Conference Room, Building Γ, KEME/UCRC, Rethymno, and online. The talk will explore everyday cybersecurity threats, digital resilience, privacy-preserving collaboration, and the role of citizen science in identifying suspicious digital behaviour.
Wrapping up SA4AW 2026: Semantic Annotation, AI, and Knowledge Graphs for the Ancient World
The 2nd Semantic Annotation for the Ancient World (SA4AW) 2026 conference brought together international scholars and students at the University of Crete to explore the role of semantic annotation in dialogue with AI, large language models, and knowledge graphs in the study of the ancient world. Featuring sixteen contributions, two keynote lectures, and a student poster session, the conference highlighted current research, open practices, and new collaborations across digital philology, cultural heritage, and AI-supported humanities research.
Maria Papadopoulou at the UoC–NUAA Online Academic Exchange Event
On 5 May 2026, Maria Papadopoulou participated in the Online Academic Exchange Event between the University of Crete and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where she delivered the presentation “From Nanjing to Rethymno: AI, Philology, and Cross-Cultural Knowledge.” Her contribution formed part of a broader online programme of presentations and discussions that brought together scholars from both institutions around language, AI, and interdisciplinary research.
Visit of MA Students in Classical Studies to the TALOS Lab
On April 27, 2026, the TALOS Lab welcomed graduate students from the MA in Classical Studies (University of Crete) for a discussion on the intersection of Digital Humanities and Classical Studies.
2nd Call for Project Concept Notes – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
The TALOS Lab at the University of Crete invites researchers to submit concept notes for a fully funded, two-year MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities! Dr. Maria Papadopoulou (TALOS Lab Director) will host an online bootcamp on May 15, 2026, to help promising candidates develop their proposals blending AI with the social sciences and humanities.
Program Announced: 20th International Conference TOTh
The full program for the 20th International TOTh Conference (Terminology & Ontology) is now available! Join us on June 4-5, 2026, onsite in France or online, to explore the exciting intersection of traditional terminology and cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence, including LLMs and the Semantic Web. We are also offering a hands-on pre-conference training on June 2-3 titled “Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Terminology.” Don’t miss this landmark 20th-anniversary event featuring an international lineup of experts. Download the program and register today to secure your spot!
Discover our MOOC: Artificial Intelligence for the Humanities and Social Sciences
An open-access MOOC designed for humanists and social scientists to explore Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Graphs, and NLP tools. Developed by the TALOS–AI4SSH Lab, this course provides a structured path to building FAIR datasets and applying semantic technologies in research, with no prior technical background required.