Explore the intersection of archaeology and emerging data analytics methods, examine the evolving relationship between the physical and digital and gain insights into the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of digital archaeology.

This symposium brings together University of Melbourne scholars from diverse fields to share their work on data-driven approaches to investigating the past. The symposium will showcase projects that use a variety of data practices, digital tools, computational methods, and analytical techniques.

Speakers will discuss how innovative data-driven methodologies contribute to expanding the frontiers of digital archaeology. Discover new avenues of archaeological inquiry that apply to individual artefacts as well as broad cultural landscapes. Topics include digital preservation of cultural heritage, critical reflections on technology's impact, ethics and interpretation, novel digital methods, and the role of AI and advanced computational techniques.

Morning and afternoon tea provided.

Attend in person or online via Zoom - please select the correct ticket type when registering.

Program

Time	Session
9.30am - 10am	Morning tea and welcome
10am - 10.30am	Symposium opening
10.30am - 12pm	Session 1 Storying Indigenous engineering ingenuity in the aquaculture systems of the Gunditjmara at the UNESCO World Heritage Budj Bim cultural landscape Tyson Lovett-Murray, Bill Bell, Adam Black, Evelyn Nicholson, Gabriele Marini, Brian Armstrong, Aleks Michalewicz, Andrew Mahisa Halim, Amanda Belton, Juliana Prpic, Martin Tomko These are a few of my favourite things: An eclectic discussion of 3D modelling in Victoria and abroad Tom Keep Digital dental data from the centre of Melbourne Rita Hardiman
12pm - 1pm	Lunch - free time
1pm - 2.30pm	Session 2 Allowing for multiple assessments, or datasets, for a single object Karen Thompson A historians approach to data analytics Emily Fitzgerald Old problems, new machines: Best and big data in archaeology Michelle Richards
2.30 - 2.45pm	Afternoon tea
2.45 - 3.45pm	Session 3 The LLM Livy Robert Turnbull, Emily Fitzgerald, Nicolo Fabila, Giulia Torro-Hill and Andrew Turner ‘AncientNLP’: A cross-discipline collaboration harnessing natural language processing in ancient script research Kabir Manandhar Shrestha, Emily Tour, Robert Turnbull, Brent Davis, Kim Doyle
4pm	Discussion and drinks (in person)

Hosted by the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform and the Australasian chapter of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology.