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Maya glyph analysis on Horizons Magazine

The work by R. Hu, J.-M. Odobez, and D. Gatica-Perez on extraction of Maya hieroglyph strokes was covered by Horizons Magazine, the scientific magazine of the SNSF and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

An algorithm to decipher Mayan glyphs Genevieve Ruiz Horizons Magazine SNSF - Swiss Academies No. 112, p. 48. March 2017.

Link: An algorithm to decipher Mayan glyphs.
Apr 03, 2017

MAAYA project at EPFL Open Days 2016

Idiap researchers presented tools for analysis and visualization of ancient Maya hieroglyphs at the EPFL Open Days 2016 in Lausanne.

Rui Hu (postdoctoral researcher) and Gulcan Can (doctoral student) showed the MAAYA project tools to interact with ancient Maya hieroglyphs for the general public.

It is estimated that 35,000 people visited the campus during the event on November 5-6 2016.

Photo credit: Mr. Pranay Dighe from Idiap
Nov 08, 2016

MAAYA work presented at Workshop on Signal and Image Processing for Art and Patrimony

Prof. Stephane Marchand-Maillet (University of Geneva) gave a keynote talk on May 13 2016 at the Workshop "Traitement du signal et des images pour l'art et le patrimoine" organised at Telecom ParisTech by the Interest Group ISIS from CNRS, France.

Link to the event:
http://www.gdr-isis.fr/index.php?page=reunion&idreunion=305
Jun 10, 2016

MAAYA featured on European Association for Digital Humanities Website

The MAAYA project is listed on the project page of the European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH).

mayan glyphs

The EADH page showcases "projects undertaken during the last three years that contribute meaningfully to Digital Humanities in Europe."

Links:
http://eadh.org/projects
http://eadh.org/projects/maaya
Mar 21, 2016

MAAYA at the European Maya Conference 2015

Prof. Daniel Gatica-Perez (Social Computing Group @ Idiap) presented work done as part of the MAAYA project at the 20th European Maya Conference (EMC) in Bonn, Germany

European Maya Conference 2015

Prof. Gatica-Perez was an invited speaker (Looking at Hieroglyphs: Computational Methods for Visual Analysis), at the yearly EMC event on December 13, 2015. The conference's theme was The Maya in a Digital World, and was organized by the Department for the Anthropology of the Americas of the University of Bonn.

Link to the event: European Maya Conference 2015
Feb 11, 2016

Coverage of MAAYA project in local media

The MAAYA project was featured in local Swiss radio and TV news.

Radio Chablais (02.11.2015)
Link: http://www.radiochablais.ch/podcast/mp3/club_part6_02112015.mp3

La Tele (04.11.2015)
Link: http://latele.ch/play?i=56283
Nov 05, 2015

Towards a Google Translate for Maya writing

Algorithms for recognition of Maya glyphs ease the job of deciphering these complex symbols.

Source: http://www.letemps.ch/sciences/2015/11/02/un-google-translate-ecriture-maya
Feb 11, 2016

Revealing the mysteries of the Maya script

Rui Hu, researcher at the Idiap Research Institute has been highlighted on EPFL MEDIA NEWS for her work on Maya script

Read the full article here: Revealing the mysteries of the Maya script
Feb 11, 2016

Session on Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition for Archaeological Research at CAA 2015

Daniel Gatica-Perez (PI of the MAAYA project) co-organized a Session on Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition for Archaeological Research at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Conference (CAA) in Siena, Apr. 2015.

The session co-organizers were Diego Jimenez (INAH, Mexico), Edgar Roman-Rangel (INAH, Mexico) and Salvador Ruiz Correa (IPICYT, Mexico).

CAA 2015 conference
Feb 11, 2016