Liberal Arts and Sciences
Data-Driven Humanities Research Group
Led by Eleni Bozia · Classics
What we study
The Data-Driven Humanities Research Group uses computers to analyze Ancient Greek and Latin and study the Greco-Roman world. Under the Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project, it also does 3D digitization, digital preservation and automatic analysis of historical artifacts such as inscriptions; students from all disciplines work on its projects.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 10
What we're looking for
“If you would be interested in joining our team, contact Prof. Bozia (bozia@ufl.edu).”
Current projects
Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project
An international project, started with UF's Digital Worlds Institute, that builds open-access tools for 3D digitization and analysis of inscriptions and artifacts.
Digital preservation of Greek inscriptions
The project digitizes ancient Greek inscriptions from Thasos using imaging technology to preserve them and make them accessible online. Students will help scan, archive, and analyze these texts to support research and public outreach.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 559
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Greek Love: Homoerotic Elements Portrayed in Antiquity and How They Reflect Ancient Views on Sexuality
The study analyzes ancient Greek poems and texts to show that sexuality was viewed as a fluid spectrum based on social roles, and traces how these ideas later influenced thinkers like Oscar Wilde.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 392
Impacts of Digital Technology on the Preservation and Transmission of Heritage and History
The project looks at how digital tools like 3D scanning and virtual reality can protect and share cultural artifacts and sites. Students will create digital models and explore how these tools help people learn about and keep heritage alive.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 379
Project Contraception in Ancient Rome: An In-Depth Analysis of Ancient Contraceptive Measures and Their Relevance
The lab studies how Roman women used herbal mixtures and other methods to prevent pregnancy, comparing those ancient practices to modern birth control. Students will read ancient texts and modern research to see how these methods worked and why they mattered.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 368
Shifting Roman Views on Foreigners From Julius Caesar to Claudius
The project looks at how Romans’ attitudes toward non-Romans changed from Caesar to Claudius by reading ancient texts. Students analyze the language used for foreigners and track how it became more or less negative over time.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 273
Open-Source Real-Time Speech-to-Speech Translation: A Data-Driven Comparison
The lab tests free speech‑recognition, translation, and voice‑synthesis tools to see which combos work fastest and most accurately for English, Spanish, and French. The student measured word error rates, latency, and voice quality on both GPU and CPU setups.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 232
Greco-Roman Influences in the Third Reich
The paper explores how Nazis used Greek and Roman symbols, texts, and art to link their regime to ancient civilizations, analyzing works like Tacitus’ Germania and Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars and artifacts such as the Discobolus sculpture.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 186
Advancing AI in Classical Philology: Lemmatization, Sentence Modeling, and Chatbot Development
The lab builds computer tools that can read and understand ancient Greek and Latin texts, creating programs that break words into roots and model sentences. The student helped improve these tools and worked on a chatbot that can converse in those ancient languages.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 157
The Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project
The lab digitizes ancient Greek inscriptions to preserve them and make them easier to study. Students use cameras and software to scan, archive, and analyze the texts, helping researchers and the public access these historical documents.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 48
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
How to reach out
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