Emily Tour

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Emily Tour

@TourEmily

Early career archaeologist ⛏️ PhD candidate @ UniMelb🏺 Scripts, tablets and sealings 📜 Phylogenetics, 3D modelling, GMM and machine learning 🤖 (she/they)

Melbourne, Australia Katılım Ocak 2021

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CAA Australasia@CAA_Australasia·4 Mar

📢 We're not only on X! Give us a follow on our other platforms, and keep up to date with the latest #digitalarchaeology news and content from the Antipodes! Facebook (facebook.com/caa.australasi…); YouTube (youtube.com/channel/UCdbC1…); and of course, BlueSky (bsky.app/profile/caa-au…)!

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·15 Şub

It was such a joy to MC this event, and hear all about Rob's new book! The future of manuscript studies is looking very exciting with the increasing adoption of computational methods. You should definitely take 20 minutes over a coffee break to check out the talks on YouTube ☕

Robert Turnbull@RobTurnbull

Yesterday I had my book launch and I was honoured to have @TourEmily, @mbird12, Alexander Treiger, Stephen Carlson and Joey McCollum speak about the book. Here is a playlist of what they had to say: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Robert Turnbull@RobTurnbull·14 Şub

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·11 Şub

📢#booklaunch alert for my wonderful PhD supervisor 📢If Bayesian phylogenetics, manuscript studies or textual criticism are up your alley, you should definitely tune in this coming Thursday 13 Feb @ 3pm! In-person at UniMelb, or on Zoom.

Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)@MDAP_Unimelb

Join us for the launch of Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus and Its Family with discussion from author @RobTurnbull & scholars in Arabic manuscripts, textual criticism and New Testament studies. Thu 13 Feb 3pm @melbconnect inc afternoon tea or via Zoom Register events.humanitix.com/book-launch-co…

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·21 Kas

This Sat @ 13:30 AEDT, I'll be presenting at my first programming conference @PyConAU, on a little Python library I've been working on with some colleagues (including @RobTurnbull) 🐍 Nervous (but excited) about speaking in front of a technical audience! #digitalarchaeology

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CAA Australasia@CAA_Australasia·19 Kas

Don't forget, this is the last week to get your paper, poster or workshop abstracts in for #CAA2025, being held next year in Athens!🗓️ Due 24 November 2024 🗓️Select your session and get typing! 2025.caaconference.org/call-for-paper… #digitalarchaeology #archaeology #cfp

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·18 Kas

Super excited to be taking part in this #digitalarchaeology symposium next week 😊 I'll be presenting on a recent collab I've been involved in, looking at using #machinelearning in ancient script and language research (including undeciphered scripts, like Linear A). Check it out!

CAA Australasia@CAA_Australasia

Registration for our next CAA-A event is LIVE! Join us for “De/coding Digital Archaeology” on Friday 29 Nov, a collaborative symposium with @MDAP_Unimelb. In-person and online tix available, free for members and non-members. View the program and book here: events.humanitix.com/de-coding-digi…

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)@MDAP_Unimelb·14 Kas

The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data. We just got a step closer to understanding them... New research from MDAP's Karen M Thompson theconversation.com/the-incas-used…

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·28 Eki

👀📜An exciting new #digitalhumanities article, co-authored by my wonderful PhD supervisor, @RobTurnbull!

Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)@MDAP_Unimelb

MDAP’s @RobTurnbull and Evelyn Mannix from @MelbCtrDataSci have just published a paper in IJDAR about their winning 🏆 submission to the 'Competition on Detection and Recognition of Greek Letters on Papyri' at @icdar2023 rdcu.be/dYigY

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·23 Eki

Very excited to be presenting at this event! Stay tuned for program/registration details over the coming week #digitalarchaeology

CAA Australasia@CAA_Australasia

📢 SAVE THE DATE for our next CAA-A event 📢 The De/Coding Digital Archaeology symposium on 📅Friday 29th of November 📅 will explore how innovative, data-driven methodologies are expanding the frontiers of digital archaeology (1/2)

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures@ISAC_UChicago·13 Eki

No! You must not read from the book!

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Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia@res_australes·3 Eki

Oct 26 Melb @Hellenic_Museum Greek Love: Beyond The Veil "magic & monsters, inspired by Halloween & LGBTIQA+ History Month" Talks by Dr Jessica McKenzie, Noah Wellington, Dr Tanika Koozmen, Tobias Fulton. Book $ hellenic.org.au/event-details/… @Jessica__McK @lykophrons @tanika_mk @_31BCE

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Alex Brandsen@alex_brandsen·7 Eki

Working on #GenerativeAI, #LLMs, and/or #TextMining in #archaeology? @AlfieTalks and I are organising a session on these topics at #CAA2025! Please consider submitting an abstract, or joining the session at the conference. Session description: #S12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2025.caaconference.org/call-for-paper…

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)@CSMC_Hamburg·2 Eki

ENCI, our mobile CT scanner for cultural heritage objects, is on its second major field mission: Our team is looking inside sealed #cuneiform tablets @Muzekart in Ankara, reading #ancient contracts and letters for the first time: csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2024-10-0…

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Classical Studies Memes@CSMFHT·9 Eyl

BREAKING NEWS: The Mummy (1999) just received a 55 minute standing ovation from me in my living room after watching it for the 200th time

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·3 Eyl

I was very lucky to host this wonderful @CAA_Australasia panel last week (or rather, 'co-host' with my very present and opinionated feline friend, Mr Dudley 🐈). #Archaeologists and #3Dmodelling enthusiasts, check it out!

CAA Australasia@CAA_Australasia

A big thank you to all those who made it to our online panel '#Photogrammetry Myths' last week! If you were unable to attend, or are keen to watch all over again, the panel recording is now live on our #YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=ddtFtL… #digitalhumanities #3dmodelling

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Emily Tour@TourEmily·30 Ağu

@JamesFLoftusIII @archaeologyEAA No way, you'll smash it! 💪 would love to see the slides once you're done, if you're keen to share!

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James Frances Loftus@JamesFLoftusIII·29 Ağu

@TourEmily @archaeologyEAA Thank you!! Apart from myself, everyone is a pretty big name, so I’m just trying not to let my nerves take over 🤣

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James Frances Loftus@JamesFLoftusIII·29 Ağu

Tomorrow (8/30) I’m presenting at #EAA2024 🙌 looking forward to seeing (virtually) all the major players in #JapaneseArchaeology (session #502) 🇯🇵@archaeologyEAA

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Talking Pyramids💬@Bennu·17 Ağu

The scriveners of ancient Egypt were more than papyrus pushers, but they suffered many of the same repetitive ailments as desk jockeys today, a new study suggests. Ancient Scribes Got Ergonomic Injuries, Too: nytimes.com/2024/08/16/sci…

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MAARC Med Arch Australasian Research Community@maarc_research·14 Ağu

Wednesday 28 August, CAA Australasia holds the online panel: 'Photogrammetry Myths'! Hosted by @TourEmily, panelists Tom Keep, Dr Corey Noxon, Michael Rampe and Madeline Robinson. For more info and to book your free ticket: events.humanitix.com/photogrammetry…

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@mbird12 @PyConAU @RobTurnbull @Hellenic_Museum @Jessica__McK @lykophrons @_31BCE @AlfieTalks