This lecture overviews an important topic of Digital Humanities, namely digital painting analysis that has many applications in painting conservation and in the history of arts. It covers the following topics in detail: Structure from Motion (SfM) in 3D monument and painting reconstruction, fragmented artefact re-assembly, IR reflectography and mosaicking, image registration, crack restoration, color… Continue reading Digital Painting Analysis and Conservation
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AI Science and High School Mathematics
This lecture addresses the challenge to explain the AI science basics using only High school Mathematics. Luckily enough, it has been proven to be a successful and very interesting undertaking. The lecture covers the following topics in detail: definition of AI science, Data and Vectors, Clustering, Classification, Neural Networks, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing. Of course… Continue reading AI Science and High School Mathematics
Large Language Models, ChatGPT and University Education
This lecture overviews the impact of the Large Language Models, particularly of ChatGPT language model in Education, e.g., in Universities. First it present the ChatGPT transformer structure and ChatGPT training. It also overviews ChatGPT capabilities in language processing (e.g., text translation, summarization, text sentiment analysis, dialogue tasks, misinformation detection, code understanding and generation). The ChatGPT… Continue reading Large Language Models, ChatGPT and University Education
Social Impact of AI Science and Engineering: Information Filtering and Disinformation
This lecture addresses several important questions on the interface between technology and society: Why our world becomes ever more complex? Can we cope with world complexity? What is the relation between freedom of speech and information filtering? What is the psychological background of on-line cults and conspiracy theories? Why negative views propagate faster? What is… Continue reading Social Impact of AI Science and Engineering: Information Filtering and Disinformation
AI and Computational Politics
The aim of this lecture is to a) define Computational Politics as a discipline lying at the intersection of Political science and Computer science and b) present the use of AI and IT tools in political data analysis. Computational Politics has various subtopics, e.g.,: Political system modeling and design Community and citizen modeling Information flow… Continue reading AI and Computational Politics
AI Science and Engineering: A new scientific discipline? Lecture
No matter their exact form, AI Science and Engineering and its sister disciplines have many great challenges to address. Here is a partial list: Is AI Science and Technology a scientific discipline in its own right? How can we quantify knowledge? Can Virtual Reality truly empower meta-societies or is it just a hype? Can AI-powered… Continue reading AI Science and Engineering: A new scientific discipline? Lecture