Saturday, March 23, 2019

The algorithms keep coming for coins

NUMISMATICS: A new method for understanding ancient coin images (Ingrid Fadelli, Tech Xplore).
Two researchers at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, have recently developed a new machine learning-based method for understanding images of ancient coins. Their study, pre-published on arXiv applies computer vision and machine learning to ancient numismatics.

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That's at my home institution.

Earlier I noted a project in Germany with similar aims.

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