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Students win $700,000 grand prize using AI to unearth Pompeii scroll’s secrets
Three students win $700,000 Vesuvius grand prize using artificial intelligence to unearth Pompeii scroll’s secrets.
The $700,000 Vesuvius Challenge grand prize was awarded by an international team of papyrologists(ancient paper specialists) to students Luke Farritor from the U.S., Youssef Nader from Egypt, and Julian Schilliger from Switzerland. They would follow in the footsteps of Dr. Brent Seales and his research team from the University of Kentucky, who used X-ray tomography and computer vision to read the scrolls without cracking the contents open. Since 2007, Brian has continued to add to a long list of publications and institutions, most notably as Editor of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning multiple awards for his writing and digital broadcasting efforts.
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