| 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Student-Scholar Lunch Seminars 1-5 |
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| 1:00pm - 3:50pm | PANEL 1 ON THE VIRTUES AND VICES OF AI Session Chair: Christa Albrecht-Crane, Professor of English, Utah Valley University |
| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Christy Chapman, Assistant Research Professor, Computer Science, University of Kentucky Audacity, Antiquity and AI: An Introduction to the Herculaneum Papyri |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Chris Weigel, Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University The Medium Undermines the Message: On Large Language Models and Autonomy |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Shannon Mussett, Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University Neoreactionary Theory in the Development of AGI |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm | Refreshments |
| 4:10pm - 5:15pm | PANEL 2 HERCULANEUM AND CONTEMPORARY ART Session Chair: Courtney R. Davis, Dean of the School of the Arts, Utah Valley University, Executive Director of the UVU Museum of Art |
| 4:10pm - 5:15pm | Josely Carvalho, Multimedia Artist, Lee Krasner Awardee for Life Achievement /Pollock Krasner Foundation
Meandering through the Smells of History |
| 8:15am - 8:55am | Refreshments |
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| 9:00am - 11:50am | PANEL 3 PAPYROLOGY Session Chair: Justin Humphreys, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University |
| 9:00am - 9:50am | Claudio Vergara, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II Traveling Papyri |
| 10:00am - 10:50am | Marzia D’Angelo, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II Rethinking Epicurean Gods between Papyrology, Philosophy, and AI: New Perspectives and First Results from the LACUNA Project |
| 11:00am - 11:50am | Alessia Lavorante, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II The Structure of Epicurus’ Perì phúseōs: Where Should De Tempore (PHerc. 1413/1416 cr 5) be Placed? |
| 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Student-Scholar Lunch Seminars 6-10 |
| 1:00pm - 3:50pm | PANEL 4 PAPYROLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, VOLCANOLOGY Sponsored by the UVU Kahlert Applied AI Institute Session Chair: Michael Shaw, Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University |
| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Federica Nicolardi, Associate Professor of Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II Virtual Unwrapping: Papyrological Contributions and Insights |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Brent Seales, Stanley and Karen Pigman Heritage Science Chair, Computer Science, University of
Kentucky Virtual Unwrapping: From En-Gedi to Herculaneum and Beyond |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Claudio Scarpati, Associate Professor of Volcanology, University of Naples Federico II How Volcanology informs Archaeology: Reconstructing the Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm | Refreshments |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | PANEL 5 AI AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Session Chair: Samantha Rowley, Trustee, The Herculaneum Society |
| 4:10pm - 5:00pm | James Brusuelas, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Kentucky AI and Herculaneum Paleography: First Steps |
| 5:10pm - 6:00pm | Seth Parker, Assistant Research Professor, Computer Science, University of Kentucky A Virtual Unwrapping Primer: The Principles and Practices for Non-invasive, Virtual Text Recovery |
| 8:15am - 8:55am | Refreshments |
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| 9:00am - 11:50am | PANEL 6 AI AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Session Chair: Ryan Harte, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Utah Valley University |
| 9:00am - 9:50am | Christy Chapman, Assistant Research Professor, Computer Science, University of Kentucky Competitive Science & the Vesuvius Challenge: From Time to Text, from Competition to Collaboration |
| 10:00am - 10:50am | Sean Johnson, Technical Community Manager, Vesuvius Challenge, Vesuvius Challenge Winner Deep Learning Applications within the Virtual Unwrapping Pipeline — From Virtual Unwrapping to Ink Detection |
| 11:00am - 11:50am | Justin Barney Faculty Specialist in Classics, Western Michigan University Robert Makin Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Western Michigan University Towards the Automated Detection of Circumference Length in the Herculaneum Papyri |
| 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Student-Scholar Lunch Seminars 11-15 |
| 1:00pm - 3:50pm | PANEL 7 PAPYROLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, CLASSICS Sponsored by the UVU Kahlert Applied AI Institute Session Chair: Brent Seales, Stanley and Karen Pigman Heritage Science Chair, Computer Science, University of Kentucky |
| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Roger T. Macfarlane, Professor of Classical Studies, Brigham Young University Do(n’t) Get Your Hopes Up: How the Expectations of Specific Texts Have Surprised and Disappointed |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Gianluca Del Mastro, Professor, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” What Else should we Expect from the Herculaneum Library? |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Giorgio Angelotti, Director, The Vesuvius Challenge Hidden in the Light: AI Extracts Text from Carbonized Scrolls |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm | Refreshments |
| 4:10pm - 6:00pm | PANEL 8 PHILODEMUS Session Chair: Daniel W. Graham, A. O. Smoot Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Brigham Young University |
| 4:10pm - 5:00pm | Mariacristina Fimiani, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II The Herculaneum Papyri of the Fourth Book of Philodemus' Rhetoric |
| 5:10pm - 6:00pm | Thomas Coward,Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Bristol Philodemus’ On Piety: New Columns and New Readings |
| 8:15am - 8:55am | Refreshments |
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| 9:00am - 11:50am | PANEL 9 EPICUREANISM Session Chair: Lydia Berry, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Gannon University |
| 9:00am - 9:50am | Michael McOsker, Researcher in Papyrology, Department of Greek and Latin, University College London
Metrodorus, Against the Sophists (?): Another Epicurean Dialogue? |
| 10:00am - 10:50am | Simon Trepanier, Senior Lecturer, Classics, University of Edinburgh Epicurus and Lucretius on the Elements of Life |
| 11:00am - 11:50am | Jackie Murray, Associate Professor of Classics Orpheus vs the Sirens: Stoics vs Epicureans in Apollonius’ Argonautica |
| 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Student-Scholar Lunch Seminars 16-20 |
| 1:00pm - 3:50pm | PANEL 10 CONSERVATION AND ARCHAEOLOGY Session Chair: Savannah Marker, Administrator of Philosophy and Humanities, Utah Valley University |
| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Fabrizio Diozzi, Former Director of the Officina dei Papiri Ercolanesi Marcello Gigante – Biblioteca
Nazionale di Napoli The Herculaneum Papyri: The World’s Most Ancient Library |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Silvia Scipioni, Dirigente della Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli Recent Restoration Works and Plans of Conservation of the Burnt Scrolls |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Mario Grimaldi, PhD Archaeologist and Independent Researcher The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum: A Synthesis of Research and Studies |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm | Refreshments |
| 4:10pm - 6:00pm | PANEL 11 PAPYROLOGY Session Chair: Matt Haber, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah |
| 4:10pm - 5:00pm | Maria Chiara Robustelli, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II The Scroll of Philodemus De Stoicis through New Methods of Reconstruction |
| 5:10pm - 6:00pm | Rosella Villa, Researcher in Papyrology, University of Naples Federico II The Handwritings of the Herculaneum Library: New Remarks on Some Scripts and Scrolls |
