| teaching fellow . university of reading |
| #classics . #buddhism . #centralasia . #criticalAI |
| Reading (PhD), HKU (MBuddhStud), and McGill (BA) alumnus |
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
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Thrilled that this article in now out!
Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
🗃️What can a marble foot fragment from Aï Khanoum tell us about #AI? 📜
@edwardasross.bsky.social puts Deep Research models to the test in Part 3 of his series on generative AI and #Hellenistic Central Asia 🤖🏺
#digitalhumanities #history #llm
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Thrilled that my third piece as a contributor for @digitalorientalist.bsky.social was just posted.
Have a look to see how #DeepResearch AI models identify the #AiKhanoum foot.
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#AI #AgenticAI #AIBias #ancienthistory #centralasia #hellenistichistory #classics
There is one week left to register for in-person attendance to #iGAIAS2025 @uniofreading.bsky.social.
Registration: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
#digitalhumanities #classics #ancienthistory #genimageAI #Latin #Greek #Chinese #Tibetan #AIethics #sustainability @uorclassics.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the programme for #iGAIAS2026 is now available. Take a look at the full list of talks, workshops, and speakers here:
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Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
Please do join us online or in-person at @uorclassics.bsky.social by registering here:
www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
The Digital Orientalist
Had a wonderful time at Università degli Studi di Parma speaking at the Intensive ENCODE Spring School on #generativeAI #ethics and #teaching #AncientLanguages! It was fantastic to discuss digital competencies for ancient writing cultures to so many brilliant students and scholars.
Above: Image generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot Designer (24 February 2026 version) on 10 March 2026. Prompt: “An Ancient Greek hero in armor chasing an anthropomorphic AI. Black-figure pottery sty…
This February, Reading Classics is collaborating with Black Athena on Stegi Radio to discuss Greek/non-Greek interactions in antiquity. The first interview is with @edwardasross.bsky.social on Friday, February 6th, 2026 at 11 AM (UK Time).
Listen on Stegi 1 here: stegi.radio/schedule
Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him)
We have a new blog! Several of our Classics staff were recently nominated and awarded for their teaching, research, and outreach work. We are thrilled to celebrate them.
Read more here:
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We're thrilled that our collaboration with Black Athena on Stegi Radio is live. Listen to interviews with @edwardasross.bsky.social, Prof. Emma Aston, @samagbamu.bsky.social, and Dr. Dylan James on ancient interconnections and exchanges in and beyond the Mediterranean.
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This meeting aims to bring together teachers, researchers, and practitioners in ancient world studies, broadly conceived, to address the issues related to
This is part three of a three-part series on the biases about Hellenistic Central Asia in generative artificial intelligence (AI) datasets. In this final part, I planned to discuss how Hellenistic …
In our new article, "Loss by Omission: GenAI Summarization Tools and History Knowledge", Edward A. S. Ross critically examines text summarization with different commercial models (ChatGPT 5.1, Claude 4.5, M365 Copilot), using the Pali Milindapañhā as the test case.
Link below ⬇️
The Digital Orientalist
As we come to the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, we would like to take a moment to celebrate the recent successes of UoR Classics staff for their teaching, research, and outreach work. …