Anthropology
DSI hosts Spring 2023 Final Project Presentations
Apr. 25, 2023— The Data Science Institute (DSI) at Vanderbilt University hosted its Spring 2023 Final Project Presentations April 21. The event provided an opportunity for the data science teams to showcase their projects and present their findings after a semester of hard work. The projects covered a wide range of topics, including sports analytics, EEG data...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
DSI and Anthropology project aims for largest image-based survey of archeological features and sites in America
Jan. 24, 2023—Vanderbilt’s Steven Wernke, an Associate Professor of Archeology, is working with the Data Science Institute on a project using satellite imagery and deep learning to produce the largest image-based survey of archeological features in all of the Americas. Archaeologists have faced perennial problems of scale and representation, struggling to match the scale of analysis to...
Deep Learning in Archaeology: Understanding the Composition of Ancient Mortars
Oct. 27, 2022—Mortar is an essential part of construction, and has been used by builders for centuries. Ancient builders prepared them as members of changing communities of practice. But, to what degree did interactions among contemporaries lead to standardized mortars? Did builders learn from culturally different predecessors? In partnership with the Vanderbilt Data Science Institute, Dr. Markus...
The Contested Meaning of Abortion (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Rebecca Rossi to work in the laboratory of Dr. Sophie Bjork-James in the Department of Anthropology during the summer of 2022. Rebecca is a senior with a major Mathematics. This project examines how individuals and organizations discuss the topic of abortion on social media. By examining Twitter data related to abortion...
Microdebitage Soil Analysis of Tzikin Tzakan Stoneknappers (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Amy Rieth to work in the laboratory of Professor Markus Eberl in the Department of Anthropology during the summer of 2021. Amy is a junior with majors in Anthropology and English. The project funded by this fellowship investigated the effectiveness of two methods of computer-based soil particle sorting methods. This investigation...
Disparities in Food Access and Food Insecurity Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Americans (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emilio Loret de Mola to work in the laboratory of Professor Gilbert Gonzales in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2020. Emilio graduated in 2020 with majors in Anthropology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand disparities in food...