Posted 3/22/2024, 4:24:57 PM
Machine Learning Algorithm Helps Digitize Mysterious Ancient Indus Scripts
- Researcher Debasis Mitra is using machine learning to help digitize ancient scripts from the Indus civilization.
- The texts contain over 500 symbols which may represent a language, but there is debate over whether it is a true language.
- Mitra's goal is to empower archaeologists by developing a machine learning algorithm to identify and digitize the symbols.
- The algorithm uses neural networks and has achieved 88% accuracy in detecting graphemes so far.
- Mitra attends archaeology conferences to obtain more data and involves Indian students to help with digitization.