Abstract
In a course about the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean this semester, students have been 3D modelling small sections of ancient sites from that area. During the digital modelling process, students must learn to deal with the fragmentary evidence to create proposed reconstructions of what buildings and objects looked like in the past. In this way, students work and think like real archaeologists in the interpretation of the remaining data. This semester, we added a component to this assignment, to experiment with Generative AI tools that can help with 3D modelling. The goal is to understand the potential of these new tools to both assist with the modelling process and to help students deal with the diverse evidence. During the talk, we will showcase student projects in order to explore the workflow from data collection to model creation, as well as the challenges encountered by the students and the potentials of these very new GenAI 3D modelling tools.
Date: November 27, 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30- 2:00 pm
Language: English
Venue: Arts Tech Lab (Room 4.35), 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus
About the Speaker
Peter J. Cobb is an Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts at HKU. He leads the Ararat Plain Southeast Archaeological Project, in collaboration with the Armenian Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. Each summer, this fieldwork project investigates past life and mobility in the Vedi River Valley of Armenia, including with excavations of the 3500-year-old Vedi Fortress site. Prof Cobb’s research also involves experimentation with new technologies for improving how archaeologists record and interpret data about the human past.
This event is hosted by the HKU Arts Tech Lab.
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