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Make History.</p><p class="vc-hero__intro">Vesuvius Challenge is a machine learning, computer vision, and geometry competition that is <a href="/firstscroll">reading</a> <!-- -->the carbonized Herculaneum scrolls without opening them.</p><div class="vc-hero__ctas"><a class="vc-btn" href="/get_started">Get Started</a><a class="vc-btn-outline" href="https://discord.gg/V4fJhvtaQn">Join Discord</a></div></div><div class="vc-hero__aside"></div></div><div class="vc-stat-strip vc-hero__stats"><a class="vc-stat vc-stat--link" href="#open-prizes"><span class="vc-stat__value">$2,140,000</span><span class="vc-stat__label">open prize pool</span></a><a class="vc-stat vc-stat--link" href="/winners"><span class="vc-stat__value">$1,868,000</span><span class="vc-stat__label">already awarded</span></a><a class="vc-stat vc-stat--link" href="/data_browser"><span class="vc-stat__value">45</span><span class="vc-stat__label">scrolls & fragments scanned</span></a><a class="vc-stat vc-stat--link" href="/data_browser"><span class="vc-stat__value">1</span><span class="vc-stat__label">scroll fully read</span></a></div></div></section><section class="vc-section vc-section--tight" aria-label="Latest updates"><div class="container mx-auto"><a class="vc-updates__head" href="https://scrollprize.substack.com">News â from our Substack</a><div class="vc-newsbar"><a href="/firstscroll" class="vc-newsbar__feature"><video playsinline="" muted="" preload="none" title="PHerc. 1667 virtually unwrapping into readable Greek" poster="/img/firstscroll/hero-reveal-end-960.webp" class="vc-newsbar__media"><source data-src="/img/firstscroll/hero-reveal.webm" type="video/webm"><source data-src="/img/firstscroll/hero-reveal.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video><span class="vc-newsbar__feature-title">We read an entire scroll â</span></a><div class="vc-updates" role="list"><a class="vc-updates__item" href="https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/60000-first-title-prize-awarded" role="listitem"><span class="vc-updates__title">$60,000 First Title Prize Awarded</span><span class="vc-updates__meta">May 5</span></a><a class="vc-updates__item" href="https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/february-progress-prizes-and-updates" role="listitem"><span class="vc-updates__title">February Prizes and Updates</span><span class="vc-updates__meta">March 12</span></a><a class="vc-updates__item" href="https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-prizes-and-an-update-on-
33progress" role="listitem"><span class="vc-updates__title">New Prizes and Progress Update</span><span class="vc-updates__meta">February 27</span></a><a class="vc-updates__item" href="https://scrollprize.substack.com/p/first-letters-found-in-new-scroll" role="listitem"><span class="vc-updates__title">First Letters Found in New Scroll</span><span class="vc-updates__meta">February 5</span></a></div></div></div></section><section class="vc-section" aria-labelledby="open-problems"><div class="container mx-auto"><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-h2" id="open-problems">Open problems<a href="#open-problems" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Open problems" title="Direct link to Open problems">â</a></h2><div class="vc-problems"><div class="vc-card vc-problem"><div class="vc-problem__text"><h3 class="vc-problem__title"><a href="/2026_open_problems#2-unwrapping-turning-disconnected-voxels-into-a-surface" class="text-inherit hover:underline hover:text-inherit">Virtual Unwrapping</a></h3><div class="vc-problem__body"><p>A CT scan yields voxels, not columns: the writing surface must be segmented, meshed, and flattened. The pipeline fails where adjacent sheets are densely packed, or tear. Tracing remains semi-automated. Fully automating it is an open problem.</p></div><div class="vc-chips" aria-label="Related skills"><span class="vc-chip">geometry processing</span><span class="vc-chip">3D computer vision</span><span class="vc-chip">optimization</span><span class="vc-chip">C++</span></div><a href="/prizes#2027-grand-prize" class="vc-problem__bounty"><span class="vc-label">Solve it, win</span><span class="vc-problem__bounty-text"><strong class="vc-nums">$1,000,000</strong> <!-- -->2027 Grand Prize<!-- --> · <strong class="vc-nums">$590,000</strong> <!-- -->per year<!-- --> in <!-- -->Progress Prizes<!-- --> â</span></a><a href="/tutorial_spiral" class="vc-cta">Current Path</a></div><div class="vc-problem__media"><div class="h-80 rounded-lg border border-solid border-line relative inline-block overflow-hidden cursor-col-resize w-full max-w-4xl select-none" style="-webkit-user-select:none"><img src="/img/data/patches.png" alt="After" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none"><img src="/img/data/raw_pred.png" alt="Before" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none" style="clip-path:inset(0 50% 0 0)"><div class="absolute top-0 bottom-0 w-0.5 bg-accent" style="left:50%;cursor:col-resize"><div class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 w-7 h-7 border border-solid border-line bg-bg rounded-full flex items-center justify-center"><svg width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 33 33" fill="none" class="text-accent"><path d="M14.9 16.4 L14.6 16.0 L14.4 15.5 L14.4 14.9 L14.7 14.2 L15.3 13.7 L16.0 13.3 L16.9 13.2 L17.9 13.4 L18.8 14.0 L19.5 14.9 L19.9 16.0 L19.9 17.3 L19.5 18.6 L18.7 19.7 L17.5 20.6 L16.0 21.1 L14.3 21.1 L12.7 20.5 L11.3 19.4 L10.2 17.9 L9.7 16.0 L9.7 14.0 L10.5 12.0 L11.8 10.3 L13.7 9.0 L16.0 8.4 L18.4 8.6 L20.7 9.5 L22.7 11.1 L24.1 13.4 L24.8 16.0 L24.6 18.8 L23.5 21.5 L21.6 23.7 L19.0 25.3 L16.0 26.0 L12.8 25.8 L9.8 24.5 L7.3 22.3 L5.5 19.4 L4.8 16.0 L5.1 12.4 L6.5 9.1 L9.0 6.3 L12.2 4.4 L16.0 3.5 L19.9 3.9 L23.6 5.5 L26.7 8.2 L28.8 11.8 L29.7 16.0 L29.3 20.3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc-card vc-problem"><div class="vc-problem__text"><h3 class="vc-problem__title"><a href="/2026_open_problems#3-ink-recovery-reading-the-scrolls" class="text-inherit hover:underline hover:text-inherit">Ink Detection</a></h3><div class="vc-problem__body"><p>Carbon ink is nearly indistinguishable from papyrus in X-ray CT. Models train on fragments with visible ink and infer it inside sealed scrolls; iterative pseudo-labeling bootstraps legibility. Ink has surfaced on 9 of the 45 scanned scrolls and fragments, not always legibly. Generalization is the open problem.</p></div><div class="vc-chips" aria-label="Related skills"><span class="vc-chip">machine learning</span><span class="vc-chip">computer vision</span><span class="vc-chip">domain generalization</span></div><a href="/prizes#first-letters-prizes" class="vc-problem__bounty"><span class="vc-label">Solve it, win</span><span class="vc-problem__bounty-text"><strong class="vc-nums">$500,000</strong> <!-- -->First Letters<!-- --> ·<!-- --> <strong class="vc-nums">$50,000</strong> <!-- -->PHerc. Paris 4's Title<!-- --> â</span></a><a href="/tutorial5" class="vc-cta">Find a Letter</a></div><div class="vc-problem__media"><div class="h-80 rounded-lg border border-solid border-line relative inline-block overflow-hidden cursor-col-resize w-full max-w-4xl select-none" style="-webkit-user-select:none"><img src="/img/ink/51002_crop/prediction.jpg" alt="After" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none"><img src="/img/ink/51002_crop/32.jpg" alt="Before" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none" style="clip-path:inset(0 50% 0 0)"><div class="absolute top-0 bottom-0 w-0.5 bg-accent" style="left:50%;cursor:col-resize"><div class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 w-7 h-7 border border-solid border-line bg-bg rounded-full flex items-center justify-center"><svg width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 33 33" fill="none" class="text-accent"><path d="M14.9 16.4 L14.6 16.0 L14.4 15.5 L14.4 14.9 L14.7 14.2 L15.3 13.7 L16.0 13.3 L16.9 13.2 L17.9 13.4 L18.8 14.0 L19.5 14.9 L19.9 16.0 L19.9 17.3 L19.5 18.6 L18.7 19.7 L17.5 20.6 L16.0 21.1 L14.3 21.1 L12.7 20.5 L11.3 19.4 L10.2 17.9 L9.7 16.0 L9.7 14.0 L10.5 12.0 L11.8 10.3 L13.7 9.0 L16.0 8.4 L18.4 8.6 L20.7 9.5 L22.7 11.1 L24.1 13.4 L24.8 16.0 L24.6 18.8 L23.5 21.5 L21.6 23.7 L19.0 25.3 L16.0 26.0 L12.8 25.8 L9.8 24.5 L7.3 22.3 L5.5 19.4 L4.8 16.0 L5.1 12.4 L6.5 9.1 L9.0 6.3 L12.2 4.4 L16.0 3.5 L19.9 3.9 L23.6 5.5 L26.7 8.2 L28.8 11.8 L29.7 16.0 L29.3 20.3" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="3" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="vc-section" aria-labelledby="open-prizes"><div class="container mx-auto"><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-h2" id="open-prizes">
33Open prizes<a href="#open-prizes" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Open prizes" title="Direct link to Open prizes">â</a></h2><div class="vc-card vc-card--flush vc-open-board"><div class="vc-open-board__head"><span class="vc-label">Currently open</span><span class="vc-open-board__total vc-nums">$2,140,000<!-- --> prize pool</span></div><a href="/prizes#2027-grand-prize" class="vc-open-row vc-open-row--featured"><span class="vc-open-row__amount vc-nums">$1,000,000</span><span class="vc-open-row__body"><span class="vc-open-row__title">2027 Grand Prize</span><span class="vc-open-row__hook">Fully unroll and make readable one of 13 sealed scrolls.</span><span class="vc-open-row__tiers" aria-label="Prize tiers"><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">1st<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$800,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">2nd<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$100,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">3rd<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$50,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">4th<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$50,000</span></span></span></span><span class="vc-open-row__meta">Deadline June 25th, 2027</span></a><a href="/prizes#first-letters-prizes" class="vc-open-row"><span class="vc-open-row__amount vc-nums">$500,000</span><span class="vc-open-row__body"><span class="vc-open-row__title">First Letters</span><span class="vc-open-row__hook">$50,000 per scroll across the eligible unread scroll volumes: uncover 10 letters within a single 4 cm² area.</span></span><span class="vc-open-row__meta">Max 10 scrolls · Deadline June 25th, 2027</span></a><a href="/prizes#first-title-prize" class="vc-open-row"><span class="vc-open-row__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span><span class="vc-open-row__body"><span class="vc-open-row__title">PHerc. Paris 4's Title</span><span class="vc-open-row__hook">Discover the title of PHerc. Paris 4 (Scroll 1) â any scan, including the 2.4 µm volumes.</span></span><span class="vc-open-row__meta">Deadline June 25th, 2027</span></a><a href="/prizes#progress-prizes" class="vc-open-row"><span class="vc-open-row__amount vc-nums">$590,000<span class="vc-open-row__unit">per year</span></span><span class="vc-open-row__body"><span class="vc-open-row__title">Progress Prizes</span><span class="vc-open-row__hook">Open-ended awards for open source contributions â including $20,000 every month for the best submission.</span><span class="vc-open-row__tiers" aria-label="Prize tiers"><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">Best of the month<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$20,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">Gold Aureus<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$20,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">Denarius<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$10,000</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">Sestertius<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$2,500</span></span><span class="vc-chip vc-open-row__tier">Papyrus<!-- --> <span class="vc-nums vc-open-row__tier-amt">$1,000</span></span></span></span><span class="vc-open-row__meta">Awarded monthly</span></a></div><a href="/prizes" class="vc-cta">Rules and details</a></div></section><section class="vc-section" aria-labelledby="our-story"><div class="container mx-auto"><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-h2" id="our-story">Our story<a href="#our-story" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Our story" title="Direct link to Our story">â</a></h2><div class="vc-timeline"><details class="vc-collapse vc-story-history"><summary class="vc-collapse__summary"><span class="vc-collapse__heading"><span class="vc-collapse__title">The backstory</span><span class="vc-collapse__hint">79 AD â 2015 AD · how we got here</span></span><span class="vc-collapse__arrow" aria-hidden="true">â¾</span></summary><div class="vc-collapse__body"><article id="story-section-0" class="vc-story" aria-labelledby="vesuvius"><p class="vc-kicker vc-story__kicker">79 AD</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-story__title" id="vesuvius">
33Mount Vesuvius erupts.<a href="#vesuvius" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Mount Vesuvius erupts." title="Direct link to Mount Vesuvius erupts.">â</a></h2><div class="vc-story__body"><p>In Herculaneum, twenty meters of hot mud and ash bury an enormous villa once owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. Inside, there is a vast library of papyrus scrolls.</p><p>The scrolls are carbonized by the heat of the volcanic debris. But they are also preserved. For centuries, as virtually every ancient text exposed to the air decays and disappears, the library of the Villa of the Papyri waits underground, intact.</p></div></article><article id="story-section-1" class="vc-story" aria-labelledby="story-title-1"><p class="vc-kicker vc-story__kicker">1750 AD</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-story__title" id="story-title-1">A farmer discovers the buried villa.<a href="#story-title-1" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to A farmer discovers the buried villa." title="Direct link to A farmer discovers the buried villa.">â</a></h2><div class="vc-story__body"><p>While digging a well, an Italian farmworker encounters a marble pavement. Excavations unearth beautiful statues and frescoes â and hundreds of scrolls. Carbonized and ashen, they are extremely fragile. But the temptation to open them is great; if read, they would significantly increase the corpus of literature we have from antiquity.</p><p>Early attempts to open the scrolls unfortunately destroy many of them. A few are painstakingly unrolled by a monk over several decades, and they are found to contain philosophical texts written in Greek. More than six hundred remain unopened and unreadable.</p><img src="/img/landing/scroll.webp" alt="Carbonized Herculaneum scroll" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="vc-media vc-story__media"><p class="text-sm opacity-60 mt-2">© EduceLab/University of Kentucky.</p></div></article><article id="story-section-2" class="vc-story" aria-labelledby="story-title-2"><p class="vc-kicker vc-story__kicker">2015 AD</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-story__title" id="story-title-2">Dr. Brent Seales pioneers virtual unwrapping.<a href="#story-title-2" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Dr. Brent Seales pioneers virtual unwrapping." title="Direct link to Dr. Brent Seales pioneers virtual unwrapping.">â</a></h2><div class="vc-story__body"><p>Using X-ray tomography and computer vision, a team led by Dr. Brent Seales at the University of Kentucky reads the En-Gedi scroll without opening it. Discovered in the Dead Sea region of Israel, the scroll is found to contain text from the book of Leviticus.</p><p>Virtual unwrapping has since emerged as a growing field with multiple successes. Their work went on to show the elusive carbon ink of the Herculaneum scrolls can also be detected using X-ray tomography, laying the foundation for Vesuvius Challenge.</p><video playsinline="" loop="" muted="" preload="metadata" title="Virtual unwrapping of the En-Gedi scroll" aria-label="Virtual unwrapping of the En-Gedi scroll" class="vc-media vc-story__media" poster="/img/landing/engedi5.webp"><source src="/img/landing/engedi5.webm" type="video/webm"></video><p class="text-sm opacity-60 mt-2">Virtual unwrapping of the En-Gedi scroll. © EduceLab/University of Kentucky.</p></div></article></div></details><article id="story-section-3" class="vc-story" aria-labelledby="story-title-3"><p class="vc-kicker vc-story__kicker">2023 AD</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-story__title" id="story-title-3">A remarkable breakthrough.<a href="#story-title-3" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to A remarkable breakthrough." title="Direct link to A remarkable breakthrough.">â</a></h2><div class="vc-story__body"><p>Vesuvius Challenge launched in March 2023 with a Grand Prize for the first team to recover four passages of 140 characters from a Herculaneum scroll. Within a year,<!-- --> <a href="/grandprize">the prize was claimed</a>. The quest was just beginning.</p><div class="vc-media vc-panorama"><img src="/img/landing/scroll-full-min.webp" alt="Herculaneum scroll panorama" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></div></div></article><article class="vc-story" aria-labelledby="the-challenge-continues"><p class="vc-kicker vc-story__kicker">2026 AD</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-story__title" id="the-challenge-continues">The first scroll is read.<a href="#the-challenge-continues" class="hash-l
33ink" aria-label="Direct link to The first scroll is read." title="Direct link to The first scroll is read.">â</a></h2><div class="vc-story__body"><p>In 2026, <a href="/firstscroll">PHerc. 1667</a> became the first Herculaneum scroll to be virtually unwrapped and read end to end. The challenge now moves onto its next stage: reading multiple entire scrolls.</p><div class="vc-media"><div class="aspect-[20/7] h-auto rounded-lg border border-solid border-line relative inline-block overflow-hidden cursor-col-resize w-full max-w-4xl select-none" style="-webkit-user-select:none"><img src="/img/firstscroll/hero-reveal-end-960-crop.webp" alt="The unwrapped writing surface of PHerc. 1667, showing columns of ancient Greek text" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none"><img src="/img/firstscroll/hero-reveal-start-960-crop.webp" alt="PHerc. 1667 as a sealed CT scan, before virtual unwrapping" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover pointer-events-none" style="clip-path:inset(0 50% 0 0)"><div class="absolute top-0 bottom-0 w-0.5 bg-accent" style="left:50%;cursor:col-resize"><div class="absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 w-7 h-7 border 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aria-hidden="true"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Emergent Ventures</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$100,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ejhong" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/Eugene Jhong.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Eugene Jhong</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$100,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1637959778558439425" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/Julia DeWahl.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"><img src="/img/landing/Dan Romero.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:9"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Julia DeWahl & Dan 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class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/Tobi Lutke.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Tobi Lutke</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$75,000</span></a><a href="https://ex.rs/" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/Arthur Breitman.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Arthur Breitman</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span></a><a href="https://rauchg.com/" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/Guillermo Rauch.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Guillermo Rauch</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/matthuang" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar">
33<img src="/img/landing/Matt Huang.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Matt Huang</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqrJ4wGid4Y" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/mystery.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Anonymous</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqrJ4wGid4Y" class="vc-sponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-avatars vc-avatars--mono vc-sponsor__avatar"><img src="/img/landing/mystery.webp" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="z-index:10"></span><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Anonymous</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$50,000</span></a></div></div></details><details class="vc-tier vc-collapse"><summary class="vc-collapse__summary"><span class="vc-collapse__heading"><span class="vc-label vc-tier__label">Up to $50,000</span><span class="vc-tier__title vc-collapse__title">Citizens<span class="vc-collapse__count"> (<!-- -->28<!-- -->)</span></span></span><span class="vc-collapse__arrow" aria-hidden="true">â¾</span></summary><div class="vc-collapse__body"><div class="vc-tier__grid vc-tier__grid--dense"><a href="https://twitter.com/levie" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Aaron Levie</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/akothari" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Akshay Kothari</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/alexamclain" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Alexa McLain</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/AnjneyMidha" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Anjney Midha</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://franciscosan.org/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">franciscosan.org</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/jobriensf" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">John O'Brien</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/mark_cummins" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Mark Cummins</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$25,000</span></a><a href="https://www.fluidstack.io/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Jamie Cox & Gary Wu</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$15,000</span></a><a href="https://mignano.co/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Mike Mignano</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$15,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/AravSrinivas" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Aravind Srinivas</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://www.luxcapital.com/people/brandon-reeves" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Brandon Reeves</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/brandonsilverm" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Brandon Silverman</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://chetcorcos.notion.site" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Chet Corcos</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ivanhzhao" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Ivan Zhao</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/kn" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Katsuya Noguchi</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/MatiasNisenson" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Matias Nisenson</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://ttaylorr.com/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Maya & Taylor Blau</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/mparakhin" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Mikhail Parakhin</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://www.neilparikh.com/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Neil Parikh</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/raymondopolis" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Raymond Russell</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/csahil28" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Sahil Chaudhary</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://shar.iq/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Shariq Hashme</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/stephxsher" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Stephanie Sher</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://vignanv.com/" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Vignan Velivela</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$10,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/costofglory" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Alex Petkas</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$5,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/amasad" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Amjad Masad</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$5,000</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Conaw" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Conor White-Sullivan</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$5,000</span></a><a href="https://github.com/willf" class="vc-sponsor vc-sponsor--dense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer"><span class="vc-sponsor__name">Will Fitzgerald</span><span class="vc-sponsor__amount vc-nums">$5,000</span></a></div></div></details></div></div></section><section class="vc-section" aria-labelledby="team"><div class="container mx-auto"><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7 vc-h2" id="team">
33Team<a href="#team" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Team" title="Direct link to Team">â</a></h2><div class="vc-credits"><div class="vc-credits__group"><p class="vc-label vc-credits__label">Created by</p><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://nat.org/" class="vc-person__name">Nat Friedman</a><span class="vc-person__role">Instigator, Director & Founding Sponsor</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://dcgross.com/" class="vc-person__name">Daniel Gross</a><span class="vc-person__role">Founding Sponsor</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://educelab.engr.uky.edu/w-brent-seales" class="vc-person__name">Brent Seales</a><span class="vc-person__role">Principal Advisor, PhD</span></div></div><div class="vc-credits__group"><p class="vc-label vc-credits__label">Led by</p><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://thegiorgio.org/" class="vc-person__name">Giorgio Angelotti</a><span class="vc-person__role">Project & Tech Team Lead, PhD</span></div></div></div><div class="vc-team"><div class="vc-team__group"><h3>Tech Team</h3><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://sean-johnson.dev/" class="vc-person__name">Sean Johnson</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Scientist</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hendrik-schilling-a2019418a" class="vc-person__name">Hendrik Schilling</a><span class="vc-person__role">Computer Vision & AI Expert, PhD</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.pmh47.net/" class="vc-person__name">Paul Henderson</a><span class="vc-person__role">Computer Vision & AI Expert, PhD</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://twitter.com/elianrafaeldp" class="vc-person__name">Elian Rafael Dal Prá</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Assistant</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://blog.virtual-void.net/" class="vc-person__name">Johannes Rudolph</a><span class="vc-person__role">Platform Engineer</span></div></div><div class="vc-team__group"><h3>Papyrology Team</h3><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.docenti.unina.it/federica.nicolardi" class="vc-person__name">Federica Nicolardi</a><span class="vc-person__role">Team Lead and Assistant Professor, University of Naples Federico II</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://unina.academia.edu/MDAngelo" class="vc-person__name">Marzia D'Angelo</a><span class="vc-person__role">Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Naples Federico II</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/altertums-und-kunstwissenschaften/philologisches-seminar/personen/uebersicht/ar-pd-dr-kilian-fleischer/" class="vc-person__name">Kilian Fleischer</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Director and Papyrologist, University of Tübingen</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://unina.academia.edu/AlessiaLavorante" class="vc-person__name">Alessia Lavorante</a><span class="vc-person__role">Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Naples Federico II</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/97051-michael-mcosker" class="vc-person__name">Michael McOsker</a><span class="vc-person__role">Researcher, University of Oxford</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://unina.academia.edu/mrobustelli" class="vc-person__name">Maria Chiara Robustelli</a><span class="vc-person__role">Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Naples Federico II</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://unina.academia.edu/ClaudioVergara" class="vc-person__name">Claudio Vergara</a><span class="vc-person__role">Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Naples Federico II</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://salerno.academia.edu/RossellaVilla" class="vc-person__name">Rossella Villa</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Assistant, University of Salerno</span></div></div><div class="vc-team__group"><h3>Annotation Team</h3><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsjosey/" class="vc-person__name">David Josey</a><span class="vc-person__role">Team Lead, PhD</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://darthkendraresearch.wordpress.com/" class="vc-person__name">
33Kendra Brown</a><span class="vc-person__role">Annotation Specialist</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-trojak-726784195/" class="vc-person__name">Laura Trojak</a><span class="vc-person__role">Annotation Specialist</span></div></div><details class="vc-team__group vc-collapse"><summary class="vc-collapse__summary"><span class="vc-collapse__heading"><span class="vc-collapse__title vc-team__group-title">EduceLab Team (Partners)<span class="vc-collapse__count"> (<!-- -->7<!-- -->)</span></span></span><span class="vc-collapse__arrow" aria-hidden="true">â¾</span></summary><div class="vc-collapse__body"><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://educelab.engr.uky.edu/w-brent-seales" class="vc-person__name">Brent Seales</a><span class="vc-person__role">Principal Investigator, Professor of Computer Science</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/seth-parker/" class="vc-person__name">Seth Parker</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Manager</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://educelab.engr.uky.edu/christy-chapman" class="vc-person__name">Christy Chapman</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research & Partnership Manager</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.ccs.uky.edu/about-ccs/staff-directory/mami-hayashida/" class="vc-person__name">Mami Hayashida</a><span class="vc-person__role">Research Staff</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://mcl.as.uky.edu/users/jbr454" class="vc-person__name">James Brusuelas</a><span class="vc-person__role">Associate Professor of Classics</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/lutin-elizabeth" class="vc-person__name">Beth Lutin</a><span class="vc-person__role">College Business Analyst</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://hum.byu.edu/directory/roger-macfarlane" class="vc-person__name">Roger Macfarlane</a><span class="vc-person__role">Professor of Classical Studies</span></div></div></details><details class="vc-team__group vc-collapse"><summary class="vc-collapse__summary"><span class="vc-collapse__heading"><span class="vc-collapse__title vc-team__group-title">Advisors & Alumni<span class="vc-collapse__count"> (<!-- -->20<!-- -->)</span></span></span><span class="vc-collapse__arrow" aria-hidden="true">â¾</span></summary><div class="vc-collapse__body"><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://janpaulposma.nl/" class="vc-person__name">JP Posma</a><span class="vc-person__role">Project Lead</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/stephen-parsons/" class="vc-person__name">Stephen Parsons</a><span class="vc-person__role">Project Lead, PhD</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://youssefnader.com/" class="vc-person__name">Youssef Nader</a><span class="vc-person__role">Machine Learning Researcher</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://twitter.com/ben_kyles" class="vc-person__name">Ben Kyles</a><span class="vc-person__role">Segmentation Team Lead</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-schilliger-963b21294/" class="vc-person__name">Julian Schilliger</a><span class="vc-person__role">Software Engineer</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrest-mcdonald-a80b9885/" class="vc-person__name">Forrest McDonald</a><span class="vc-person__role">Software Engineer</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://twitter.com/Meadowsnax1" class="vc-person__name">Adrionna Fey</a><span class="vc-person__role">Annotation Specialist</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://kcm.sh/" class="vc-person__name">Cooper Miller</a><span class="vc-person__role">Annotation Specialist</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-thvedt/" class="vc-person__name">Eric Thvedt</a><span class="vc-person__role">Annotation Specialist</span></div><div class="vc-person"><a 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