Meet the Team

Silvia Ferrara

Principal Investigator

Years of deep insight in script evolution.

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Ludovica Ottaviano

Sinologist, Post-Doc

Trajectories of graphic codes in China, from early symbolic systems to historical scripts.

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Giorgia Albertin

Cognitive Linguist, Post-Doc

Analytical and experimental methods on on the cognitive processes underlying the creation and evolution of graphic codes.

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Lucrezia Milillo

Anthropologist, Post-Doc

Trajectories of graphic codes in Mesoamerica and the transition from pre-writing iconography to early writing systems.

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David Eich

Assyriologist, Post-Doc

Trajectories of graphic codes and the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Teng Guo

Cognitive Psychologist, Post-Doc

Evolutionary trajectories of the cognitive processes that shaped the creation of graphic codes in deep human history.

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Giacomo Nerici

Anthropologist, Post-Doc

Historical and cultural trajectories of graphic symbols in Rapa Nui, from rock art and moai to rongorongo.

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Federica Pancin

Egyptologist, Post-Doc

Development and trajectories of graphic codes in Egypt and North Africa, from prehistoric
symbolic systems to the invention of writing.

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Computer Science Post-Doc

Expert in deep learning and objection recognition applied to graphic codes

Sabrina D’Ali’

PhD Student in Computational Linguistics

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Valentina Decembrini

PhD Student in Cognitive Science

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Laura Bellinato

PhD Student in Aegean Studies

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