talks
2025
- AI for Computational Social ScienceNov 2025Co-organized AI4CSS workshop at IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Washington, D.C.
2023
- Learning Sequential Patterns and Context in Khipus: A Self-supervised Deep Learning ApproachAug 2023Co-organized, Presented at Boundary End Archaeology Research Center Symposium on “Symmetry, Repetition, and Pattern Recognition in Andean Khipus,” Barnardsville, NC
- Making Khipu CordsApr 2023Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Portland, OR
2022
- Color in Wari and Inka KhipusApr 2022Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Chicago, IL
- Studying disruptive material processes at scale in digital marketplacesMar 2022Invited Presentation at The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway Conference "Disruptive Materials," Tromsø, Norway
2021
- Codificación de secuencias de acciones en khipus IncaJan 2021Invited Presentation at Museo de Arte de Lima “Conversatorio: Descifrando el lenguaje narrativo de los khipus,” Virtual
2020
- Interpreting the Political Dynamics of Inka Khipu Sign ProductionSep 2020Invited Presentation at the Center for the Study of Origins (CU Boulder) Symposium “The Origins of Writing: Power and Technology,” Virtual
2019
- Encoding Sequential Actions in the Inka KhipuDec 2019Invited Presentation at Fondation Fyssen Colloquium “Enacting social memory: cognition, image-making, and ritual action,” Paris, FR
- Towards an Understanding of Non-numerical Inka Khipu SemiosisFeb 2019Invited Presentation at Bard Graduate Center Symposium “Khipus: Writing Histories In and From Knots,” New York, NY
- Colors of the Inka Khipu: Demonstrating a Link to Textile ProductionApr 2019Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM
2018
- A Computational Approach to Deciphering Non-Numerical Inka Khipu SignsAug 2018Invited Presentation at Dumbarton Oaks Workshop on Khipus and Khipu Decipherment, Washington, D.C
- Are Inka Khipu Knots Anything More than Numbers? A Computational InvestigationApr 2018Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Washington, D.C
2016
- Color Banding and Color Seriation in the Inka KhipusApr 2016Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Orlando, FL
2014
- Cities, States, and Empires on the Erbil Plain, Kurdistan Region of IraqNov 2014Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting, San Diego, CA