My research bridges computational linguistics, Classics, and data science, with a focus on how language technologies function under conditions of scarcity. I develop computational methods and architectures for studying low-resource languages, especially those from the ancient Mediterranean. I’m particularly interested in how the foundational layers of machine learning systems, such as word embeddings, impact model reliability.
Articles & Chapters
Cognitive Geographies of Catastrophe Narratives: Georeferenced Interview Transcriptions as Language Resources for Models of Forced Displacement (2025). Annie K. Lamar, Rick Castle, Carissa Chappell, Emmanouela Schoinoplokaki, Allene M. Seet, Amit Shilo, Chloe Nahas Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources. Part of The 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Link.
Era- and Genre- Specific Stop Word Lists for Low-Resource Computational Research: A Classical Latin Exemplum (2024). Annie K. Lamar & Rachel E. Dubit. Journal of Open Humanities Data Vol. 10, No. 1: pp. 53. Link.
Measuring the Impact of Data Augmentation Algorithms for Extremely Low-Resource NMT (2023). Annie K. Lamar & Zeyneb Kaya. In Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT23), pp. 101-109. Association for Computational Linguistics. Link.
Review: A Conversation with the Creators of Alpheios Reading Tools (2021). Annie K. Lamar. Society for Classical Studies Digital Review Series. Edited by T.H.M. Gellar-Goad. Link.
The Ghost in Anouk’s Laptop (2021). A. Lang, Q. Dombrowski, and A.K. Lamar. The Data-Sitters Club, 9. Link.
Generating Metrically Accurate Homeric Poetry with Recurrent Neural Networks (2020). Annie K. Lamar & America Chambers. International Journal of Transdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Vol. 2, No. 1: pp 1-25. Link.
Generating Homeric Poetry with Deep Neural Nets (2019). Annie K. Lamar & America Chambers. 2019 International Transdisciplinary AI Conference. Link.
Preserving Persona through a Pivot Language: Low-Resource NMT of Ancient Languages (2018). Annie K. Lamar & America Chambers. 2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference. IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Link.
Op-Eds & Public Writing
Higher Ed’s AI Panic Is Missing the Point | Opinion
Newsweek
Data Sovereignty vs. Digital Prospecting: AI’s reckoning in the Amazon
Public Seminar (with Sarah McClure)
Opinion: Apple’s translating AirPods won’t work without state’s language grads
The Mercury News
Opinion: Inadequate recordkeeping is not just a bureaucratic failure
Capitol Weekly
AI’s Next Chapter Requires Human Expertise
Tech Policy Press
Conference Papers & Presentations
2025
On the Variability and Interpretation of Word Embeddings for Ancient Languages. The Futures of Antiquity in a World of Digital Data and AI. Stanford University.
2025
The OpenAI to Z Challenge and the Role of the Humanities in the Future of AI. The Futures of Antiquity in a World of Digital Data and AI. Stanford University.
2025
Era- and Genre-Specific Stop Word Lists for Low-Resource Computational Research. A Decade of Open Humanities Data: Anniversary Event of the Journal of Open Humanities Data. Virtual.
2025
Reassembling the System: On the Composition of the Doric Treatises Attributed to Pythagoras’ Disciples. Seminar: Ancient Women Philosophers. University of Bergamo (virtual). With Dorota Dutsch.
2025
Decolonization of Low-Resource Data Science: Equitable Evaluation of Neural Models Trained on Scarce and Endangered Languages. Network Ecologies Reimagined: Internets, Environments, and Cultures. University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2025
Puella as Parens? Semantics of Kinship Terminology in Latin Erotic Elegy. Kin and Clan in Roman Antiquity: New Perspectives on the Roman Family. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. With Rachel E. Dubit.
2024
Future Most Vivid: Creating the Conditions for Human-AI Collaboration in Classical Studies. Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
2023
in ϝοἴνῳ veritas: A Semantic Analysis of Wine in Ancient Greek Literature. Wine & Institutions in the Ancient World: International Conference & Book Project by Dimitri Van Limbergen. Ghent, Belgium. With Rachel E. Dubit.
2023
Increasing the Usability of Open-Access Data: The Challenges of Linked, Open, & Ancient Geospatial Datasets. Center for Open and Reproducible Science (CORES) Annual Meeting. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2023
Measuring the Impact of Data Augmentation Algorithms for Extremely Low-Resource NMT. Stanford Data Science Annual Conference. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2022
Tiny Data. Critical Data Practices Symposium. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2022
Introducing Classical Atlas: A Python Package for Low-Resource Ancient Geospatial Datasets. The Connected Past: Networks in the Archaeology of the Ancient Aegean. Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
2022
DNA of Ancient Epic: Dynamic Systems for Homeric Poetry. 2022 Stanford Data Science Inaugural Conference. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2020
AI Methods for Homeric Greek. Data Practices Challenge. Center for Textual and Spatial Analysis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2022
Tiny Data. Critical Data Practices Symposium. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Invited Lectures
2025
Memory in Meter: Computational Perspectives on Oral Tradition. Anthropology Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
Learning More from Less: Advances in Low-Resource Machine Learning. Division of Undergraduate Education: Know Your Research Campus Faculty Talks, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
Humanist-in-the-Loop: Low-Resource Machine Learning Challenges & Techniques. Innovative Humanities Faculty Showcase (Industry Partnership Event with Netflix), University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
The Challenges of Model Evaluation for Low-Resource Machine Learning Tasks. Computer Science Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
The Challenges of Model Evaluation in Low-Resource Computational Linguistics. Linguistics Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
From Myth to Model: Computational Approaches to Ancient Epic. Campus lecture hosted by Office of the Dean & the Classics Department at Colorado College. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
2025
Digital (Un)Weaving: Modeling Latent Analogies in Homer’s Odyssey. Workshop. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
2025
Data Mining Geodiversity in Ancient Mediterranean Literature. @Spatial Hour, Center for Spatial Studies and Data Science, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2024
Methods for Computational Philology. Classics Colloquium, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
Fellowships & Awards
2024-25
Public Voices Fellowship. The Op-Ed Project.
2025
Laura Bassic Scholarship. The Bassi Foundation.
2025
Stanford Classics Early Dissertation Completion Prize
2023
Stanford Research Computing for the Humanities Fellowship
2022-23
Stanford Digital Humanities Graduate Fellowship
2021-23
Stanford Data Science Scholar Fellowship
2015-19
Lillis Scholarship, University of Puget Sound
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