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Dr. Sylvia Melzer is a Researcher affiliated with the University of Hamburg's Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), the Institute of Humanities-Centered Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), and the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts' (UWA). Her work bridges digital humanities, data science, and cultural heritage preservation. She leads Project F: Data Linking within UWA and serves as a Research Associate at CHAI, focusing on sustainable information systems and AI applications in humanities research.
Her research emphasizes data curation, interdisciplinary data management, and innovative uses of large language models (LLMs) for historical document analysis. Key projects include developing synergistic OCR-LLM systems for damaged texts and creating multilingual glossaries for manuscript studies. She actively participates in shaping AI ethics frameworks for humanities contexts and has organized major conferences like the Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI).
- Awards: 2022 Sydney Travel Grant, 2018 Reviewer Book Award, OCSMP certification (2015)
- Teams: Data Linking Lab (CSMC), CHAI Research Group
- Grants: Multiple interdisciplinary research grants spanning data sustainability and cultural heritage preservation
Her recent work explores the intersection of AI and humanities through publications on transformer models, data visualization in institutional repositories, and fusion of LLMs with historical databases.
