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Institut für Archäologie

Eythan Levy

Eythan Levy, Dr.

  • Oberassistent für Digitale Archäologie
Tel.
+41 44 6343831
Raumbezeichnung
KO2 F 165

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2024

Senior Assistant (“Oberassistent”) in Digital Archaeology, University of Zurich

2024

Project leader of SNSF SPARK project “Paleographic Networks”,  Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Bern (one-year project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation)

2022-2023

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Bern (Sinergia Project "Stamp Seals from the Southern Levant")

2018-2020

Teaching Assistant at Tel Aviv University (Department of Electrical Engineering)

2017-2021

PhD in Archaeology at Tel Aviv University: “Chronology of the Iron Age in the Levant: A Computational Approach” (under Profs Israel Finkelstein, Eli Piasetzky and Alexander Fantalkin)

2014-2015

“Certificat d'Aptitude Pédagogique Approprié à l'Enseignement Supérieur” (Teaching Certificate for Higher Education), Université Libre de Bruxelles

2012-2015

M.A. in Archaeology, Université Libre de Bruxelles

2009-2017

Lecturer in Informatics at Ecole supérieure d'Informatique, Brussels

2009-2012

M.A. in Ancient Oriental Languages, Université Libre de Bruxelles

2008-2009

B.A. in Ancient Oriental Languages, Université Libre de Bruxelles

2003-2009

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles : “Approximation algorithms for covering problems in dense graphs” (under Prof. Jean Cardinal)

2002-2009

Teaching assistant at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Computer Science Department)

2002-2003

“Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies” (French M.A.) in Algorithms, Ecole Polytechnique (Paris)

1997-2002

“Licence” (4-year Belgian degree) in Computer Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Research Interests

  • Computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology
  • Ancient chronology
  • Northwest semitic epigraphy
  • Archaeology of the southern Levant
  • Ancient Egyptian archaeology and epigraphy

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings

  1. E. Levy, G. Geeraerts and F. Pluquet, in press. “ChronoLog: a Tool for Computer-assisted Chronological Modelling.” Proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2021).
  2. E. Levy, 2023: “Hebrew Seals: Updated Corpus and Typology.” Near Eastern Archaeology 86.4, pp. 302-310.
  3. E. Levy, 2023: “A Note on an Early Alphabetic Jar Inscription from Lachish.” Israel Exploration Journal 73, pp. 184-188.
  4. E. Levy, S. Faigenbaum-Golovin, E. Piasetzky and I. Finkelstein, 2022: “Seeing the Invisible – Ostraca Hunting via Multispectral Imaging.” Semitica et Classica 15, pp. 179-188 .
  5. E. Levy, I. Finkelstein, M.A.S. Martin and E. Piasetzky, 2022: “The Date of Appearance of Philistine Pottery at Megiddo: A Computational Approach.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Overseas Research 387, pp. 1-30.
  6. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky, A. Fantalkin and I. Finkelstein, 2022: “From Chronological Networks to Bayesian Models: ChronoLog as a Front‐end to OxCal.” Radiocarbon 64, pp. 101-134.
  7. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky and A. Fantalkin, 2021: “Archaeological Cross-dating: A Formalized Scheme.” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13, pp. 1-30.
  8. E. Levy, G. Geeraerts, F. Pluquet, E. Piasetzky and A. Fantalkin, 2021: “Chronological Networks in Archaeology: a Formalised Scheme.” Journal of Archaeological Science 127, pp. 1-27.
  9. S. Faigenbaum-Golovin, I. Finkelstein, E. Levy, N. Na’aman and E. Piasetzky, 2020: “Arad Ostracon 24 Side A.” Semitica 62, pp. 43-68.
  10. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky and I. Finkelstein, 2020: “Strata, Scarabs and Synchronisms: A Framework for Synchronizing Strata and Artifacts.” Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 3, pp. 1–17.
  11. I. Finkelstein, M. J. Adams, E. Hall and E. Levy, 2019: “The Iron Age Gates of Megiddo: New Evidence and Updated Interpretations.” Tel Aviv 46, pp. 167-191.
  12. E. Levy, 2018: “A Fresh Look at the Mekal Stele.” Egypt and the Levant 28, pp. 357-378.
  13. G. Geeraerts, E. Levy and F. Pluquet, 2017: “Models and Algorithms for Chronology”, in S. Schewe, T. Schneider and J. Wijsen (eds), Proceedings of The 24th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2017), Dagstuhl, pp. 13:1-13:18.
  14. E. Levy, 2017: “A Note on the Geographical Distribution of New Kingdom Egyptian Inscriptions from the Levant.” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 14, pp. 14-21
  15. E. Levy and F. Pluquet, 2017: “Computer Experiments on the Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon.” Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 32, pp. 816–836.
  16. E. Levy, 2014: “A Fresh Look at the Baal-Zaphon Stele.” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 100, pp. 293-309.
  17. J. Cardinal and E. Levy, 2008: “Connected Vertex Covers in Dense Graphs.” Proceedings of The 11th Intl. Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX 2008), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5171, Berlin, pp. 35-48. Journal version in Theoretical Computer Science 411 (2010), pp. 2581-2590.
  18. J. Cardinal, S. Langerman and E. Levy, 2006: “Improved Approximation Ratios for Edge Dominating Set in Dense Graphs.” Proceedings of The Fourth Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms (WAOA 2006), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 4368, Berlin, pp. 108-120. Journal version in Theoretical Computer Science 410 (2009), pp. 949-957.
  19. J. Cardinal, M. Labbé, S. Langerman, E. Levy and H. Mélot, 2005: “A Tight Analysis of the Maximal Matching Heuristic.” Proceedings of The Eleventh International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON 2005), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3595, Berlin, pp. 701-709.
  20. E. Levy, G. Louchard and J. Petit, 2004: “A Distributed Algorithm to Find Hamiltonian Cycles in G(n,p) Random Graphs.” Proceedings of the First Workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking (CAAN 2004), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3405, Berlin, pp. 63-74.

Book chapters & catalogue entries

  1. E. Levy, 2023: “Quantitative Thoughts on Provenanced Hebrew Seals.” In P. Wyssmann, S. Münger und N. Rahn (eds), Festschrift Silvia Schroer (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis). Leuven: Peeters, pp. 305-316.
  2. E. Levy, 2023: “A computational model for absolute chronology in archaeology”. In G. Stiebel, I. Koch, A. Ecker, A. Gorzalczcany, Y. Tepper, A. Shadman and S. Dan-Goor (eds), In Centro III: Time. Proceedings of the third annual “In Centro” conference held by the Central Region of Israel Antiquities Authority, the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University and the Institute of Archaeology of Bar-Ilan University on June 9, 2022 at Bar-Ilan University. Tel Aviv, pp. 17*–33*.
  3. E. Levy, 2016: “The Mekal stele.” In Daphna Ben-Tor (ed.), Pharaoh in Canaan, The untold story, Jerusalem, pp. 110-111.

Archaeological software development

  1. ChronoLog: chronological modelling software, freely available at https://chrono.ulb.be (in collaboration with Dr Frédéric Pluquet and Prof. Gilles Geeraerts). Reference: Levy, E., Geeraerts, G., Pluquet, F., Piasetzky, E. and Fantalkin, A., Chronological Networks in Archaeology: a Formalised Scheme, Journal of Archaeological Science 127 (2021), pp. 1-27.
  2. Scrypt: web application for computer-assisted decipherment of ancient Hebrew and Proto-Canaanite inscriptions (in collaboration with Dr Frédéric Pluquet), freely available at www.scryptapp.com. Reference: Levy, E. and Pluquet, F., Computer Experiments on the Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 32 (2017), p. 816–836.
  3. TPQ Composer: small Python utility for displaying a set of stratigraphic termini post quem (TPQs) using a step function, and for computing the robustness of TPQs, freely available at https://github.com/Eythan31/TPQ-Composer. Reference: Levy, E., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I., Strata, Scarabs and Synchronisms: A Framework for Synchronizing Strata and Artifacts, Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 3(1) (2020), p. 1–17.
  4. Artifacts Analyzer: Python script for analyzing data sets of archaeological artifacts containing only Boolean and categorical variables and finding meaningful correlations between the variables, freely available at  https://github.com/Eythan31/Artifacts-Analyzer. Reference: E. Levy, 2023: “Quantitative Thoughts on Provenanced Hebrew Seals.” In P. Wyssmann, S. Münger und N. Rahn (eds), Festschrift Silvia Schroer (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 303). Leuven: Peeters, pp. 305-316.