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Luke Farritor works to decipher more of the scroll texts from his computers in his Kauffman Residence Hall room. He has set up a workstation on a table inside the door to the suite with his computer stored in a closet. Farritor, a senior in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. November 27, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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In the middle of the second row is the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll. Luke Farritor, a senior in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Luke Farritor, a senior at Nebraska in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work is helping to decipher. Farritor, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. In this multiple exposure, the word πορϕυρας is in the line of text appearing in the same plane to the right of his eyes. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Luke Farritor, a senior at Nebraska in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work is helping to decipher. Farritor, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. In this multiple exposure, the word πορϕυρας is in the line of text appearing in the same plane to the right of his eyes. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Design Studio team members Samuel Rangira, Sophie Hellebusch look over their project. May 2, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Design Studio team members Hannah Pokharel and Sophie Hill look over their project. May 2, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Erik Konnath, right, talks with members of the Allo team, Ed Jarrett and Jon McHenry (in yellow t-shirt) as they discuss the project. In the background from left are Design Studio team members Sophie Hill and Hannah Pokharel. May 2, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Erik Konnath, right, talks with members of the Allo team, Ed Jarrett and Jon McHenry (in yellow t-shirt) as they discuss the project. In the background from left are Design Studio team members Samuel Rangira, Sophie Hellebusch, Sophie Hill and Hannah Pokharel. May 2, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Students working in a classroom. Raikes School photo shoot. October 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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