October 2022 - Michael Kahle analyzes winter of the 18th century using artificial intelligence
At the workshop "Extreme Event 'Cold Winter' in the 18th Century. Traces in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Science" of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of the European Enlightenment (IZEA), Michael Kahle presented how historical text documents from the Virtual Research Environment tambora.org can be analyzed using Artificial Intelligence. The winters of the 18th century in Central Europe can thus be classified in terms of their characteristics (length, temperature, precipitation, high water, snowfall) and their intensity. more ...