Team Members

Wajid Ali

Postdoctoral Researcher

Wajid will be joining the group in Spring 2026. He holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, China.

Volkan Okbay

Research Fellow

Volkan focuses on AI-Based Visual Analysis for Artistic Research within the context of the EAR project.

Research Affiliates

Sara Miketek

Collaborating Researcher Topic: Style Recognition of Artworks

Biagio Barchielli

Collaborating Researcher Topic: Style Recognition of Artworks

Mai Bakr

Collaborating Researcher Topic: Visual Analysis of Ancient Mesopotamian Wares

Visiting Scholars & Students

• Emirhan Ozkan (Erasmus+ Intern, 2025) — Sabanci University, Istanbul (Turkey)
• Selahattin Aksoy (Erasmus+ Intern, 2025) — Mugla University, Mugla (Turkey)
• Alp Mert (Erasmus+ Intern, 2023) — Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)

Alumni

• Ali Safaei (MSc Student, 2024) — Thesis: "Ancient Coin Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Vision Transformers".
• Andrea Munarin (MSc Student, 2024) — Thesis: "Enhancing Ancient Fresco Restoration: Exploring the potential of Diffusion Models".
• Sara Miketek (MSc Student, 2024) — Thesis: "Exploring Artistic Styles in Pieces: A Computational Approach to Artwork Fragment Classification".
• Farzaneh Yousefi (MSc Student, 2024) — Thesis: "Computational Approaches to Die Analysis in Ancient Numismatics".
• Aref Enayati (MSc Student, 2023) — Thesis: "Black-Mark Removal and Semantic Motif Segmentation for Digital Restoration of Fresco Fragments".

Scientific Collaborators

• Marcello Pelillo — Professor, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy).
• Franco Ripa di Meano — Professor, Academy of Fine Arts of Rome (Italy).
• Zeynep Cizmeli Ogun — Professor, Ankara University (Turkey)
• Luc Steels (2020-2022) — Professor, VUB / ICREA (Spain/Belgium).
• Andrea Critto (2020-2022) — Professor, CMCC & Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy).

Institutional Collaborations