Publications

Numerical models for assessing corrosion damage in reinforced concrete require validation through experimental research, which is challenging to achieve without disrupting the sample. In this paper, an image-based, non-destructive, experimental approach is presented to study corrosion-induced cracking in small-scale samples by measuring corrosion-induced deformations within the concrete, using data acquired from X-ray Computed Tomography. The ...

In the context of deep learning with kernel machines, the deep Restricted Kernel Machine (DRKM) framework allows multiple levels of kernel PCA (KPCA) and Least-Squares Support Vector Machines (LSSVM) to be combined into a deep architecture using visible and hidden units. We propose a new method for DRKM classification coupling the objectives of KPCA and classification levels, with the hidden feature matrix lying on the Stiefel manifold. The ...

In this contribution, I consider the (prepositional) articular infinitive from the complementary perspectives of ‘syntax’ and ‘context’, on the basis of a corpus of documentary papyri. Syntactically speaking, the construction has been said to become increasingly nominal in the Post-classical period; using syntactic criteria drawn from typological studies, I argue that the articular infinitive retains its verbal character in the papyri, and is ...

The paper uses framing theory to explore the role of register in the occurrence of bilingual and biscriptal phenomena in different parts of late antique and early Islamic documentary papyri (4th-8th c. AD) with Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Arabic. Framing proves relevant on both the (con)textual and sociohistorical levels, especially at the edges of texts across registers, while “body” variation is limited to more formal texts. Formulaicity is ...