Postdoc in Economic History: Archival Sources & ML OCR

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bocconi University invites applications for a Researcher to join the MOLDisTory project in Italy. The role focuses on systematic transcription of archival records, study of archival relationships, and exploring ML methods for handwritten text recognition.

The successful candidate will digitize archival sources in collaboration with external companies and State Archives officials, assist in drafting reports and papers, and support the MOLDisTory team with various project tasks within the early

Responsibilities

• Systematic transcription of archival sources, particularly the customs and banking sources of the Bank of San Giorgio.
• Study of archival sources and their functional relationships.
• Exploring machine learning techniques for handwritten text recognition.
• Digitization of archival sources in collaboration with external companies and officials of the State Archives.
• Assist in the writing of reports and academic papers.
• Support to the MOLDisTory research team on the various tasks of the project.

Job description

Bocconi University invites applications for a Researcher to join the MOLDisTory project in Italy. The role focuses on systematic transcription of archival records, study of archival relationships, and exploring ML methods for handwritten text recognition.

The successful candidate will digitize archival sources in collaboration with external companies and State Archives officials, assist in drafting reports and papers, and support the MOLDisTory team with various project tasks within the early