Institut für Judaistik

Team

Dr. Eythan Levy

Postdoctoral researcher (SNF Sinergia Project “Stamp Seals from the Southern Levant”)

E-Mail
eytan.levy@unibe.ch
Büro
Muesmattstrasse 45, Büro D115
Postadresse
Institut für Judaistik, Länggasstrasse 51, 3012 Bern

Curriculum Vitae
2022 - present Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Bern (Sinergia Project "Stampf Seals from the Southern Levant")
Since Oct. 2021 PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University,
Topic: “Chronology of the Iron Age in the Levant: A Computational Approach”,
Supervisors: Profs Israel Finkelstein, Eli Piasetzky and Alexander Fantalkin
2018-2020 Teaching Assistant at Tel Aviv University (Department of Electrical Engineering)
  2015

M.A. in Archaeology,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Thesis: “Centuries of Darkness revisité : la chronologie ultra-basse de Peter James à l'épreuve de l'archéologie”,
Supervisor: Prof. Laurent Bavay
  2015 “Certificat d'Aptitude Pédagogique Approprié à l'Enseignement Supérieur” (Teaching Certificate for Higher Education),
Université Libre de Bruxelles
  2012

M.A. in Ancient Oriental Languages,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Thesis: “Les textes égyptiens du Levant au Nouvel Empire”,
Supervisor: Prof. Michèle Broze
2009-2017 Lecturer in computer science at Ecole supérieure d'Informatique, Brussels
  2009 B.A. in Ancient Oriental Languages,
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2009

Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Thesis: “Approximation algorithms for covering problems in dense graphs”,
Super: Prof. Jean Cardinal
  2003

“Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies” (French M.A.) in Algorithms,
Ecole Polytechnique (Paris),
Thesis: “Analyse et conception d'un algorithme de cycle hamiltonien pour graphes aléatoires de type G(n,p)”,
Supervisor: Prof. Christian Lavault
  2002-2009 Teaching assistant at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Computer Science Department)
  2002

“Licence” (4-year Belgian degree) in Computer Science,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Thesis: “Distributed algorithms for finding Hamilton cycles in faulty random geometric graphs”,
Supervisors: Profs. Yves Roggeman and Guy Louchard

Research Interests

  • Archaeology of Egypt and the Levant (Late Bronze & Iron Age)
  • Northwest Semitic epigraphy & sigillography
  • Computer applications in archaeology

Publications

  1. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky, A. Fantalkin and I. Finkelstein, in press: “From Chronological Networks to Bayesian Models: ChronoLog as a Front‐end to OxCal.” Radiocarbon.
  2. E. Levy, I. Finkelstein, M. Martin and E. Piasetzky, in press: “The Date of Appearance of Philistine Pottery at Megiddo: A Computational Approach.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.
  3. E. Levy and S. Faigenbaum-Golovin, forthcoming: “Hunting for Ostraca at Kiriath-jearim.” In I. Finkelstein, T. Römer and C. Nicolle (eds), Excavations at Kiriath-jearim (Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University).
  4. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky and A. Fantalkin, 2021: “Archaeological Cross-dating: A Formalized Scheme.” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13, pp. 1-30.
  5. E. Levy, G. Geeraerts, F. Pluquet, E. Piasetzky and A. Fantalkin, 2021: “Chronological Networks in Archaeology: a Formalised Scheme.” Journal of Archaeological Science 127, pp. 1-27.
  6. S. Faigenbaum-Golovin, I. Finkelstein, E. Levy, N. Na’aman and E. Piasetzky, 2020: “Arad Ostracon 24 Side A.” Semitica 62, pp. 43-68.
  7. E. Levy, E. Piasetzky and I. Finkelstein, 2020: “Strata, Scarabs and Synchronisms: A Framework for Synchronizing Strata and Artifacts.” Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology 3, pp. 1–17.
  8. I. Finkelstein, M. J. Adams, E. Hall and E. Levy, 2019: “The Iron Age Gates of Megiddo: New Evidence and Updated Interpretations.” Tel Aviv 46, pp. 167-191.
  9. E. Levy, 2018: “A Fresh Look at the Mekal Stele.” Egypt and the Levant 28, pp. 357-378.
  10. G. Geeraerts, E. Levy and F. Pluquet, 2017: “Models and Algorithms for Chronology”, in S. Schewe, T. Schneider and J. Wijsen (eds.), Proceedings of The 24th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2017), Dagstuhl, pp. 13:1-13:18.
  11. E. Levy, 2017: “A Note on the Geographical Distribution of New Kingdom Egyptian Inscriptions from the Levant.” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 14, pp. 14-21
  12. E. Levy and F. Pluquet, 2017: “Computer Experiments on the Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon.” Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 32, pp. 816–836.
  13. E. Levy, 2016: “The Mekal stele.” In Daphna Ben-Tor (ed.), Pharaoh in Canaan, The untold story, Jerusalem, pp. 110-111.
  14. E. Levy, 2014: “A Fresh Look at the Baal-Zaphon Stele.” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 100, pp. 293-309.
  15. J. Cardinal and E. Levy, 2008: “Connected Vertex Covers in Dense Graphs.” Proceedings of The 11th Intl. Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX 2008), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5171, Berlin, pp. 35-48. Journal version in Theoretical Computer Science 411 (2010), pp. 2581-2590.
  16. J. Cardinal, S. Langerman and E. Levy, 2006: “Improved Approximation Ratios for Edge Dominating Set in Dense Graphs.” Proceedings of The Fourth Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms (WAOA 2006), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 4368, Berlin, pp. 108-120. Journal version in Theoretical Computer Science 410 (2009), pp. 949-957.
  17. J. Cardinal, M. Labbé, S. Langerman, E. Levy and H. Mélot, 2005: “A Tight Analysis of the Maximal Matching Heuristic.” Proceedings of The Eleventh International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON 2005), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3595, Berlin, pp. 701-709.
  18. E. Levy, G. Louchard and J. Petit, 2004: “A Distributed Algorithm to Find Hamiltonian Cycles in G(n,p) Random Graphs.” Proceedings of the First Workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking (CAAN 2004), Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3405, Berlin, pp. 63-74.