Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
CAA is an international organisation bringing together archaeologists, mathematicians and computer scientists. Its aims are to encourage communication between these disciplines, to provide a survey of present work in the field and to stimulate discussion and future progress.
Computer Working Group of the International Association of Egyptologists
This working group, also known as Informatique & Égyptologie, was established in 1983. It initially focused on developing ways to encode, represent, and print hieroglyphs on computers. Over the years, its work has expanded to include promoting the use of information technology to support research and teaching in Egyptology. The group provided a forum for discussing IT methods beneficial to the field. Notably, it played a key role in introducing the Internet to Egyptologists in the mid-1990s. It has produced significant publications such as the Manuel de Codage (a guide for hieroglyph encoding). Nigel Strudwick, an active member since 1986 and chair since 2000, contributing notably to bringing Egyptology to the internet. The group was associated with the Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research, driving ICT use in Egyptology, including software development for digital hieroglyphic texts.