[7] The project was concerned with using "image processing and artificial intelligence to help read Ancient documents" (specifically the Vindolanda tablets).

[6] Her thesis was titled "Image to interpretation: towards an intelligent system to aid historians in the reading of the Vindolanda texts", and was successfully submitted for her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 2002.

[13] In August 2003, Terras joined University College London (UCL) as a lecturer in electronic communication and publishing and was based in the School of Library, Archive, and Information Studies.

[4] In October 2017, Terras moved to the University of Edinburgh, having been appointed Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage in its School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

[18] In 2024 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[19] and she was appointed MBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to digital humanities.