Yearly Archives - 2024

May 2024

Communication with the Department of Antiquities for the needs of the 2nd summer school

The coordinator of the project has earlier today received the approval letter from the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus regarding the provision for accessing the archaeological site of Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, an UNESCO World Heritage site, for the needs of the second summer school of the ENGINEER project. The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus is the single responsible department sites for all islands antiquities and heritage. The department is a supporter of the project. The results of...

CUT Internal Meeting for ENGINEER WP6

Earlier today, an internal hybrid meeting took place among ENGINEER members from CUT to deliberate on the initiation details of ENGINEER WP6 – Exploratory Research Project. The session was organized around the materials prepared by the Project Coordinator, Athos Agapiou, aimed at outlining the work to be undertaken within this Work Package (WP). Subsequent to this gathering, an online meeting will be arranged for all members of the ENGINEER consortium to finalize tasks and activities pertinent to the project, marking...

Brief communication with the Department of Electronic Communications

A brief communication with an officer from the Department of Electronic Communications, of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy was held today. The coordinator of the project provided some details regarding the project’s activities. The Department of Electronic Communications will be regularly updated and invited to events of the project to foster local collaboration between the consortium and potential local stakeholders.

New ENGINEER journal publication

A new journal publication has been earlier today realised in the Remote Sensing MDPI journal. The publication details are as follows: Agapiou, A.; Gravanis, E. A Machine-Learning-Assisted Classification Algorithm for the Detection of Archaeological Proxies (Cropmarks) Based on Reflectance Signatures. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 1705. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16101705. Abstract: The detection of subsurface archaeological remains using a range of remote sensing methods poses several challenges. Recent studies regarding the detection of archaeological proxies like those of cropmarks highlight the complexity of the...

April 2024

ENGINEER Poster at the DLR International Conference on Geoinformation Data, Processing and Applications – DLR GeoDPA 2024

Following an invitation from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stavros Patsalidis, a member of the EOCult Lab at CUT and the ENGINEER project, actively participated in the International Conference on Geoinformation Data, Processing, and Applications (GeoDPA) held from April 23rd to 25th, 2024, in Oldenburg, Germany. He delivered two poster presentations titled "Earth Observation for Cultural Heritage Monitoring: Examples from Cyprus" and "Space-to-Ground Documentation and Monitoring of Cultural Heritage: The Case of UNESCO Site - Holy Cross at Pelendri, Cyprus."...

ENGINEER Workshop III at UCL

Following the initial two workshops hosted by CUT and UAVEIRO, the third workshop of the ENGINEER project convened on April 22-23, 2024 (M18) at UCL premises in London, England. Workshop III (W3), themed "Sensors and Testing for Environmental Characterization of Historic Buildings," featured a diverse array of presentations spanning geomatics, energy efficiency in traditional buildings, forensics, and structural health monitoring in heritage sites and historical structures. Attendees also participated in demonstrations and hands-on exercises. A representative from Geomatrix SME showcased...

IEEE Mediterranean and Middle East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

The Project Coordinator of ENGINEER Project, Athos Agapiou, and the Principal Investigator of POLIMI, Branka Cuca, have virtually participated today in the 2024 IEEE Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium with an oral presentation, acknowledging the ENGINEER project. Cuca B., Agapiou A, The potentials of large-scale open access remotely sensed ready products: use and recommendations when monitoring urban sprawl near cultural heritage sites, 2024 IEEE Mediterranean and Middle East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 15 - 17 April 2024

ENGINEER Poster at the CAA Conference at Serres, Greece

A synopsis of activities of the ENGINEER project was provided the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference in Serres, Greece organized between 16-17 of April, 2024 by PhD candidate and member of the project, Argyro Argyrou. Argyro presented the poster prepared for disseminating the outcomes of ENGINEER activities at the CAA conference, presenting an overview of the workshops, summer school, trainings and the overall methodology followed. ENGINEER poster drew the attention of conference participants who interacted with...

Argyro Argyrou’s Poster Presentation at the CAA Conference at Serres, Greece

PhD candidate, Argyro Argyrou, presented her research at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference hosted at Serres, Greece between 16-17 of April, 2024. Her research work pertains to the detection of archaeological surface ceramics using very high-resolution remotely sensed data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Through her PhD research, Argyro also attempts to fill a gap in the current literature by utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for detecting non-uniformly distributed surface ceramics in high-resolution remote imagery. Argyrou...