Yearly Archives - 2024

April 2024

Argyro Argyrou’s presentation at the 3rd Doctoral Colloquium

Argyro Argyrou, PhD candidate at CUT under the supervision of Assistant Professor Athos Agapiou, attended the 3rd Doctoral Colloquium hosted by the University of Cyprus. Argyro presented her PhD research related to ceramic detection from UAV and multispectral imaging. Argyro is using machine learning algorithms and boosting techniques to optimize the overall results. Argyro’s research is directly related to the ENGINEER project which was acknowledged during her talk.

ENGINEER data re-used as class material for Photogrammetry module at CUT (Geomatics BSc)

Prof. Dimitrios Skarlatos has re-used drone imagery, acquired during ENGINEER Summer School I at the Tombs of the Kings over Tomb 7, as class material for the Photogrammetry II module lectured for the needs of Geomatics BSc at CUT.  More specifically, the students are called to process RTK drone photos using Context Capture to produce Orthophotos and Digital Surface Models (DSMs).

ENGINEEER project communicated during the Two-Day Online Informational Seminar for Master’s Level Postgraduate Programs 2024-25

ENGINEER project, along with other research project of the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics has been communicated during the Two-Day Online Informational Seminar for Master’s Level Postgraduate Programs 2024-25 event took place today.  Cyprus University of Technology organized a Two-Day, Online Informational Seminar for its master’s degree Programs. These programs have been announced and are currently accepting applications for the September 2024 intake.  

CAA-Gr 2024 Poster is out

ENGINEER’s poster to be presented at the CAA-Gr conference is out! Thanks to the entire ENGINEER team and specially to Kyriakos Michaelides for his support. The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) is an international organisation that brings together a range of scholars, specialists and experts in the fields of archaeology, history, cultural heritage, digital scholarship, GIS, mathematics, semantic web and informatics with an interest in interdisciplinary cooperation. Its aims are to encourage communication between these disciplines, to...

1st Webinar on Defining Paradata, Metadata & Data for Documenting 2D/3D Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH)

The UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Cyprus University of Technology, in collaboration with the EU Project Digital Europe EUreka3D and association with EU CLARIAH-CY research infrastructure, the ARTEST and CREAMS projects, the CY-Eureka3D competence centre in Digital Heritage, the Connecting - CY RPF and the EU HORIZON ENGINEER projects, organized today the 1st of a series of webinars on defining paradata, metadata and data for documenting 2D/3D digital cultural heritage (DCH). The webinar was held between 14:00 and 17:30...

March 2024

Argyro Argyrou’s (PhD Candidate) presentation at CUT MSc “Geoinformatics and Earth Observation”

Argyro Argyrou, Ph.D. candidate at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) under the supervision of Assistant Professor Athos Agapiou, introduced the ENGINEER project to the students of the MSc “Geoinformatics and Earth Observation” as part of an invited talk in the module of “Earth Observation for Environmental Monitoring”. Argyro’s doctoral research is directly linked with the activities of the ENGINEER project in the context of archaeology and cultural heritage monitoring and preservation with novel tools and techniques.

Exploring the marine cultural resources of Cyprus

A very interesting article published at Phileleftheros newspaper regarding the exploration of marine cultural resources of Cyprus. The article sumamarises the activities carried out during the Cyprus Regional Development Project (CRDP) project funded by the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF).  Archaeological surveys were carried out during two training seminars organized by the CRDP, as announced by the Department of Antiquities. Collaboration also exists with other researchers in Cyprus, but also with collaborators from the wider HFF region (Egypt and Lebanon). All...

Participation at the INSIGHT Workshop

It is with great pleasure to participate at the INSIGHT Workshop, to be held at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus on 20th of April 2024.  The event is organised as part of the “A unique monument at the crossroads of political transformation: Investigation and documentation of the Palaepaphos-Laona tumulus” project, funded by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, and it is part of the the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP 2006–2024). Find more here:

Meeting with UCL

Following the meeting with POLIMI and UAVEIRO Principal Investigators (PIs), a final meeting was held today between the PIs from the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and University College London (UCL) to close the round of discussions regarding the upcoming project activities. More specifically, the members of the two partners elaborated on the details of CUT members' visit to UCL premises in April 2024, which is already scheduled and will be combined with the organization of a workshop within the...