Yearly Archives - 2024

February 2024

Findings of a (global) bibliometric study on Geoinformatics applications for cultural heritage

According to the findings of a recent study published in the prestigious scientific journal Heritage Science*, of the Springer publishing house, Associate Professor Athos Agapiou (Coordinator of the ENGINEER project) is among the three researchers worldwide whose research and related publications receive extensive attention and reports from the scientific community, in matters related to Geoinformatics applications for cultural heritage. Find more information about this study here: Huang, Y. Bibliometric analysis of GIS applications in heritage studies based on Web of Science...

ENGINEER presentation at Masters Course

ENGINEER partners from POLIMI (Profs. Augelli and Cuca) presented our project and the work implemented to the students of the master course “SURVEY ADVANCED TECHNIQUES”, within PRESERVATION STUDIO for the master's degree in ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN at POLIMI (Link: Programma Dettagliato (polimi.it)). The presentation took place on the 23rd of February 2024 and was entitled "Recording Cultural Heritage: Advanced surveying technologies for on-site data acquisition. Example of Tombs of the Kings archeological site, Cyprus". The number of participants/students...

Invitation from UniBari as a Program Committee – ICCSA International Conference

Dr Athos Agapiou was invited earlier today from colleagues at university of Bari to be a member of the Program Committee for the upcoming workshop titled "Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management" (https://iccsa.org/workshops), part of the 24th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA) (https://iccsa.org).The ICCSA conference will take place from 1st to 4th of July at the Thuyloi University, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Visit at the Tombs of the Kings for site inspection

On February 21st, Dr Nicholas Kyriakides, Dr Renos Votsis and Dr Orestes Marangos, visited the archaeological site, Tombs of the Kings in Paphos. The purpose of the visit was to conduct a visual structural inspection of the tombs, with a primary focus on observing and documenting the primary fissures on the stone monuments. The inspection covered the entire site, including all tombs, and the fissures were recorded on an aerial image (Figure 2) produced during the first summer school by...

ENGINEER project – DLR International Conference on Geoinformation Data, Processing and Applications – DLR GeoDPA 2024

After an invitation from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), space-based and geoinformation applications carried out by the CUT team for heritage will be presented at the DLR International Conference on Geoinformation Data, that is expected to be carried out between 23-25.4.2024 in Oldenburg, Lower-Saxonie. This is the first International Conference that DLR is organised in the last 20 years. Glad to be part of it!

Interim report uploaded

Earlier today Deliverable 8.3 (Interim Report) of the ENGINEER project has been submitted to the participant portal. A jointly great effort from all the partners of the project, indicating the different activities carried out so far from Month 1 to Month 16 of the project. In the next few weeks, the ENGINEER project will be evaluated remotely by an expert in the field.

Internal meeting between the PIs of the advanced partners and CUT

A meeting was held earlier this day between CUT members and the PIs of the advanced partners to discuss and finalize the details of the upcoming activities Workshop 3 and Summer School 2. Both the topics and dates (22-23 of April 2024) of the Workshop 3, that will be hosted by UCL in their premises, have been agreed and communicated between all partners. The linked activities of the workshop with the Summer School 2 to be hosted by CUT in...

January 2024

Virtual Lecture: “Discover Entrepreneurship” (Industry & Knowledge Transfer actions)

The "Discover Entrepreneurship" virtual lecture, organized as part of the ENGINEER Project, was successfully conducted on January 22nd from 11:00 to 13:00 CET. This event marked the second part in a series of four virtual lectures under the Industry & Knowledge Transfer initiative of the Project. Hosted by the University College London (UCL), an advanced partner in the ENGINEER Project, the lecture brought together participants from all partner institutions within the consortium. The engagement and active participation of members further enriched...

JanusExplore – Omniasphere data re-used from CONNECTING project

JanusExplore mobile laser scanner was tested for data collection at the Tombs of the Kings. In case of proceeding with JanusExplore purchase, the equipment will be acquired via CONNECTING project although the data will be re-used in ENGINEER project. The potential acquisition of the laser scanner will also facilitate the planned activities of the CUT team within the context of the ongoing research projects while engaging national stakeholders (i.e., DoA) in the data collection process.

ENGINEER participates at the Survey of Twinning sister projects of EPIBOOST

In the framework of the FOCUS GROUP (FG) of twinning sister projects of EPIBOOST, coordinated by the University of Aveiro, Portugal, the Coordinator of the ENGINNER Project has participated at the FG by replying to inquiries. EPIBOOST colleagues have designing the Guide for Twinning Projects Implementation. More details about the survey: “The present survey was collaboratively built by members of the Focus Group (FG) on Twining projects management, established within the scope of activities planned in the EPIBOOST project, funded by...