January 2024
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...
ENGINEER Gold Sponsor of CIPA Summer School 2024
ENGINEER project is a Gold Sponsor of the CIPA Summer School focusing on 3D surveying and modelling in cultural heritage. The workshop includes among others: (a) Theoretical lectures (3D surveying, photogrammetry, laser scanning, etc.); (b) Practical work in the field with commercial and open-source processing software; (c) data acquisition with state-of-the-art equipment and (d) data processing methods with commercial and open-source SW for 3D model generation and CIPA Summer School provides a great opportunity for MSc and PhD students, archaeologists, architects,...
Advisory Board of THETIDA project
The project coordinator was invited to participate as a member of the Advisory Board of Horizon Europe project entitled THETIDA, established to ensure an effective networking and knowledge exchange involving different groups of external professionals working in the fields of geoinformatics and earth observation, integrated systems for cultural heritage management, heritage material deterioration, ocean and geo-hazards modelling, crowdsourcing, living labs and co-creation approaches. THETIDA aims to contribute to safeguarding and protecting Europe’s coastal and underwater cultural heritage by exploiting cutting-edge...
Prof. Dimitrios Skarlatos Commission Chair – Technologies for Cultural Heritage Geometric Documentation, CIPA Executive Board
Prof. Dimitrios Skarlatos has been nominated as Commission Chair – Technologies for Cultural Heritage Geometric Documentation at the CIPA Executive Board for the next four years starting from 01.01.2024. CIPA Heritage Documentation is a dynamic international organisation that has twin responsibilities: keeping up with technology and ensuring its usefulness for cultural heritage conservation, education and dissemination. This dual role is exhibited in our parent organizations: ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) and ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote...December 2023
ENGINEER presented at ARGUS Horizon Europe Kick-off meeting
ENGINEER project was presented by Dr. Athos Agapiou during the kick-off meeting of ARGUS Horizon Europe project on December 18-19, 2023 in Athens. ARGUS is exptected to run for 36 months and draws on the current challenges in monitoring remote built heritage assets and the current research focus on preventive preservation. CUT is participating in ARGUS as a partner being responsible for several tasks related to remote sensing, assessment, monitoring and preventive preservation, focusing in areas such as urbanization, soil...Internal meeting between CUT, UCL and UAVEIRO
An internal meeting was hosted between ENGINEER members from CUT, UCL and UAveiro to discuss matters related to the organization of the ENGINEER Workshop 3 (W3). The partners discussed the proposed activities to be carried out during the workshop hosted at UCL premises as well as the contribution of UAveiro. W3 activities are also linked to ENGINEER Summer School 2 (SS2) that will be hosted around June 2024 in Cyprus by CUT.
Invitation by the Rector of POLIMI to participate in the QS Global Academic Survey 2024
An invitation was sent earlier today by the Rector of the Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) to the coordinator of the project, to join the universe of international higher education experts and share his opinion with QS on the best universities around the world. This invitation is part of the QS Global Academic Survey 2024, a prestigious international Higher Education ranking system.
