3D visualitation for the study and management of complex archaeological sites

Dear Colleagues,

We have the pleasure to announce the opening of the call for the Third Specialization Forum "3D VISUALIZATION FOR THE STUDY AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES",

organised in the framework of the European Radio-Past Project.

The Forum will take place from JULY 2 - 7, 2012, in HAINBURG (AUSTRIA), near /Carnuntum/, a location that is appropriate for the focus on data interpretation and virtual reconstruction. Following the standards of the past two years, the teaching staff will again consist of academic and specialist lecturers from excellent European research institutes.
We kindly ask you to promote this event.
Further information can be found in the attached Call and the Registration Form, which both can also be downloaded from our website (www.radiopast.eu). REGISTRATIONS have to be submitted BEFORE MARCH 30, 2012, to: cornelia.fischer@sapo.pt


EC FP7 Programme People” – Marie Curie Actions IAPP Project RADIO-PAST

Third Specialization Forum

“3D VISUALIZATION FOR THE STUDY AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES”

Carnuntum (Hainburg - Austria) 2nd – 7th July 2012


In the framework of the FP7 Marie Curie – People IAPP project “Radiography of the Past”, a series of three High Formation Summer Schools (2010-2012) will be organized. This third Summer School is especially concerned with visualization, interpretation and virtual reconstructions of complex archaeological sites.

Teaching strategy: theoretical topics and case studies, hands on applications, practical IT based sessions and lab activities with the aim to interpret, visualize, present and reconstruct archaeological data and ancient landscapes data.

Official language: English.

Location: Archaeological park of the Roman site of Carnuntum and the “Kulturfabrik” located in the nearby village of Hainburg, not far from Vienna and Bratislava.
(http://www.kulturfabrik-hainburg.at/en/about-the-kulturfabrik-hainburg).

Participants: up to 25 participants, master students, master degree holders or doctoral students and specialists wanting to deepen their experience in these topics.

Participants will be selected on the basis of their CV. Their English proficiency must be very good. The registration form (for admission request, available on line at www.radiopast.eu) must be submitted before March 30th, 2012, at the attention of Mrs. Cornelia Fischer by e-mail: cornelia.fischer@sapo.pt
Admitted participants will be informed in due time (before April 15th 2012) and they will be asked to pay the participation fee before June 1st 2012.

A certificate of participation will be issued by the Univerity of Evora, the coordinating institution. Minimum attendance is 90% of teaching hours.

Costs: As the teaching staff is partially financed by the EC, participation costs will be limited to: EURO 320, including didactic materials, accommodation (in double rooms) and meals (full board) in hotels in the village of Hainburg, site visits and use of lab facilities. Participants who want to stay in a single room will have to pay an additional sum according to the different reservation condition.


Scientific Committee
• Cristina Corsi (University of Evora, P ; University of Cassino, I)
• Frank Vermeulen (Ghent University, B)
• Michael Klein (7Reasons, A)
• Guenther Weinlinger (7Reasons, A)
• Bozidar Slapsak (University of Ljubljana, Sl)
• Cornelius Meyer (Eastern Atlas GbR, D)
• Burckhart Ulrich (Eastern Atlas GbR, D)
• Arjen Bosman (Past2Present, NL)
• Sigrid Vanroode (Past2Present, NL)
• Simon Keay (British School at Rome; University of Southampton, UK)
• Franz Humer (Archaeological Park Carnuntum)

Invited lecturers
• Graham Earl (University of Southampton, UK)
• Victor Lopez-Menchero (Spanish Society of Virtual Archaeology, E)
• Hugh Denard (Kings College London, UK)
• Michael Doneus (University of Vienna, A)
• Wolfgang Neubauer (University of Vienna, A)
• Laia Pujol (The Acropolis Museum, GR)
• Elefteria Paliou (University of Evora, P)
• Daniel Pletinckx (Visual Dimension, B)
• Martin Schaich (Arctron, D)

Provisional program
• Terrestrial optical active sensors – theory and applications of acquisition and processing of 3D laser scanning data
• Low cost photogrammetry and 3D visualizations
• Airborne remote sensing applications and 3D visualization
• Preparing geophysics results for 3D visualization
• 3D recording and interpretation of archaeological excavations and findings
• DEM elaboration and use as preparation for reconstructions
• GIS analysis in 3D environments
• Experiences in reconstructing prehistoric and Roman landscapes
• The management of 3D projects for cultural heritage
• Research, communication, access and preservation strategies for virtual cultural heritage
• Communication in modelling and the Internet
• Digital libraries for 3D reconstruction and modelling
• Publication and presentation of reconstructions
• Cognitive aspects of 3D visualisations in archaeology



Field demonstrations and lab-seminars on:

• High precision laser scanning of artefacts
• Modelling, rendering and textures in visualization
• Animation and motion capture
• Software and hardware for archaeological reconstructions


Partner institutions
The Summer School is organized in collaboration with:

– Govt. of the State of Lower Austria,
Dept. of Cultural Affairs – Archaeological Park Carnuntum
– VIAS – Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science
– Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology

Summer School Secretariat
Cornelia Fischer (University of Evora, Radio-Past Project Management Office)


Information
WEB site : www.radiopast.eu
Official e-mail address for contact: info@radiopast.eu





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*This initiative has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 230679, under the action Marie Curie – People IAPP, with the Project entitled “Radiography of the past. Integrated non-destructive approaches to understand and valorise complex archaeological sites