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ViMM – Join the Group of Experts
/in News, ProjectsDear colleague,
Register on our platform and join the Group of Experts.
Virtual Multimodal Museum (ViMM) is a high-visibility and participative Coordination and Support Action (CSA), funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme (CULT-COOP-8-2016). ViMM brings together Europe and the world’s leading public and private sector organisations working on Virtual Museums and in the wide sector of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) to support high quality policy development, decision making and the use of technical advances. The partner consortium will be supported by an expert Advisory Group in building the ViMM Framework, involving decision-makers and practitioners in defining and resolving issues spread across 7 interlinked Thematic Areas (‘the 7 Ds’): Definitions, Directions, Documentation, Dimensions, Demand, Discovery and Decisions.
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New CIPA logo
/in NewsIn October 2016, CIPA organised a design competition to come up with a new, more up-to-date logo for our organisation. Despite the wide variety of designs send in by the many participants, no logo fully met all the expectations of the CIPA Executive Board. However, CIPA felt that three entries stood out and therefore rewarded their creators with a free registration for the CIPA 2017 Symposium (see this news item).
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Thesis awards 2018
/in Competition, NewsThe CIPA-HD Executive Committee wishes to promote and sustain young researchers by offering a privileged place to show their research efforts and results.
If you are younger than 35 at 15th January 2018, and author of a Master or PhD thesis, concerning (totally or partially) the theme of cultural heritage documentation approved in the period 1st October 2016 – 31st October 2017, you can participate in this celebration and win an award. You can send us a summary paper of 8 pages in English including an abstract, methodology, main theme and results. The paper should follow the ISPRS format. The full version of your thesis is also required.
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4th CIPA summer school
/in News, Summer schoolsCIPA is happy to announce its 4th Heritage Documentation Summer School on “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modelling” which will take place from 12 -18 July 2017 in Pafos, Cyprus. As with the past three editions, this summer school will consist of theoretical lectures (on photogrammetry/computer vision, laser scanning, photography and total station survey) and practical work, in the field and in the lab.
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Logo winners known!
/in Competition, NewsThe CIPA logo competition, which was approved by the CIPA Executive Board during the last meeting in Prague on July 2016, was formally launched on October 2016. Three months later, the CIPA Executive Board is pleased to announce that 21 candidates have participated to this competition and that 31 proposals have been put to the discretion of the evaluation committee.
Since no logo fully met all the expectations, the CIPA Executive Board decided to select the 3 best logos and asked a professional graphic designer to come forward with a new proposal based on these results. Even if the new CIPA logo is not created yet, the Executive Board still wants to reward the following 3 winners with a free registration for the next CIPA 2017 Symposium (Ottawa, Canada, Aug 28 to Sept 1, 2017):
Tudor Driscu (Belgium)
Elise Lachat (France)
Emmanuel Moisan (France)
Congratulations!
Thesis awards winners known!
/in Competition, NewsThe CIPA thesis award competition, which was approved by the CIPA Executive Board during the last meeting in Prague on July 2016, was formally launched on September 2016. Three months later, fifteen master and seventeen Ph.D. theses were submitted. After thoroughly evaluating all the submission, CIPA is very happy to announce the following winners:
Arnadi Murtiyoso – Acquisition and Processing Protocols for UAV Images. 3D Modeling of Historical Buildings using Photogrammetry
Susana Del Pozo Aguilera – Multispectral Imaging for the Analysis of Materials and Pathologies in Civil Engineering, Constructions and Natural Spaces
Both winners will be invited to prepare a paper for the next CIPA 2017 Conference and orally present their outstanding work.
5th INTBAU International Annual Event
/in Conferences, NewsFrom 5-6 July 2017, the 5th INTBAU International Annual Event will take place in Milan, Italy. The event is organised by the School an the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano and will investigate methodologies of representation, communication and valorisation of Historic Urban Landscape and cultural heritage, but also place making and local identity enhancement.
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Geomatics and Restoration: Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era – Conference
/in Conferences, NewsFrom 19-21 May 2017, AUTEC – the Academic Association of Topography and Cartography, SIRA – Academic Association of Architectural Restoration, and IGMI – Italian Geographic Military Institute are organizing the 1st International Conference on “Geomatics and Restoration: Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era”. The conference is supported by ISPRS (WG V/1, WG V/2 WG II/8) and CIPA Heritage Documentation.
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Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries – workshop
/in Conferences, NewsFrom 30-31 march 2017, the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), Dresden, Germany organise a CIPA-supported workshop called: Research and Education in Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries. The organizers would like to invite contributions on theoretical and methodological issues, application scenarios and projects, as well as novel approaches and tools.
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Thesis awards
/in Competition, NewsAs one of its core activities, CIPA Heritage Documentation is promoting and supporting young researchers in the field of Cultural Heritage. CIPA is, therefore, offering support for one MSc and one PhD thesis related to heritage documentation.
If you are an author of a Master thesis or of a PhD thesis discussed in the period January 2015 – 30 September 2016, concerning (totally or partially) the documentation of cultural heritage, you are encouraged to send a PDF version of your thesis and a motivation letter to Fulvio Rinaudo no later than 15th December 2016.
The best MSc and PhD theses will be selected by the CIPA Executive Board and the two winners (1 MSc and 1 PhD) will be awarded with € 500 and invited to orally present their works during the next CIPA 2017 Symposium.
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