[Archport] 12th Symposium on Virtual reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

[José d'Encarnação <jde@fl.uc.pt>]

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De: Matteo Dellepiane [mailto:matteo.dellepiane@isti.cnr.it]
Enviada em: segunda-feira, 26 de Setembro de 2011 09:46

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Call For Participation

 

VAST 2011: 12th Symposium on Virtual reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

 

Prato, Tuscany, Italy, October 18th-21st 2011

 

In the 21st century the use of digital technology is a common practice in every day of our lives, contributing to the development, management and delivery of the information that surrounds our environment. Archaeologists and Cultural Heritage scientists as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts have in the past collaborated to find solutions to optimize all aspects of managing and delivering cultural information to new generations, but there remain many unsolved problems.

The goal of this VAST will be to build on the open dialogue between these different areas of expertise, and in particular allow ICT experts to have a better understanding of the critical requirements of the CH scientists for managing and delivering cultural information. The result of this interaction will be disseminated through use of innovative digital techniques in research and education for Cultural Heritage and through publications: on-going project results; preliminary ideas and works in progress; and overviews of research in the use of digital technology in the context of Cultural Heritage.

The VAST 2011 Conference had originally been planned to take place in Alexandria, Egypt, but, with the agreement of the local organizers, in recognition of the difficult situation in the North African Region that might discourage a wide attendance, the Symposium has been relocated to Prato (Italy), at the local university, on the same dates as originally planned, i.e. from 18 to 21 October 2011.

Prato is a town in Tuscany, 20 km from Florence and well connected to it and to the international airports of Florence, Bologna and Pisa (hubs of low-cost airlines), and via the High-Speed main Italian train line to the intercontinental airports in Rome and Milan.

 

The program sessions will cover these topics:

·        Data acquisition

·        Data processing

·        Presentation

·        Metadata handling

·        Study of digitized Heritage

·        Applications and Experiences

·        Public engagement

·        Documentation of Cultural Heritage

 

Accepted papers will be presented in the form of:

• Full research papers presenting new innovative results: these papers will be published by Eurographics in the EG Symposium Series (ISSN 1881-864X).
• Short papers presenting preliminary results and work-in-progress or focusing on on-going projects, the description of project organization, use of technology, and lesson learned. These papers will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

The best papers of the Conference will be proposed for an extended submission to ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (http://jocch.acm.org/).

 

Tutorials and Workshops: the conference will also host half-day and full-day working sessions that provide an opportunity to get in touch with ongoing projects and cutting-edge research in the field of technologies for Cultural Heritage.

 

Please refer to the VAST 2011 website for detailed information.

 

Looking forward to meet you in Prato!

The Conference Chairs:

 

    Franco Niccolucci

    Holly Rushmeier

    Luc Van Gool

    Matteo Dellepiane

    Sebastian Pena Serna