The conservation science is a scientific field involving contributions from many and different scientific disciplines. Advanced technologies are being developed for the analytical investigation of objects contributing multivariate data for the documentation or completion of historical
and archaeological data. State of the art data and information processing and management systems are solicited to optimally merge and cross- evaluate the information that may be potentially revealed/derived from the acquired and stored pertinent data after the combination of methods and techniques from
the different scientific fields. Research work is performed within this field combining optimal data acquisition, processing and management, associated with the development of novel – integrating techniques and methods targeting to a multidisciplinary approach and providing integrated solutions.
The main objective of ArtTech2008 is to bring together experts from the different disciplines working on the documentation and analysis of cultural heritage components. Topics considered include, but not limited
to, the following:
- Data acquisition technologies
- Non-Destructive analytical techniques for the study of the composition and decay of cultural heritage components
- Authenticity and authentication of cultural heritage
- Standards, metadata, ontologies and semantic processing in cultural heritage
- Management of heritage knowledge and data
- Visualization for cultural heritage
- Special case studies relating to the technology applied to cultural heritage
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Submission of Papers:
We consider research papers written in English maximum of 6 pages according to the IEEE format
http://www.infrartsonic.org/conference/Cairo/index.htm
Papers should be sent by email to:
Organizing Committee Chair
Hania Salem, hasalem@mcit.gov.eg
Important Dates:
Paper submission: March 20th, 2009
Acceptance notification: April 13th, 2009
Camera ready copy due: April 30th, 2009
Invited Speakers
To be announced
Conference Chairs
Fathi Saleh, CULTNAT – Egypt,
fsaleh@mcit.gov.eg
Georgios Sergiadis,
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki – Greece,
sergiadi@auth.gr
Conference Co-chairs
Reem Bahgat, CULTNAT – Egypt
rbahgat@mcit.gov.eg
Georgios Karagiannis, ORMYLIA – Greece
g.karagiannis@artdiagnosis.gr
Program Committee
To be announced
Venue
Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) Smart Village, 28K Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road
Registration Fees
No registration fees is applicable
Accommodation
There are several hotels around the Conference venue, in 6th of October City or in Giza that can be booked directly by the attendees or with the assistance of
the conference organizing committee.
About Organizers
1. Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) is
affiliated to Bibliotheca Alexandrina and supported by Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology. The Center's mandate is to
document the various aspects of
Egypt's tangible and intangible cultural heritage as well as its natural heritage. This involves the implementation of the national plan of action
towards the documentation program, making use of the most up-to-date information
technology in collaboration with the national and international specialized
organizations. The Center also aims at increasing public awareness of Egypt's cultural
and natural heritage using all available media as well as building capacities of
professionals in the fields of conservation and documentation of cultural and
natural heritage.
www.cultnat.org,
www.eternalegypt.org,
www.egyptmemory.com,
www.globalegyptianmuseum.org
2. InfrArtSonic, INCO-CT-2005-015338, aims to develop a novel and integrated
non-destructive portable system for the determination of artworks™ paint layers
profile in depth as well as the local distribution of the pigments in each of the
paint layers. The system combines two modalities: acoustic microscopy and UV-
VIS-nIR-mIR spectroscopy. Data acquired with the two modalities in the same areas
of analysis are jointly processed and correlated to trace the depth profile of the
paint layers (ultrasound modality) and to map the pigments in each
respective paint layer (VIS-nIR-mIR spectroscopy). The final result is reconstructed as a 3D model displaying the paint structure of the artworks in the selected regions of interest of the artwork.
www.infrArtSonic.org
Conference website:
http://www.infrartsonic.org/conference/Cairo/index.htm
For further Information, please contact:
Hania Salem, Organizing Committee Chair hasalem@mcit.gov.eg,
Tel: +202 35343249,
Fax: +202 35392929.
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