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Progress in Cultural Heritage:
Documentation, Preservation,
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Editors
Marinos Ioannides Anastasios Doulamis
CyprusUniversity ofTechnology National Technical University of Athens
Limassol,Cyprus Athens, Greece
Eleanor Fink João Martins
American Art Collaborative Linked Open CTS-UNINOVA
Data Initiative Caparica, Portugal
Arlington, VA,USA
Manolis Wallace
Raffaella Brumana University of the Peloponnese
Politecnico di Milano Tripoli,Greece
Milan,Italy
Petros Patias
TheAristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece
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Preface
EuroMed 2018, the traditional biennial scientific event, was held in the capital city of
Cyprus,theislandwhichhasalwaysbeenabridgetothreecontinentsgoingbacktothe
originsofcivilization.Itisaplacewherethefingerprintsofseveralancientculturesand
civilizationscanbefound,withawealthofhistoricalsitesrecognizedandprotectedby
UNESCO.
SeveralorganizationsandcurrentEUprojects(suchastheH2020MarieSkłodowska
Curie RISE Fellowship project TERPSICHORE, the H2020 Marie Skłodowska
CurieITNCHANGES,theH2020R&IReflective7–INCEPTION,theH2020COOP
8 CSA Virtual Multimodal Museum, the H2020 Reflective 6 CrossCult, the
H2020REACH,theResearchInfrastructureDARIAH-EUERICandDARIAH-CY,the
COST Action Innovation in Intelligent Management of Heritage Buildings [i2MHB],
the H2020 Teaming Excelsior, H2020 Teaming Medstach, H2020 Twinning Athena
and H2020 ERA Chair Mnemosyne) decided to join EuroMed 2018 and continue
cooperationinordertocreateanoptimalenvironmentforthediscussionandexplanation
ofnewtechnologies,exchangeofmoderninnovativeideas,andingeneraltoallowfor
the transfer of knowledge between a large number of professionals and academics
duringone common event and time period.
The main goal of the event is to illustrate the programs underway, whether orga-
nized by public bodies (e.g., UNESCO, European Union, national states, etc.) or by
privatefoundations(e.g.,GettyFoundation,WorldHeritage Foundation, etc.) inorder
topromoteacommonapproachtothetasksofrecording,documenting,protecting,and
managing world cultural heritage. The 7th European-Mediterranean Conference
(EuroMed2018)was definitely aforum forsharingviews andexperiences, discussing
proposals for the optimal attitude as well as the best practice and the ideal technical
tools to preserve, document, manage, present/visualize, and disseminate the rich and
diverse cultural heritage of mankind.
ThisconferencewasheldduringthesecondhalfoftheEUFrameworkProgramme,
Horizon 2020, which is the largest in the world in terms of financial support on
research, innovation, technological development, and demonstration activities. The
awareness of the value and importance of heritage assets have been reflected in the
financing of projects since the first Framework Programme for Research and Tech-
nological Development (FP1, 1984–1987) and continues into the current HORIZON
2020 that follows FP7 (2007–2013). In the past 35 years, a large community of
researchers, experts, and specialists have had the chance to learn and develop the
transferable knowledge and skills needed to inform stakeholders, scholars, and stu-
dents. Europe has become a leader in heritage documentation, preservation, and pro-
tection science, with COST Actions adding value to projects financed within the FP
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and EUREKA program and transferring knowledge to practice and support the
development of SMEs.
The EuroMed 2018 agenda focused on enhancing and strengthening international
and regional cooperation and promoting awareness and tools for future innovative
research, development, and applications to protect, preserve, and document the Euro-
pean and world cultural heritage. Our ambition was to host an exceptional conference
by mobilizing also policy-makers from different EU countries, institutions (European
Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, UNESCO, International
Committee for Monuments and Sites ICOMOS, the International Committee for
Documentation of Cultural Heritage CIPA, the International Society for Photogram-
metry and Remote Sensing ISPRS, the International Centre for the study of the
Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICCROM, and the International
Committee for Museums ICOM), professionals, as well as participants from all over
the world and from different scientific areas of cultural heritage.
Protecting, preserving, and presenting our cultural heritage are actions that are
frequentlyinterpretedaschangemanagementand/orchangeinthebehaviorofsociety.
JointEuropeanandinternationalresearchyieldsascientificbackgroundandsupportfor
suchachange.Wearelivinginaperiodcharacterizedbyrapidandremarkablechanges
in the environment, in society, and in technology. Natural changes, war conflicts, and
man-made interventions and changes, including climate change, as well as techno-
logical and societal changes, form an ever-moving and colorful stage and pose a
challenge for society. Close cooperation between professionals, policy-makers, and
authoritiesinternationallyisnecessaryforresearch,development,andtechnologyinthe
field of cultural heritage.
Scientific projects in the area of cultural heritage have received national, European
Union, or UNESCO funding for more than 30 years. Through financial support and
cooperation,majorresultshavebeenachievedandpublishedinpeer-reviewedjournals
and conference proceedings with the support of professionals from many countries.
The European Conferences on Cultural Heritage research and development and in
particular the biennial EuroMed conference have become regular milestones on the
never-ending journey of discovery in the search for new knowledge of our common
history and its protection and preservation for the generations to come. EuroMed also
provides a unique opportunity to present and review results as well as to draw new
inspiration.
To reach this ambitious goal, the topics covered include experiences in the use of
innovative technologies and methods as well as how to take the best advantage to
integratetheresultsobtainedsoastobuildupnewtoolsand/orexperiencesaswellas
toimprovemethodologiesfordocumenting,managing,preserving,andcommunicating
cultural heritage.
We present here 97 papers, selected from 537 submissions, which focus on inter-
disciplinary and multidisciplinary research concerning cutting-edge cultural heritage
informatics, physics, chemistry, and engineering and the use of technology for the
representation,documentation,archiving,protection,preservation,andcommunication
of cultural heritage knowledge.
Preface VII
Our keynote speakers, Dr. Ronald de Bruin, Director of the COST Association,
Dr. Robert Sanderson (Getty Foundation), Prof. Craig Knoblock, USC Information
Sciences Institute, Mrs. Diane Zorich, Director of the Smithsonian’s Digitization
Program Office (DPO), Dr. Charalambos Chaitas, Executive Director for Arts, Her-
itage, and Education for the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Joan Cobb,
Principal IT Project Manager at J. Paul Getty Trust, Mr. Harry Verwayen, Executive
Director of EU Digital Library Europeana, Prof. Koen van Balen, KUL, UNESCO
Chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring, and Maintenance of Monuments and
Sites, and UNESCO CHAIR Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Japan,
Mr. Brigadier General Fabrizio Parrulli, Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural
Heritage Commander, Mrs. Nada R. Hosking, Director, Programs and Partnerships,
Global Heritage Fund, and Mrs. France Desmarais are not only experts in their fields,
butalsovisionariesforthefutureofculturalheritageprotectionandpreservation.They
promote the e-documentation and protection of the past in such a way that it is pre-
served for the generations to come.
We extend our thanks to all authors, speakers, and those persons whose labor,
financial support, and encouragement made the EuroMed 2018 event possible. The
international Program Committee, whose members represent a cross-section of
archaeology, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, computer science, graphics and
design, library, archive, and information science, architecture, surveying, history, and
museology, worked tenaciously and finished their work on time. The staff of the IT
department at the Cyprus University of Technology helped with their local ICT and
audiovisual support, especially Mr. Filippos Filippou, Mr. Lefteris Michael, and
Mr. Stephanos Mallouris. We would also like to express our gratitude to all the
organizations supporting this event and our co-organizers, the European Commission
scientific and policy officers of the DG Connect Mr. Albert Gauthier,
Mrs. Adelina-Cornelia Dinu, the COST director Dr. Ronald de Bruin, the officers
Mrs. Federica Ortelli, Mrs. Estelle Emeriau, the director general of Europeana
Mr. Harry Verwayen, the Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund,
theCyprusUniversityofTechnology,theMinistryofEnergy,Commerce,Industryand
Tourismespeciallythepermanent secretary anddigital championDr. Stelios Himonas
and Mr. Constantinos Karageorgis, the Ministry of Education and Culture and par-
ticularly the minister Mr. Kostas Champiaouris, the director of the Cultural Services
Mr. Pavlos Paraskevas, the director of the Cypriot National Library Mr. Demetris
Nicolaou, the Department of Antiquities in Cyprus, all the members of the Cypriot
NationalCommitteeforE-documentationandE-preservationinCulturalHeritage,and
finally our corporate sponsors, CableNet Ltd, the Cyprus Tourism Organization, the
Cyprus Postal Services, and Dr. Kyriakos Themistokleous from the Cyprus Remote
Sensing Society who provided services and gifts of kind that made the conference
possible.
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We express our thanks and appreciation to the board of the ICOMOS Cyprus
Section for their enthusiasm, commitment, and support for the success of this event.
MostofallwewouldliketothanktheorganizationsUNESCO,EuropeanCommission,
CIPA,andICOMOSthatentrusteduswiththetaskoforganizingandundertakingthis
unique event and wish all participants an interesting and fruitful experience.
September 2018 Marinos Ioannides
Eleanor Fink
Raffaella Brumana
Petros Patias
Anastasios Doulamis
João Martins
Manolis Wallace
Acknowledgments and Disclaimer
TheEuroMed2018ConferencewaspartlysupportedbytheRepublicofCyprus,bythe
Cyprus University of Technology, by the Cyprus Tourism Organization, by CIPA
(http://cipa.icomos.org/), ICOMOS Cyprus, the aforementioned EU projects, the
DARIAH-EU ERIC and DARIAH-CY, the H2020 INCEPTION, and H2020-ViMM
projects.
However, the content of this publication reflects the authors’ views only, and the
European Commission, the Republic of Cyprus, CIPA, ICOMOS, ICOMOS-Cyprus,
Getty, Cyprus University of Technology, and the EU projects H2020 Marie
Skłodowska Curie RISE Fellowship project TERPSICHORE, the H2020 Marie
Skłodowska Curie ITN CHANGES, the H2020 R&I Reflective 7 – INCEPTION, the
H2020COOP8CSAVirtualMultimodalMuseum,theH2020Reflective6CrossCult,
the H2020 REACH, the Research Infrastructure DARIAH-EU ERIC and
DARIAH-CY, the COST Action Innovation in Intelligent Management of Heritage
Buildings(i2MHB),theH2020TeamingExcelsior,H2020TeamingMedstach,H2020
Twinning Athena, the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at Cyprus
UniversityofTechnology,andtheEUH2020ERAChairMnemosynearenotliablefor
any use that may be made of the information contained herein.
