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Next GIAP Seminar : ‘Continuities and Innovations in Agriculture and Plant Processing in NW Mediterranean during the 1st millennium BC’

Join us in the third 2022 GIAP Seminar! April 28th 2022, 18-19h CET ‘Continuities and Innovations in Agriculture and Plant Processing in NW Mediterranean during the 1st millennium BC’ Prof. Natalia Alonso MartínezProfessor of Prehistory at University of Lleida Keywords: Agriculture, Archaeobotany, Iron Age, Iberian Culture, Technological innovations Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/JoinGIAPseminarNo registration required.…
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5 MSCA postdoc grants awarded to GIAP-ICAC!

Today we’re celebrating the remarkable success of our MSCAs applications for the 2021 call, the results of which have just been announced. GIAP-ICAC is proud to welcome 5 new MSCA postdoctoral fellows (and possibly one more waiting in the reserve list), expanding research in the forthcoming years and providing research funds for a total value…
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Archaeozoology thesis defence: Abel Gallego-Valle

As part of the interuniversity doctoral program in Classical Archeology (URV-ICAC-UAB), we are pleased to invite you to the public reading of the doctoral thesis of GIAP predoctoral researcher Abel Gallego, which has been co-directed by Dr. Lídia Colominas, Ramón i Cajal researcher at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology (ICAC), and Dr. Josep Maria…
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In support of Ukranian researchers

At GIAP-ICAC we adhere to the declaration of CERCA condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “The CERCA system of research centers in Catalonia, currently consists of 42 research centers where almost 12,000 people work. It is currently one of the leading European organisms in research and innovation excellence. The CERCA system is positioned against any…
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Postdoc call! Archaeological site detection based on multispectral satellite imagery

We are searching for excellent candidates with a PhD in Computer Science, Remote Sensing or a similar field interested in conducting research in archaeological sites detection based on applying machine learning techniques on multispectral aerial images. Contract duration: 22 months The context of this project is an ongoing collaboration between the Catalan Institute of Classical…
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Happy International Women’s Day! GIAP joins ICAC’s Gender-Balance Committee

In GIAP-ICAC we’re committed to achieving gender balance and equality at all levels. We are glad to inform you that the ICAC has renewed the Gender Balance Committee, which 2 GIAP-ICAC researchers recently joined. From left to right in the picture: Alfredo Mayoral Pascual, GIAP-ICAC (representative of the research staff)Lídia Colominas Barberà, GIAP-ICAC (representative of…
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Cloud-computing procedures for the automated detection and monitoring of archaeological sites

GIAP-ICAC researcher Francesc C. Conesa will present in the 2022 IEEE Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, which is virtually taking place in March 7-9th 2022. Session TU2.3: Multi-sensor remote sensing of cultural heritage 1 Session organised by Francesca Signa (CNR-ISAC) and Deodato Tapete (Italian Space Agency) “Cloud-computing procedures for the automated detection…
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Next GIAP Seminar : ‘Contextualizing conflict spaces in Julius Caesar’s civil war using connectivity analysis’

Join us in the second 2022 GIAP Seminar! March 23rd 18-19h CET Beyond the battlefield: contextualizing conflict spaces in Julius Caesar’s civil war using connectivity analysis Dr. Xavier Rubio-CampilloGroup leader at DIDPATRI (Universitat de Barcelona) / Ramón y Cajal Fellow / Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Access the webinar here: https://bit.ly/JoinGIAPseminarNo registration required. Hosted in Microsoft…
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Remote sensing and computational approaches to site detection and landscape reconstruction

On March 7th at 13h (UK time), GIAP’s co-director Hèctor A. Orengo will give a talk for the Aegean Archaeology Group (University of Cambridge). Open event! Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88241939796?pwd=dTRzSk N3MjBCRklTZDFPNDFLZjdoQT09 Remote sensing and computational approaches to site detection and landscape reconstruction in the Aegean Hèctor A. Orengo – Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica The last decade…
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Call for abstracts CAA2022!

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our sessions in the CAA2022 (Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) that will be held from Aug 3rd to 8th in Oxford (UK), in a hybrid format. GIAP-ICAC researchers are leading two sessions: S13: Machine and deep learning methods in archaeological research:…
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