This Thursday, 17th of October, Prof. Hèctor A. Orengo will offer a lecture on the uses of Artificial Intelligence in cultural heritage for the Cultural Heritage Day organised by the Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage (Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural, ACdPC) Title of the LectureArtificial Intelligence and Cultural Heritage: Current Applications and Future Perspectives. Brief…
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New Scientist magazine (Elsevier), has echoed our latest work on the application of deep learning in the study of qanats in arid environments: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448049-cold-war-spy-satellites-and-ai-detect-ancient-underground-aqueducts/ The paper, authored by Nazarij Buławka (MSCA postdoctoral researcher), Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor) and Iban Berganzo-Besga (Postdoctoral researcher at Ramsey Lab), is published in the journal “Journal of Archaeological…
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We are glad to announce our participation in a new COST Action project, which created a network of archaeologists and computer scientists to develop a shared understanding of AI applications in archaeology. The project, a COST Action called “Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA)” (CA23141), gathers scientists from 8 countries, and is led by the…
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On the 27th and 28th of May, we are hosting a workshop in the context of the MSCA project “UnderTheSands. Ancient irrigation detection and analysis using Advanced remote sensing methods“, lead by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Nazarij Buławka. Abstract: The workshop aims to bring together researchers specialising in archaeology and water management in arid landscapes. Water management…
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The Computational Archaeology Laboratory of the Landscape Archaeology Research Group (GIAP), hosted at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC-CERCA) in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain), is looking for technicians and researchers to further develop its computational research line. The profiles we are looking for should include at least one of the following skills: Knowledge of archaeology is not necessary, we…
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The call for papers for the EAA Annual Meeting is open! The EAA2024 will take place in Rome, Italy, on the 28-31 August 2024. GIAP (ICAC-CERCA) will co-organise 5 sessions: EXTENDED DEADLINE! 8th 12th of February 2024.Submit your papers here: https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/ ABSTRACTS: Title: Machine learning methods in archaeological research: new approaches, barriers and standardization Theme:…
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We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our session in the 51st CAA International conference (CAA2024), which will take place in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (New Zealand) from 8 – 12 April 2024. The deadline for papers is 19th of October 2023. EXTENDED DEADLINE to 26th October 2023!Submit your paper here: https://2024.caaconference.org/call-for-papers-and-posters-now-open/ S9: Between the…
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Tomorrow, Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor at ICAC), will be presenting in the workshop “Geomatics Methodologies in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research“, organised by the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), on the 14th and 15th September 2023. Check the programme here Current advances in geospatial analysis for archaeology and Cultural Heritage This presentation will…
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MSCA postdoctoral fellow Nazarij Buławka is presenting in ICAANE 13 – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, which is taking place in Copenhagen, from 22 to 26 May of 2023. Session 34. Computational Approaches and Remote Sensing Applications in Desertic Areas Water of life: On the ancient irrigation detection and analysis using…
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Hèctor A. Orengo (ICREA Research Professor at ICAC) is presenting the methodology and preliminary results obtained for the identification of past agricultural strategies from grain shape, in the AEA Virtual Spring Conference (Association for Environmental Archaeology), which is taking place online on 13 May 2023. Extracting meaning from grain shape: a 3D deep learning workflow…
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