4th CIPA summer school

CIPA is happy to announce its 4th Heritage Documentation Summer School on “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modelling” which will take place from 12 -18 July 2017 in Pafos, Cyprus. As with the past three editions, this summer school will consist of theoretical lectures (on photogrammetry/computer vision, laser scanning, photography and total station survey) and practical work, in the field and in the lab.

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Thesis awards winners known!

The CIPA thesis award competition, which was approved by the CIPA Executive Board during the last meeting in Prague on July 2016, was formally launched on September 2016. Three months later, fifteen master and seventeen Ph.D. theses were submitted. After thoroughly evaluating all the submission, CIPA is very happy to announce the following winners:

Master Thesis award

Arnadi Murtiyoso – Acquisition and Processing Protocols for UAV Images. 3D Modeling of Historical Buildings using Photogrammetry

 

Ph.D. Thesis award

Susana Del Pozo Aguilera – Multispectral Imaging for the Analysis of Materials and Pathologies in Civil Engineering, Constructions and Natural Spaces

 

Both winners will be invited to prepare a paper for the next CIPA 2017 Conference and orally present their outstanding work.

5th INTBAU International Annual Event

From 5-6 July 2017, the 5th INTBAU International Annual Event will take place in Milan, Italy. The event is organised by the School an the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano and will investigate methodologies of representation, communication and valorisation of Historic Urban Landscape and cultural heritage, but also place making and local identity enhancement.

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Geomatics and Restoration: Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era – Conference

From 19-21 May 2017,  AUTEC – the Academic Association of Topography and Cartography, SIRA – Academic Association of Architectural Restoration, and IGMI – Italian Geographic Military Institute are organizing the 1st International Conference on “Geomatics and Restoration: Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era”. The conference is supported by ISPRS (WG V/1, WG V/2 WG II/8) and CIPA Heritage Documentation.

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Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries – workshop

From 30-31 march 2017, the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), Dresden, Germany organise a CIPA-supported workshop called: Research and Education in Urban History in the Age of Digital Libraries. The organizers would like to invite contributions on theoretical and methodological issues, application scenarios and projects, as well as novel approaches and tools.

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Thesis awards

As one of its core activities, CIPA Heritage Documentation is promoting and supporting young researchers in the field of Cultural Heritage. CIPA is, therefore, offering support for one MSc and one PhD thesis related to heritage documentation.

If you are an author of a Master thesis or of a PhD thesis discussed in the period January 2015 – 30 September 2016, concerning (totally or partially) the documentation of cultural heritage, you are encouraged to send a PDF version of your thesis and a motivation letter to Fulvio Rinaudo no later than 15th December 2016.

The best MSc and PhD theses will be selected by the CIPA Executive Board and the two winners (1 MSc and 1 PhD) will be awarded with € 500 and invited to orally present their works during the next CIPA 2017 Symposium.

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3D ARCH 2017

From 1-3 march 2017, the 7th International Workshop of 3D ARCH will take place in the beautiful city of Nafplio, Greece. 3D-ARCH is a series of international workshops which started in 2005 in Venice and moved throughout the years to Zurich (2007), Trento (2009, 2011, 2013) and Avila (2015), organised as an ISPRS and CIPA event.

The main focus of the workshop is to discuss steps and processes for smart 3D reconstruction, modelling, accessing and understanding of digital environments from multiple data sources.

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CIPA 2017 Ottawa

CIPA is pleased to invite you to participate in CIPA 2017, the 26th biennial symposium held from August 28 to September 1, 2017, in Ottawa, Canada. CIPA2017 will focus on Digital Workflows for Conservation.

The symposium will offer a unique opportunity for educators, professionals, heritage institutions, and managers of heritage places to share, exchange, and explore new approaches, best practices, and research results in the area of  digital workflows.

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