News

ARIADNE Collaboration in Mexico

8 Dec 14

Following the presentation of the ARIADNE Infrastructure in Washington, US, Prof. Franco Niccolucci was invited to present the project at the first Cultural Heritage and New Technologies International Congress organised by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and held at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. the conference involved 167 authors from 20 countries such as Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Chile, Bolivia, Poland, Italy, UK and Mexico, among others, with a total of 88 presentations.

IKUWA6

2 Dec 14

The Organising Committee invites you to participate in The Sixth International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA6) to be held at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, from 28 November to 2 December, 2016.

Fostering Transatlantic Dialogue on Digital Heritage and EU Research Infrastructures: Initiatives and Solutions in the USA and in Italy

2 Dec 14

The conference: Fostering Transatlantic Dialogue on Digital Heritage and EU Research Infrastructures: Initiatives and Solutions in the USA and in Italy, is being held from 1-3 December 2014 at Library of Congress in Washington.

Prof. Franco Niccolucci will be presenting the ARIADNE Infrastructure as one of the areas of research that is covered by the Italian U.S Science and technology cooperation agreement.

Open Access and Open Data in Archaeology

28 Nov 14

Gunter Geser of Salzburg Research, Austria has written a comprehensive report on the ARIADNE “Open Access and Open Data in Archaeology” session held recently at EAA 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The full day session held at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Istanbul was organised and chaired by Frank Siegmund (Heinrich Heine Universität, Germany),Julian D. Richards (Archaeology Data Service, UK) and Guntram Geser (Salzburg Research, Austria).

Research Infrastructures

17 Nov 14

The event on Research Infrastructures on Cultural Heritage, co-organized in Rome by ARIADNE and the Italian Ministry of Culture (MIBAC) in the framework of the Italian EU Presidency semester, on 13 and 14 November was an incredible success. There were more than 300 registered participants and many interesting contributions.

CFP: NKOS special issue

21 Oct 14Call for Papers: Special Issue on Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) to be published in the International Journal on Digital Libraries.

CAA 2015 CFP: Ariadne session

13 Oct 14The call for papers for CAA 2015 is now open!  The conference will explore a multitude of topics, amongst which is the session proposed by ARIADNE “Supporting researchers in the use and reuse of archaeological data”.  We would like to invite paper proposals for this session.

ARIADNE conference in Rome

10 Oct 14

ARIADNE is organizing a two-day conference on 13 and 14 November in Rome. The conference is one of the official events of the Italian EU presidency and is organized in collaboration with our partner, the Italian Ministry of Culture (MIBACT). The theme is “Research Infrastructures and e-infrastructures” and is relevant for those who are interested in the EU strategy on these topics.

Call: Postdoctoral positions

10 Oct 14The LSIS and the CCJ laboratories, in collaboration with the MAP laboratory, are launching a joint call for applications for two postdoctoral full time positions (one in Geometric Modeling, Computing & Mathematics and one in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History) to join our research on the development of innovative methodologies for the semantic description, analysis and classification of digitized forms of heritage artefacts (the AMidex project – Eloquenzior).

Europe’s cultural treasures online: opportunities ahead

6 Oct 14

The European Commission today publishes two reports to coincide with an international conference that is part of the Italian Presidency of the EU, urging cultural institutions in Europe put more cultural heritage online with government support.

One report looks at how to digitise, make accessible and preserve culture online, the second report explains how our film heritage can be rescued from rotting cans. Digitised cultural material is a great common and free resource for developing cultural and educational content, documentaries, tourism applications, games, animations and design tools. This can help creative industries to grow beyond their current share of 4% of EU’s GDP.