[AISWorld] Fwd: International Accredited Summer School DIGARCH2016, Delphi, Greece

[George Pavlides]

Dear colleagues

This is to let you know of the *DIGARCH2016 summer school and fieldwork* in
Delphi, Greece.
Homepage: https://digarch2016.pns.aegean.gr
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/digarch.summerschool

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*DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & FIELDWORK IN CULTURAL HERITAGE, MUSEUMS & MYCENAEAN
SITE OF KASTROULI*

Duration: 25 Days



The summer school includes 2 Parts:

*Part I:* *DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & FIELDWORK IN CULTURAL HERITAGE & MUSEUMS*

13 Days equivalent workload to 130 hours (incl. 20 hours essay), 5 ECTS
*Delphi, Greece 5 July -18 July 2016*
*Municipality of Delphi Lecture Room*

   - 1 day introduction to the current state-of-the-art and trends for
   future innovation
   - 4 days lab & theory on digital archaeometry
   - 3 days theory and fieldwork practice on 3D digitization & imaging
   - 1 day introduction to cultural databases, repositories and
   international standards
   - 1 day museum and sanctuary of Delphi guiding and touring
   - 2 days educational trips in the Delphi archaeological environs
   - 1 day free preparation for exams

Particular emphasis will be given to *practical professional experience*.
Students will have a great experience and form strong bonds with their
peers on a *field program*. For this reason digarch16 offers something more
than a great academic course; including special opportunities and
experiences in situ and in museum lab.

This Summer School DIGARCH16 is a collaboration between:

   - the University of the Aegean (www.aegean.gr)- Dept of Mediterranean
   Studies (Leader) & Dept of of Product and Systems Design Engineering
   - University of California, San Diego, USA*
   - ATHENA-Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication
   and Knowledge Technologies, Xanthi’s Branch

The Summer School is linked to the Workshop Virtual Archaeology Museums &
Cultural Tourism  <http://vamct.syros.aegean.gr/2015/aims-scope.shtml>initiated
in 2013 by our University and established to a biannial basis and annual
summer school coorganized by participated international Institutes and as a
consortium participation on a joint Research Programme.

** Subject to last year’s high number of applicants and the restriction to
35 participants first apply first gets.*



*Part II: **MYCENAEAN SITE OF KASTROULI FIELDWORK*

(only for UCSD & UAEGEAN students)

*12 Days *equivalent workload to 130 hours (incl. 20 hours essay), 5 ECTS

*Desfina Village (near Delphi) 19 July – 30 July 2016*



*For UCSD & UAEGEAN students there is a follow up of additional 12 days
(19th to 30th July) of fieldwork at the MYCENAEAN SITE OF KASTROULI SUMMER
SCHOOL near Delphi (at Desfina village *
http://greece.places-in-the-world.com/263171-263219-distance-from-desfina-to-delphi.html*)
of 5 ECTS and includes 12 days of Fieldwork, portable technologies, tuition
and interaction with experts in the field, but much emphasis on
cyber-archaeology, fieldwork and labor work in digging and learning
instrumentation.*
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*George PavlidisDr. Electrical EngineerResearch DirectorPersonal webpage
<http://georgepavlides.info/>Multimedia Research Group
<http://multimedia.ceti.gr/>Clepsydra Cultural Heritage Digitisation Centre
<http://clepsydra.ceti.gr>ILSP - Institute for Language and Speech
Processing <http://www.ilsp.gr>Former Cultural and Educational Technology
Institute <http://www.ceti.gr/>ATHENA - Research and Innovation Centre in
Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies
<http://www.athenarc.gr>University Campus at Kimmeria
<https://goo.gl/maps/34hpGJTwBAn>, PO BOX 159, GR-67100, Xanthi, Greecetel:
+30-25410-78787x225fax: +30-25410-63656skype: gpavlid**Editor-in-chief:
Computational Methods in Heritage Science
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-computational-methods-heritage>
(fb page <https://www.facebook.com/ijCMHS/>)*