EuroMed2010: Intl Conf on Digital Cultural Heritage

["Marinos IOANNIDES" <gammat@cytanet.com.cy>]

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING

EuroMed2010 - Call for Papers - New Deadlines and Best Paper 
Awards

Dedicated to Digital Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries

November 8 - 13th, 2010
Limassol, Cyprus
http://www.euromed2010.eu

Invitation:
You are kindly invited to submit a paper to the EUROMED2010 joint 
conference which will provide an opportunity to exchange research 
results, opinions, experiences and proposals on the best practice 
and hi-tech tools from Information and Communications Technology 
to document, archive, preserve, manage and communicate Cultural 
Heritage (CH). The main goal of the event is not only to 
illustrate the programs underway but also excellent work wherever 
it is located and however it is supported, in order to promote a 
common approach to the tasks of e-documentation of World 
Cultural Heritage. Furthermore, regional capacities in the area 
of Cultural Heritage and IT will be facilitated in advancing 
their know-how through the exchange of information and generation 
of new ideas and cooperation's, where the world meets the finger 
prints of several ancient civilizations on earth.

To reach this ambitious goal the topics covered will include 
experiences in the use of innovative recording technologies and 
methods and how to take best advantage to integrate the results 
obtained to build up new tools and/or experiences as well as 
improved methodologies for documenting, managing and 
communicating CH.

The EuroMed2010 joint event will focus on interdisciplinary and 
multi- disciplinary research concerning both cutting edge 
Cultural Heritage Informatics and use of technology for the 
representation, documentation, preservation, archiving and 
communication of CH knowledge. The scope includes standards, 
metadata and every phase of CH information technology: initial 
data capture/digitization, information/data processing, 
reconstruction, visualization and documentation as well as 
dissemination of results to the scientific and cultural heritage 
communities and to the general public (Multilingua, Multimedia 
Digital Library). We are also interested in aspects of the wider 
legal, IPR and ethical responsibilities of Cultural Heritage 
Informatics. Research subjects parallel the interests of CIPA, 
ISPRS and EuroMed including culturally significant monuments, 
artefacts and sites as well as the activities of museums, 
libraries, archives, and organizations involved with their care.

Topics:
Those researchers who wish to participate in this event are 
invited to submit papers on original and unpublished work 
addressing the following subjects:

* Digital Data Acquisition Technologies in CH
* 2D and 3D Data Capture Methodologies and Data Processing in CH
* On-site and remotely sensed data collection
* 2D and 3D GIS in Cultural Heritage
* Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management 
and Monitoring
* CAD and FEM based Digital Reconstructions and 3D Modeling
* Reproduction Techniques and Rapid Prototyping in CH
* Visualisation Techniques (desktop, Virtual and Augmented 
Reality)
* Virtual Reality in Archaeology and Historical Research
* Multimedia, Multilingua, Data Management and Archiving
* Construction and indexing of large scale 
Multimedia/Multilingual
* Encyclopedias in Cultural Heritage
* Computer Animation for CH Applications and Virtual Heritage
* Game Technologies in Cultural Heritage
* Non-Photorealistic Rendering of CH Data
* Virtual Museum Applications (e-Museums and e-Exhibitions)
* Digital/Virtual Documentation of Archaeological Excavations
* Novel Internet-based Cultural Heritage Applications
* Portals and Digital Libraries of Culture
* Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH 
Applications
* Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques
* Interactive Environments and Applications
* Digital Libraries and e-Archives in Cultural Heritage
* National Digital Libraries and Aggregators as cross-domain 
systems
* Long term availability of content and its long term 
accessibility
* Effective IC-Technologies for the creation, management and 
reuse of content and knowledge
* Storytelling and authoring tools
* e-Learning in Cultural Heritage
* Tools for Education, Documentation and Training in CH
* Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design
* Standards, Metadata, Ontologies and Semantic Processing in 
Cultural Heritage
* Authentication, Accreditation and Digital Rights Management
* Legal issues: Water-Marking, Orphan Works, Copyrights and IPR
* Professional and Ethical Guidelines
* The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism
* Natural and Man initiated deconstruction of Cultural Heritage 
and prevention techniques.
* ICT assistance in monitoring and restoration

Submission of Papers:
Submissions for the joint event are completely electronic, and 
both the paper and all supplementary material must be submitted 
through the on-line submission website.

The conference accepts only original, unpublished work written in 
English. The 10 best papers will be published in the Elsevier 
journal:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620738/description#

We are soliciting three types of contributions:

* FULL research papers presenting new innovative results. These 
papers will have a full-length oral presentation and will be 
published in a high-quality proceedings volume. Each submitted 
paper must not exceed 8 pages in total.
http://fullpapers.euromed2010.eu/openconf.php


* PROJECT papers focusing on the description of project 
organization, use of technology, and lesson learned. These papers 
will have a short oral presentation and will be included in a 
"Projects Papers" proceedings volume. Each submitted paper must 
not exceed 8 pages in total.
http://projectpapers.euromed2010.eu/openconf.php

* SHORT papers presenting preliminary ideas and 
works-in-progress. These papers will have a short oral 
presentation and will be available as posters in conference 
breaks. They will be published in the "Short Papers" proceedings 
volume. Each submitted paper must not exceed 6 pages in total.
http://shortpapers.euromed2010.eu/openconf.php


For information concerning style and format of all submissions, 
please
refer to: http://www.euromed2010.eu/paper-submission/

Important Dates:

* Paper submission FULL papers: June 14th, 2010 (24:00 UK Time)
* Paper submission PROJECT/SHORT papers: June 14th, 2010 (24:00 
UK Time)
* Notification of Refereeing results:  July 15th, 2010
* Camera ready FULL papers to printer: August 9th, 2010
* Camera ready PROJECT/SHORT papers to printer: August 23rd, 2010
* Proposals for showcases/ demo's: June 28th, 2010

For more information about the joint conference please visit the 
webpage:
http://www.euromed2010.eu or directly contact the chair of the 
event at: chairman@euromed2010.eu.

The event is in cooperation with a number of European Commission 
Projects in
the area of Digital Libraries / e-preservation in CH and the EU 
Member
States' Expert Group on Digitization and Digital Preservation.

Regards,
Marinos Ioannides (CY), Dieter Fellner (DE)

Diofantos Hadjimitsis (CY) and Andreas Georgopoulos (GR)
www.euromed2010.eu
Email: chairman@euromed2010.eu