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Mapping the future: Intelligent Heritage - The research perspective. Professor David Arnold University of Brighton, UK 28th January 2003. Introduction. A personal perspective based on: personal experience in research personal understanding of the new instruments/program of work
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Mapping the future:Intelligent Heritage - The research perspective Professor David Arnold University of Brighton, UK 28th January 2003
Introduction • A personal perspective based on: • personal experience in research • personal understanding of the new instruments/program of work • a lot of conversations! • Mix of “Hot topics” and “Making it stick” • “Co-evolution of technologies and their applications” (quote - Work Program)
Intelligent Cultural Heritage • “Intelligence” used for two purposes • To improve integration of applications’ knowledge into interactive techniques used in building cultural heritage applications • To improve the look and feel for users, particularly for non-specialists users, of cultural heritage applications • Target is more efficient applications (i.e. cheaper development and easier to use)
Developing Applications • Intelligence targeted at using application knowledge to improve interface • For example using knowledge of object types being recorded to speed up data capture • Developing techniques to address interdisciplinary concern • For example developing non-photorealistic rendering techniques to represent uncertainty
Continuing research issues • Data Capture • Remote sensing (ground penetrating radar, shape from video, etc) • Accuracy v data volume and data acquisition time • Data refinement/extraction for particular uses (e.g. interactive internet viewing) • Underlying shape modelling techniques targeted at ICH
Research issues (cont) • Tools for reconstructions • Improved Tools for reconstruction from shards and fragments • Representing shape detail (decoration etc) • Improving texture capture/use • Rapid prototyping of reconstructions • Creating demonstrations of use of artefacts • Scripting and populating reconstructions for multilingual use
ICH & Generic Technologies • My understanding of FP6 is that generic underpinning technologies should apply for research funding to other areas • Emphasis here if the application raises specific research challenges • E.g. language technologies not generally ICH but language technologies for cultural interest could be inside ICH
Making it stick - also in NoEs • Interdisciplinary issues - getting the stakeholders to share vision • Already mentioned displaying uncertainty • Tension between stakeholders in curatorship and economic exploitation • Documenting provenance of digital artefacts, textures, models, characters, etc
Networks of Excellence • Emphasis on spreading the word • Engaging the sceptics and addressing their concerns (e.g. many archaeologists who are suspicious of technology) • Dissemination activities • Interdisciplinary collaborations • Demonstrating genuine markets • Advanced interdisciplinary training
Conclusions • Cultural heritage throws up unique technological challenges for CS to solve • Lots of past progress that has yet to achieve its market penetration potential • ICH must track development of generic technologies and adopt as appropriate to avoid sidelining by disruptive technologies • Interdisciplinary actions are required