Program

The Application of Novel Technology in Cultural Heritage

A Joint Italian-Israeli Workshop

Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Morning Session - Auditorium in the Library - Room 146

Afternoon Session - Room 570 - Education Building - 5th Floor

09:30 10:00 - Registration

10:00–10:30 - Official Opening - Welcoming Remarks

          • Opening: Prof. Tsvi Kuflik, University of Haifa

          • H.E. Francesco Maria Talo, Ambassador of Italy in Israel

          • Prof. Gustavo Mesch – Rector of the University of Haifa

          • Prof. Martin Golumbic - Founding Director of CRI, Initiator of the Joint Collaboration

          • Prof. Oliviero Stock – FBK-irst Initiator of the joint collaboration

10:30–11:00 - Coffee break

11:00–11:30 - Antonio Kruger

Smart Cultural Environments: Challenges and Benefits

11:30–12:00 - Oliviero Stock

Reflecting on Intelligent Persuasion Technology for Cultural Heritage Appreciation

12:00–12:30 - Tsvi Kuflik

The Museum as a Living Lab

12:30–13:30 - Lunch break - Education Building 6th Floor, Caesarea

Advanced Technologies in the Museum

13:30–14:00 - Joel Lanir

Shared Mobile Displays and their Use in a Museum Setting

14:00–14:30 - Massimo Zancanaro

Material Encounters in Museums: the Mesch Project Experience

14:30–15:00 - Einat Minkov

Graph-based Recommendation Integrating Rating History and Domain Knowledge: Application to On-Site Guidance of Museum Visitors

15:00–15:30 - Charles Callaway

Knowing what Groups of Visitors are Doing in the Museum

15:30–15:45 - Coffee break

15:45–18:00 - Visit to the Hecht Museum + Demonstrations

18:00 - Reception and Musical Event - Hecht Auditorium

Special Event Honoring Prof. Martin Golumbic

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Room 570 - Education Building - 5th Floor

Machine Vision and Intelligent User Interfaces in the Museum

09:00–09:30 - Fabio Remondino

3D imaging and Cultural Heritage - Latest Development in Technologies and Processing Methods

09:30–10:00 - Moayad Mokatran

Listen to What You Look at: Combining an Audio Guide with a Mobile Eye Tracker on the Go

10:00–10:30 - Ilan Shimshoni

Feature Curves in Range Images with Application to Archaeology

10:30–11:00 - Coffee break

11:00–11:30 - Natalia Weinstein

Towards Using Mobile, Head-Worn Displays in Cultural Heritage: User Requirements

Games and Gaming

11:30–12:00 - Antonio Origlia

On the Role of Playful Games in Stimulating Curiosity towards Cultural Heritage

12:00–12:30 - Susan Hazan

Pokémon in the Museum

12:30–13:00 - Maria Francesca Costabile

Enriching People's Experience with Archaeological Parks through Pervasive Technology

13:00–14:00 - Lunch break

Beyond the Museum

14:00–14:30 - Julia Sheidin

Research, Industry and In-betweens

14:30–15:00 - Yoel Mansfeld

Between ICT, Heritage and the Tourist: What about the Host Community?

15:00–15:30 - Ammazia Peled

Visualization – Cultural Heritage Documentation

15:30–16:00 - Alan Wecker

AMuse–An Initial Plan to Associate Museum Visits to Outdoor Cultural Heritage Activities

16:00–16:15 - Coffee break

The Museums’ Point of View

16:15–16:45 - Eynat Sharon

Between Digital and Practical Working Digitally in a Museum – The Tower of David

16:45–17:15 - Nadav Kashtan

The New Museum and its Limits in Conserving Cultural Heritage

17:15–18:00 - Closing Discussion

The Interrelationships between Museums and Research

19:30–21:30 - Presenters Dinner at Ben Ezra Hadayag (Atlit)