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Dr. Andreas Aristidou

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CYENS Center of Excellence, Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: character animation; motion analysis, synthesis, classification, and organization; deep and reinforcement learning, and involve motion capture; inverse kinematics; intangible cultural heritage; virtual museums and XR applications

Dr. Mario Bentivenga

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Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100-Potenza, Italy
Interests: geomorphology; geological heritage; landslides; soil erosion; climate changes
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Prof. Dr. Alessandra Bonazza

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Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAC), Bologna, Italy
Interests: climate change; pollution; cultural heritage; risk assesment; damage modelling; protection strategies
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Dr. Magali Brunet

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CEMES-CNRS (Centre of Elaboration of Materials and Structural Studies), University of Toulouse, 29 Rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
Interests: materials science; cultural and industrial heritage; aeronautical heritage; aluminium alloys; protective coatings (primers, paints); electron microscopies (TEM, SEM); spectroscopies and diffraction methods; multi-scale analytical methods

Dr. Lucia Burgio

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Science Section, Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL, UK
Interests: pigments; Asian lacquer; American lacquer; heritage science
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Dr. Giovanni Castellazzi

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Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: structural analysis; finite element analysis; finite element modeling; mechanical properties; stress analysis; construction structural dynamics; mechanics of materials; simulation building
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre

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Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: strengthening of structures; FRP composite structures; stone masonry structures; precast concrete structures; cyclic tests; materials and durability
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Prof. Dr. Ana Crespo-Solana

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Institute of History (IH) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Interests: maritime history and archaeology; early modern shipwrecks; historical GIS; shipbuilding; network studies
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Prof. Dr. Kristian Fabbri

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Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Viale Europa 596, 47521 Cesena, Italy
Interests: heritage building; indoor and outdoor microclimates; building energy performance; monitoring campaign; building simulation; cultural heritage
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Fassi

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Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: photogrammetry; laser scanning; topography; mobile mapping; CH digitalization; 3D
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Dr. Antonio Alvarez Fernandez-Balbuena

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Facultad de Óptica, University Complutense of Madrid, Arcos de Jalon 118, 28037 Madrid, Spain
Interests: lighting; colour; cultural heritage damage; virtual photonic restoration
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Dr. Assunta Florenzano

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Laboratory of Palynology and Paleobotany, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via G. Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
Interests: palynology; archaeobotany; palaeoecology; past agrosystems; cultural landscape; biodiversity
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Dr. Anabel Ford

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President of Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance and Director of ISBER/MesoAmerican Research Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2150, USA
Interests: archaeology; Mesoamerica; Maya; cultural heritage; forest gardens; El Pilar
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Prof. Dr. Marco Gaiani

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Dipartimento di Architettura, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2-40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: cultural heritage digitization; real-time rendering; 3D modeling; architecture; archeology; reverse modeling; 3D scanning; photogrammetry; virtual reality
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Dr. Enrique García-Macías

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Department of Structural Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: structural health monitoring; smart multifunctional composite materials; operational modal analysis
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Prof. Dr. Ervan Garrison

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Department of Geology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Interests: geoarchaeology; near-surface geophysics; prehistory; underwater archaeology; archaeometry

Dr. Sorin Hermon

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Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: archaeology; 3D scientific visualization; semantic structures and archaeological digital documentation
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Dr. Craig J. Kennedy

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Institute of Sustainable Building Design, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Interests: historic building materials; heritage science; aged biopolymers; X-ray diffraction; electron microscopy; X-ray fluorescence; spectroscopy; conservation philosophy; parchment; industrial heritage
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Prof. Dr. Heide Lukosch

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HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Interests: serious games; simulation games; digital heritage; qualitative research; participatory design

Dr. Marta Manso

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Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray fluorescence imaging; Raman spectroscopy; elemental and structural characterization of cultural heritage materials
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Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Marciniak

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Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland
Interests: archaeology; archaeological heritage; public archaeology; archaeological theory; social complexity; zooarchaeology & taphonomy

Dr. Silvano Mignardi

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Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: archaeological ceramics; provenance; pigments; ancient mortars; ore microscopy
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Dr. Costanza Miliani

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CNR-ISTM, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Interests: non-invasive spectroscopy; painting techniques; painting conservation; color changes

Dr. Artemios Oikonomou

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Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute, 2121 Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: archaeological science; analysis of inorganic materials; technology and provenance of materials; glass analysis; analytical techniques; SEM-EDS; XRF; LA-ICPMS
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Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Palleschi

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Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds ICCOM, Rome, Italy
Interests: spectroscopy; cultural heritage; forensic analysis; industrial diagnostics; environment
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Dr. Claudia Pelosi

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DEIM Department, University of Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: spectroscopy; materials for cultural heritage; wood coatings; conservation materials; innovative materials for cultural heritage; multispectral imaging for cultural heritage; coatings for stones
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Dr. Emeline Pouyet

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Laboratoire d’Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: material characterization; synchrotron radiation; X-ray fluorescence; materials; X-ray imaging; FTIR analysis; X-ray; spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; materials science

Dr. Fernanda Prestileo

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CNR-ISAC (National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate), Area della Ricerca di Tor Vergata, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: conservation of cultural heritage; preventive conservation; safeguarding of cultural heritage; non-destructive techniques for diagnostics on cultural heritage; microclimate monitoring
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Dr. Claudia Principe

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Laboratorio di Archeomagnetismo IGG-CNR Villa Borbone , Viale dei Tigli 6, 55049 Viareggio (LU), Italy
Interests: geoarcheology; archaeomagnetism; volcanology

Dr. Ling Qin

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School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Interests: Neolithic jade in Eastern China; early agriculture developments in China; theory and practice of early civilizations study in a comparative perspective around East Asia

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