May 2026
CONNECTING Final Workshop | Digital Heritage Summit 2026
We are pleased to announce the CONNECTING Final Workshop, organised within the framework of the Digital Heritage Summit 2026 / EuroMed 2026, a major European event dedicated to digital cultural heritage research, innovation, and policy. Held under the auspices of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Summit brings together international experts, institutions, and technology leaders shaping the future of heritage digitisation. 📅 28 May 2026🕘 09:45–14:00 (EEST)📍 Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol🏛 Tassos Papadopoulos Building The workshop...April 2026
Valencia Polytechnic University
CONNECTING carried out a joint activity with Valencia Polytechnic University in Spain, focusing on the spectral documentation of archaeological wall paintings. Using the Spetricon Muses9-SnS system, the team conducted advanced data acquisition aimed at capturing material and chromatic characteristics of the artworks. The activity, contributed to the creation of an international training and educational dataset, supporting research and capacity building in non-invasive analysis and digital documentation of cultural heritage surfaces.March 2026
AI Chatbots for Remote Sensing Archaeology – CAA 2026 Presentation
Research titled “Introducing AI Chatbots for Remote Sensing Archaeology” was presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference in Vienna. The work forms part of Nikolas Melillos PhD and is also supported by the Connecting project, of which he is a member. The study explores how computer vision and conversational AI can be combined to support archaeological remote sensing, moving beyond detection towards interpretative reasoning and more interactive analysis. The project is ongoing, and valuable feedback...
Connecting Project at Smart Maritime Network Athens Conference
The CONNECTING project, “CONNECTING Cloud Data Centre for 2D and 3D Cultural Heritage Geospatial Data: An Integrated Research Infrastructure for Data Monitoring, Preservation and Sustainability,” was presented within the framework of the Smart Maritime Network Athens Conference. The presentation took place on 18 March and aimed to provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the project, with particular emphasis on the technological framework of the Cloud Data Centre. Special focus was given to the methodologies employed for the management and...
Internal Meeting
An internal meeting of the CONNECTING project team at CUT was held to discuss pending project deliverables, equipment-related matters, and fieldwork activities completed to date. Updates were also provided on the progress of the GeoServer implementation. During the meeting, PhD candidate Kyriakos Michaelides, a member of the project, presented his first-year PhD work, outlining the research conducted, current progress, and planned next steps. A constructive discussion followed, during which feedback was provided by all team members to support the further...
Fieldwork Dierona, Cyprus
Fieldwork was carried out in Dierona, Cyprus, where members of the CONNECTING project conducted 3D documentation of a historic watermill site. The bridge of Dierona, built in the 17th century, was historically used to facilitate river crossing towards the mill, where villagers would grind wheat. The site is located north of the village, along the banks of the Amathus River, where the old watermill operational until 1950 still stands. The documentation was performed using photogrammetry techniques, supported by SLAM-based surveying with...
Publication at MDPI – HERITAGE
A new publication from Dr. Argyro Argyrou was realised earlier today. Abstract Detecting surface potsherds using low-altitude remote sensing is challenging due to severe class imbalance and limited training data. This study develops and validates a semi-automatic detection methodology that adapts threshold-optimized boosting classifiers (AdaBoost, XGBoost) to maximize ceramic detection recall under extreme class imbalance in the Western Megaris archeological landscape, Greece. Models were trained on only 15% of the available data to simulate realistic field conditions. Evaluation emphasized recall-oriented metrics (precision,...February 2026
Guest Lecture on “CONNECTING Cloud Data Center for 2D and 3D Cultural Heritage Geospatial Data”
A guest lecture on the topic of “The CONNECTING Cloud Data Centre for 2D and 3D Cultural Heritage Geospatial Data: An Integrated Research Infrastructure for Data Monitoring, Preservation and Sustainability” was delivered within the framework of the research activities of the Department of Planning and Regional Development, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly. The presentation took place on 11 and 12 February 2026, at the premises of the Laboratory of Spatial Analysis, GIS and Thematic Mapping, where the CONNECTING project was...