January 2024

Internal CUT meeting

An online meeting was held between CUT members to discuss the progress of the upcoming deliverables to be submitted by the end of May 2024 (M6) and more specifically D1: Quality Assurance Plan, D2: Contingency Plan and D13: Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan. The purpose of the meeting was to communicate the updates on the above-mentioned deliverables to the project coordinator and to ensure a timely preparation ahead of the review and submission process.

Demonstration of Janus Explore Slam 100 on CUT undergraduate course

For the purposes of selecting the appropriate equipment for the CONNECTING project, the "Janus Explore Slam 100" mobile laser scanner was sent to the university on a trial lease for 2 weeks in order to test both the field measurements as well as the data processing in specific software. On January 23rd 2024, as part of the "Documentation of Monuments" course, the responsible professor Dimitrios Skarlatos with PhD candidate Marinos Vlachos and Research associate Giorgos Kafataris demonstrated the "Janus explore" to...

JanusExplore – Omniasphere used for the CONNECTING project

JanusExplore mobile laser scanner was tested for data collection at the Tombs of the Kings. In case of proceeding with JanusExplore purchase, the equipment will be acquired via CONNECTING project although the data will be re-used in ENGINEER project. The potential acquisition of the laser scanner will also facilitate the planned activities of the CUT team within the context of the ongoing research projects while engaging national stakeholders (i.e., DoA) in the data collection process.

Internal CUT meeting

A meeting was held earlier today between CUT members to discuss details regarding the budget allocation of the infrastructure that will be acquired for the needs of the project. A detail .xls spreadsheet was prepared and discussed. Future actions have been also planned.

CONNECTING website on KTISIS

CONNECTING website was launched on KTISIS repository. KTISIS will be used to facilitate the use and re-use of data pertaining to the project’s activities as well as for sharing and disseminating the project’s outcomes. The project’s website on KTISIS is available at: https://ktisis.cut.ac.cy/cris/project/pj00676.