The Digital Heritage Research Lab (DHRLab) was established in 2013 at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Cyprus University of Technology. The DHRLab is devoted to research on the digitisation, documentation, archiving, preservation, protection and promotion of the tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage remains of our past.
Their research scientists and doctoral students engage in collaborative research with national and international institutions to explore the latest technological advances in the field, their efficacy, and usefulness to bring Cultural Heritage information to end-users, overcome obstacles, and identify prospects for further development. At a European level, the DHRLab collaborates with a network of over 150 key partners from the academic, research and industrial sectors working towards the development of new tools and applications.
DHRLab is hosting the unique UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage. It has rapidly achieved world-spectrum of collaborative research projects and has created a remarkable wide research network and an agenda with great potential for future activities.
As part of the activities of UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Mnemosyne is a project for a single-stage Coordination and Support Action submitted under WIDESPREAD-03-2017-ERA Chairs. Context Cultural Heritage is a strategic resource for Europe with high cultural, social, environmental and economic value. The era of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) is now well underway and the European research resource for DCH has grown significantly in recent years.
The Mnemosyne project under the leadership of the ERA Chair holder in Digital Cultural Heritage, has been designed to implement a high-quality three-phase research programme centred on the holistic documentation of the DCH lifecycle in support of existing and potential user needs.
The research topic ‘pipelines’ under consideration include DCH data acquisition, DCH data processing, DCH data modelling, DCH knowledge management (interpretation), DCH preservation and DCH use and re-use.
Within the framework of the project, a Centre of Excellence in Digital Cultural Heritage was created. Communication activities have been strategically planned and refined from the outset of the work and will last throughout the project duration. This includes seminars, the development and implementation of an e-learning Master’s course in Cultural Informatics and the development of an inter-sectorial and multi-disciplinary network of collaborative associations with other research and academic institutions.
Website: https://digitalheritagelab.eu/about-us/
