IOSA.it Open Archaeology

The 6th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Following the discussions of previous VAST Symposia and Eurographics Symposia on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, the 2005 VAST Symposium will focus on the interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research interests including those of monuments, sites and museums as manifest in the EPOCH Network, covering every phase of the cultural heritage informatics, from initial data capture to information processing, and the dissemination of results to the scientific community and the general public.

Submission of original work are invited (but not limited to) the following themes:

• Data Capture and Processing
• Data Management
• Standards and Documentation
• Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques
• Digital Reconstructions and Visualisation
• Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design
• Interactive Environments and applications
• The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism
• Story-telling and design of heritage communications
• Novel internet applications in heritage
• Usability, effectiveness and interface design for heritage applications
• Cultural Informatics Education and Training
• Professional and Ethical Guidelines

Two types of presentations will be included in the symposium - presentations of full research papers, which will be refereed and included in a high-quality proceedings volume to be published by Eurographics , and presentations of work-in-progress (Poster Papers) which may be presented in shorter sessions and will be separately published in a Poster Proceedings.

Detailed info on http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vast05/index.html.