APAC Labs researchers participated in the International Conference on Museum Big Data 2024, organized by the Ionian University (Museology Lab & Laboratory of Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing) and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. The MBD conferences focus on museum big data, addressing the need to detect new insights and discover hidden and useful information, patterns, clusters and relationships among large sums of museum data.
Avgoustinos Avgousti, in collaboration with Prof. Georgios Papaiannou from Ionian University, presented the talk “Applying Computing for Improved Digital Accessibility in Cultural Heritage”. The presentation explored how Big Data and Computing Technologies can improve digital accessibility in cultural heritage. Avgoustinos shared how the use of Semantic Markup Annotations using the Django Python Framework, Schema.org ontology, or vocabularies, and JSON-LD can improve the online findability of cultural heritage content and make it more accessible to scholars and the public.
Athanasios Koutoupas, Avgoustinos Avgousti, Nikolas Bakirtzis and Sorin Hermon introduced the ARTES platform, an innovative art management system focused on Big Data and Digital Twin Solutions for managing artworks. The system aims to improve the effectiveness, transparency, and protection of the cultural heritage of art administration.
Andriana Nikolaidou introduced a documentation framework based on ontological approaches for describing and analyzing the multifaceted relationship between artists and their studios using interactive digital documentation methods. Her talk ‘’ Access To Artists’ Studios: An Ontology-Based Framework For The Documentation And Analysis Of Artists’ Studios” demonstrated how the implementation of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model and the Art & Architecture Thesaurus vocabulary can promote a shared understanding and ensure the long-term preservation of artists’ studios in a broader cultural context.
In the talk ‘Applied Computing and Big Data: A Case Study of the Pancyprian Gymnasium Historical Archive’’ Avgoustinos Avgousti, Georgios Papaioannou and Nikolas Bakirtzis presented the Pancyprian Gymnasium Historical Archive, illustrating how digital technology can transform the preservation and democratization of cultural heritage. The presentation demonstrated the implementation of CyprusArk, a Content Management System designed for small museums and similar-sized cultural heritage organizations in the case study of the Pancyprian Gymnasium highlighting the challenges and evolution of the system.
