May to July 2021

Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, 3D Survey Group, ABC Department (Architecture, Built environment and construction engineering), Italy

Since November 2019

Honorary Senior Research Associate, Centre for Digital Humanities, University College London, United Kingdom

Since Januar 2019

Vice-Womens officer of the University of Bamberg

Since Oktober 2017

Appointment to Professor of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation and Chairholder as well as programm director of the M.Sc. at the University of Bamberg, Germany

October 2017 to September 2019

Honorary Senior Research Associate, 3DIMPact Research Group, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering,

January 2014 to September 2017

Research Associate, Research Manager for the 3DIMPact Research Group, Module coordinator (Bachelor of Arts and Sciences , one elective module), UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

September 2016 to January 2017

Research Fellow, Preserving Maya Heritage, Department for Africa, Oceania and Americas at the British Museum, Coordinator via Adecco UK on assignment to Google (The Google Cultural Institute), London, UK

August 2015 to June 2016

UCL Robotics Coordinator, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – Impact Acceleration Award, UCL Robotics and Autonomous Systems, UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

2008 to 2013

Research Associate, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL Public and Cultural Engagement, University College London, UK

September 2006 to August 2007

Graduate Research Intern, Getty Conservation Institute, Fields Projects department, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, USA, Project: Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities – Jordan (MEGA-J)

February 2005 to August 2006

Freelancer: Digital Cathedral Archives, Bamberger Dom, Dombauhütte, Staatliches Hochbauamt Bamberg

June 2004 to August 2006

Research Assistant, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Professorship of Building Preservation Sciences, Institute for Archeology, Heritage Sciences and Art, cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rainer Drewello

August 2002 to September 2003

Apprentice Architect, L’étude de Louis Brillant, Montreal, Canada, Architect's office with a focus on the preservation of architectural monuments and conservation

August to September 2000

Apprentice Architect, Luca Gazzaniga & Carlo Ceccolini Architetti, Lugano, Schwitzerland

August to Oktober 1999

Apprentice Architect, Braunfels Architekten, Munich

2017

Appointment to Professor and Chairholder for Digital Technologies in Heritage conservation

2016

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for supporting and learning in higher education, Descriptor 2. certificate of educational qualification

2015

PhD in 3D imaging metrology for cultural heritage, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

2014

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA UKPSF)

2005

Master of Arts in Heritage Conservation, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg/ Fachhochschule Coburg

2002

Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Architecture, Technische Universität München (TUM)

12/2020  Digitale Strategien in den Denkmalwissenschaften, Gastvorlesung an der Universität Würzburg, Professur für Museologie und materielle Kultur (Vortrag für Studierende im Studium der Museumswissenschaften oder Museologie sowie interessierte MitarbeiterInnen) (Virtual) für Dr. Menke und Prof. Dr. Guido Fackler (OrganisatorInnen)

12/2020 Presentation on Use of digital heritage resources within the museum context in the Session 'Digital Documentation: Resources for heritage interpretation and untilisation' at the 2020 Second International Symposium on Digital Heritage (Next Digital Transformation: Briadening the Territory of Digital Heritage - Expanding the roles and scope of digital documentation' organised by the Digital Heritage Lab | Affiliate of Communicative Interaction Lab (CI) at the Graduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), (Access the Video recording with M.Hess' presentation from about 2 hours 26 minutes) (Virtual)

11/2020 Presentation on UNESCO recommendations on digitalisation of heritage, Heritage IT Conservation Jordan, Heritage conservation and Digital technologies International Stakeholder Engagement Workshop (Virtual)

10/2020 Presentation Nutzung von 3D & ICTs (information and communication technologies) in der Dokumentation von Kulturerbe im Rahmen der Veranstaltung  Digitalisierung von Inhalten“ der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission, Auftakt zur Reihe „Welterbe, Digitalisierung und COVID-19“

09/2020 Digital Technologies in heritage conservation - integration of optical surveying and measurement methods and sensor technologies into clasical heritage conservation and museology, presentation for University of Roma III, Attività didattica nell’ambito dei Master “Didattica Museale Generale”, “ Studi avanzati di educazione museale” e nell’ambito dei seminari autunnali del progetto di ateneo “Il progetto Inclusive Memory nell’era post covid”, per Prof. Dr. Antonella Poce (organiser)

07/2020 Eingeladener Vortrag bei Soroptimist International, Club Würgau: Digitale Denkmaltechnologien - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Digitalisierung in der Denkmalpflege und digitalen Kulturgüterdokumentation

05/2020 Vortrag Digitale Rekonstruktion im Seminar 'Deckenmalerei Digital', geleitet von PD Dr. Matteo Burioni, Institu für Kunstgeschichte, LMU München. Im Rahmen der Zusammenarbeit des KDWT Arbeitsbereiches Digitale Denkmaltechnologien mit dem Akademieprojekt Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland

02/2020 Eingeladener Vortrag Optische Vermessungmethoden und Sensoren zur Integration der Digitalisierung in der klassischen Denkmalpflege und im Kulturgüterschutz beim wissenschaftlichen Symposium ‚Visualisierungsmethoden in der Architektur und Denkmalpflege‘ , Verein Volkspark Halle e.V,

10/2019 Keynote speech: Using information and communication technologies (ICT): challenges and opportunities at the 2nd UNESCO Regional Workshop for Europe. KDWT, University of Bamberg. Die Neue Publikation der UNESCO beinhaltet die Rolle von ICT für Welterbezentren. Grundlage sind der Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Mona Hess und der darauf folgende Workshop. (Bitte Titelblatt des Berichtes in Gesamtheit zitieren). The Role of Visitor Centres in UNESCO Designated Sites.

09/2019 Invited keynote speaker CIPA ICOMOS Avila :Documenting the tangible and the intangible - qualitative and quantitative values in cultural heritage and a dialogue between humanities and STEM subjects.PDF des Vortrags.

02/2019  Mediation zwischen Geisteswissenschaften und MINT-Fächern, Keynote bei der Woche der Forschung 2019– Digitalisierung der Wissenschaften, Universität Bamberg

01/2019 Genius loci and digital cultural heritage, guest Speaker at CrossCult H2020 Projekt an der Universität Luxembour

01/2019  Digitale Denkmaltechnologien – Digitalisierung von Kulturgut in allen Maßstäben und Dimensionen, Eingeladener Vortrag am Informatikkolloqium der Universität Würzburg

12/2018 Digitale Denkmaltechnologien - optische Vermessungsmethoden und Sensortechnik integriert in der klassischen Denkmalpflege, eingeladener Vortrag: Geodätischen Kolloquium, Jade Hochschule Oldenburg

10/2018 Kulturgüter besser erforschen und überwachen,  Antrittsvorlesung an der Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg 

10/ 2018 Eingeladener Vortrag Digital Humanities-Kolloquium, Universität Köln: Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation - integration of optical surveying and measurement methods and sensor technologies into classical heritage conservation

06/2018 Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion zur Sektion Lehre „Digitale Studiengänge“,  Jahrestagung der Deutschen Archäologen, „Archäologie im Zeitalter der digitalen Wende“

05/2018 Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen des Europäischen Kulturerbejahr 2018 ‚Sharing Heritage‘ und im Rahmen der 25-jährigen Feier des Weltkulturerbe Bambergs: Digitales Erbe: Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung im Bereich Denkmalpflege und Museumskunde, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg

11/2017 Education and professional development towards cross-disciplinary roles in 3D imaging and digital heritage technologies in Europe, Konferenz 3D Imaging in Cultural Heritage, mit Unterstützung von IPERION-CH (Integrated Platform for the European Research Infrastructure on Cultural Heritage), British Museum London, UK, 9-10. November 2017. (Bericht: https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/network/3d-imaging-in-cultural-heritage)

08/2017 Object-based teaching and learning for a critical assessment of digital technologies in arts and cultural heritage. Vortrag über den neuen Masterstudiengang Digitale Denkmaltechnologien an der Universität Bamberg ab Oktober 2017 und Internationales Symposium CIPA 'Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation, Carleton University, Ottawa/ Canada am 28 August – 1 September 2017.

02/2016 Invited speaker in the Seminar Series of the UCL Centre of Digital Humanities: Project planning framework for 3D imaging in cultural heritage, including 3D image quality assessment

03/2015 Invited speaker at Develop3D conference for a TED talk to an audience of commercial 3D designers, engineers and industry: 3D scanning technology within the humanities sector, University of Warwick, UK

12/2014 Contributed to presentation: Weyrich, T., Hess, M., Terras, M. , Giacometti, A., Gibson, A, Hindmarch, J., Macdonald, L., Pal, K., (2014). Heritage Imaging at UCL. Annual Conference of Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography (AHFAP), London

09/2014 Invited speaker at the Digital Specimen conference, Berlin, Germany

11/2013 Workshop at the Museum Association exhibition and conference Liverpool, UK. ‘An honest appraisal of the challenges of 3D imaging programmes based on a five year project at the Petrie Museum. Issues covered: in-house skills needed, costs, quality control and assessment (with M.Serpico, G.Amati, T.Nelson)

09/2013 Invited speaker at the cross-departmental workshop 3D projects at the British Museum, London

03/2013 Invited speaker at the Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politechnico di Milano, Italy. Talk in Italian: Ricostruzione 3D per la documentazione digitale di artefatti museali e beni culturali presso UCL

09/2012 Invited contributor at the V-Must summer school (Virtual Restoration and Reconstruction in a London Charter Framework) at King’s College London. Presentation of 3DPetrie project at the UCL Petrie Museum (with 3DPetrie team)

09/2012 Invited speaker at University of Queensland, Australia in the ‘Critical Approaches to Museums and Heritage’ Seminar Series

09/2012 Invited speaker for a Cultural Heritage symposium at the Donald Horne Institute, University of Canberra, Australia

04/2011 Invited speaker at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, dell'Ambiente, del Territorio e Architettura, at the Universita degli studi di Parma, Italy. Talk in Italian:  Ricostruzione e documentazione digitale in 3D per architettura e beni culturali

02/2011 Invited speaker at the RTISAD Workshop: Digital Transformations - New developments in cultural heritage imaging) at The Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies Oxford, Oxford University

03/2009 Invited speaker at UKOLN (former centre of expertise which advises on digital infrastructure, information policy and data management), Bath University

2021

• Hess, M., Schlieder, C., Schnier, V., Troi, A., 2021. M.Sc. in Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation. Sustainable mission for education in heritage. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 863, 012035. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/863/1/012035
• Hess, M. and Ferreyra, C. (2021), Recording and comparing Historic garden architecture, value of SLAM-Based recording for research on cultural landscapes in connection with heritage conservation, in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. ICOMOS/ISPRS International Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) : 28th CIPA Symposium ‘Great Learning & Digital Emotion’; - 28 August–1 September 2021, Beijing, China, Copernicus GmbH, pp. 301–308. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-M-1-2021-301-2021.
• Hess, M., Schnier, V., Huth, O. (2021), Masterstudiengang Digitale Denkmaltechnologien. Weiterführende Ausbildung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Digitalisierung und Denkmalpflege, In:  Zeitschrift Bausubstanz – Neues Wissen über alte Bauwerke. BS 4-2021, S.46-48 https://www.bausubstanz.de/zeitschrift/aktuelle-ausgabe/masterstudiengang-digitale-denkmaltechnologien/
• Chizhova, M., Gorkovchuk, D., Kachkovskaya, T., Popovas, D. , Gorkovchuk, J., Luhmann, T., Hess, M., (2021), Qualitative testing of an advanced terrestrial laser scanner simulator: users experience and feedback, ISPRS Archives, ISPRS conference, Commission V, WG V/7, doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B5-2021-29-2021 
• Popovas, D., Chizhova, M. Gorkovchuk, D. Gorkovchuk, J., Hess, M., Luhmann T. (2021), Virtual Terrestrial laser scanner simulator in a digital twin environment, Proceedings of the joint international event 9th ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 & 3rd GEORES (‘GEOmatics and pREServation), Valencia (Spain). 26–28 April 2021 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/Arqueologica9.2021.12091

2020

• Chizhova, M., Korovin, D., Luhmann, T., Hindmarch, J., Hess, M. (2020), Mathematical modelling of laserscanning process. Conference on “Modern mathematics and concepts, innovative mathematical education” Moscow, June 25, 2020; LINK zur Publikation
• Chizhova, M., Pavlovskis, M., Hindmarch, J.; Hess, M. (2020), Application of multi-criteria decision making for the selection of sensing tools for historical gravestones, The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2020, pp. 1435–1442. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2020-1435-2020.
• Chizhova, M., Popovas, D.,  Gorkovchuk, D., Gorkovchuk, J., Hess, M., Luhmann, T. (2020), Virtual terrestrial laser scanner simulator for digitalization of teaching envoronments: concepts and first results. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B5-2020, pp. 91–97. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B5-2020-91-2020.

2019

• Huth, O., Hess, M., Troi, A.and Jagfeld, M. (2019) ‘Digitale Denkmaltechnologien - neue Ansätze zur Fortschreibung der Denkmalpflege’, Die Denkmalpflege, vol. 2, no. 77.Jg., pp. 145–151.https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/47312 

• Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien : 2016 - 2018 / hg. von Tobias Arera-Rütenik, Stefan Breitling, Rainer Drewello, Mona Hess, Gerhard VinkenBamberg: Univ. of Bamberg Press, 2019, (Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien (KDWT): Berichte des KDWT  ; 1), 978-3-86309-652-6, Beschreibung : Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien: 2016-2018

• Hess, M., Schlieder, C., Troi, A., Jagfeld, M., Hindmarch, J., Henrich, A., 2019. Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation. Methods of teaching and learning this M.Sc. degree, unique in Germany, in: Luigini, A. (Ed.), AISC 919: Digital Environments for Education, Arts and Heritage (EARTH2018). Presented at the Conference Proceedings #EARTH2018 Conference, Springer, Springer, Cham, Brixen, Italy, pp. 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12240-9_7

2018

• Hess, M., Colson, A. and Hindmarch, J. (2018) Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange of Digital Technologies in Cultural Heritage Institutions, Museum International, vol. 70, no. 1–2, pp. 48–61 [Online]. DOI: 10.1111/muse.12192 , Full text PDF: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/muse.12192

• Chizhova, M., Gurianov, A., Hess, M., Luhmann, T., Brunn, A., Stilla, U., 2018. Semantic segmentation of building elements using point cloud hashing, in: ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Presented at the ISPRS TC II Mid-term Symposium “Towards Photogrammetry 2020” , June 2018, Copernicus GmbH, Riva del Garda, Italy, pp. 241–250. doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-241-2018

• Hess, M., Drewello, R., Engel, U., Rahrig, M. (2018) Welttheater in 3D. Wie barocke Deckenmalereien ihre Geheimnisse offenbaren(503.7 KB, 2 pages). in: Der universelle Wert. Neue Perspektiven auf das Welterbe in Bamberg und in aller Welt. Uni.vers Forschung. Mai 2018. S.20-23.

• Hess, M. (2018). Digitalisierung für Kultur, in: Epple, P. (Hrsg.), Digitalisierung, Zwischen Den Welten. Cuvillier, Göttingen Germany, pp. 53–74. ISBN 978-3-7369-9737-0, eISBN 978-3-7369-9737-1.

• Hess, M. (2018). Das Puppenhaus als Vorläufer des immersiven virtuellen 3D-Modells, in: Fuchs, B., Holtorf, C., Spiller, C. (Hrsg.), Modelle Die Die Welt Bedeuten. Wie Wissen Entsteht. Erich Weiss Verlag, Bamberg, Germany, pp. 60–65. ISBN: 978-3-940821-62-1

• Hess, M., MacDonald, L. W., & Valach, J. (2018). Application of multi-modal 2D and 3D imaging and analytical techniques to document and examine coins on the example of two Roman silver denarii. Heritage Science, 6, 5. doi:10.1186/s40494-018-0169-2 . Verfügbar auch über: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xp3w16

 2017

• Hess, M., Baik, A., Mathys, A., Guery, J. (2017). Technical sections: 3D laser scanning, Structure From Motion, Photogrammetry, in: Bentkowska-Kafel, A., MacDonald, L. (Eds.), Digital Techniques for Documenting and Preserving Cultural Heritage. Arc Humanities Press, Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University, USA. 
• Hess, M., Garside, D., Nelson, T., Robson, S., & Weyrich, T. (2017). Object-based teaching and learning for a critical assessment of digital technologies in arts and cultural heritage. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS), XLII-2/W5, 349-354. doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W5-349-2017
• MacDonald, L. W., Moitinho de Almeida, V., & Hess, M. (2017). Three-dimensional reconstruction of Roman coins from photometric image sets. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 26 (1). doi:10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.011017

2016

• MacDonald, L., Toschi, I., Nocerino, E., Hess, M., Remondino, F., & Robson, S. (2016). ACCURACY OF 3D RECONSTRUCTION IN AN ILLUMINATION DOME. ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLI-B5, 69-76. doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B5-69-2016 , Direct link to pdf,
• Hess, M., Serpico, M., Amati, G., Pridden, I., Nelson, T., & Robson, S. (2016). Developing 3D imaging programmes – workflow and quality control. AMC JOCCH , Journal of Computing in Cultural Heritage, 9 (1), 1:1-1:11. doi:10.1145/2786760
• Hess, M. (2016). James Watt - a VR encounter with the engineer. In I. Papadimitriou, A. Prescott, J. Rogers (Eds.), Engineering the Future. As part of V&A Digital Design Weekend 2016 (pp. 98-101). United Kingdom: Uniform Communications Ltd..
• Hess, M. (2016). Online Survey About Current Use Of 3D Imaging And Its User Requirements In Cultural Heritage Institutions. 2015 Digital Heritage, 2, 333-338. IEEE Xplore digital library. doi:10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7419517

2015

• Hess, M., Toschi, I., Nocerino, E., Menna, F., Sargeant, B., Macdonald, L.,Robson, S. (2015). Improving automated 3D reconstruction methods via vision metrology. SPIE Optical Metrology Proceedings.
• Hess, M., Korenberg, C., Robson, S., Entwistle, C., & Ward, C. (2015). Use of 3D laser scanning for monitoring of dimensional stability of a Byzantine ivory panel. Studies in Conservation Journal, 60 (Issue S1: Proceedings of the LACONA 10 Conference-Laser in Conservation of Artworks, Sharjah 2014), S126-S133. doi:10.1179/0039363015Z.000000000217

2014

• Hess, M., Robson, S., & Hosseininaveh, A. (2014). A contest of sensors in close range 3D imaging: performance evaluation with a new metric test object. ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XL-5, 277-284. ISPRS. doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-277-2014
• Giacometti, A., Gibson, A., Hess, M., Hindmarch, J., Macdonald, L., Pal, K., . . . Weyrich, T. (2014). Heritage Imaging at UCL. Annual Conference of Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography (AHFAP).
• MacDonald, L. W., Guerra, Maria Filomena, Pillay, Ruven, Hess, M., Quirke, S., Robson, S., & Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian, Ali. (2014). Practice-based comparison of imaging methods for visualization of toolmarks on an Egyptian Scarab. Image and Signal Processing - 6th International Conference, ICISP 2014, Cherbourg, France, Code 105931, 8509 LNCS, 239-246. Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07998-1_27
• Hosseininaveh, A., Sargeant, B., Erfani, T., Robson, S., Shortis, M., Hess, M., & Boehm, J. (2014). Toward fully automatic reliable 3D acquisition: from designing imaging network to a complete and accurate point cloud. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, -. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2014.04.001
• Hess, M., & Carnall, M. (n.d.). Wax apples, life flowers and hummingbird: limitations in the creation of digital 3D images for specimens. Examples from Naturkundemuseum Bamberg, Germany and Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, London.

2013

• Hess, M., & Robson, S. (2013). Re-engineering Watt: A case study and best practice recommendations for 3D colour laser scans and 3D printing in museum artefact documentation. In D. Saunders, M. Strlic, C. Kronenberg, K. Birholzer, N. Luxford (Eds.), Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks IX (pp. 154-162). London, UK: Archetype.
• Hess, M. V. M. (2013). The Science of 3D [Digital scholarly resource].

2012

• Hess, M, & Robson, S. (2012). 3D imaging for museum artefacts: a portable test object for heritage and museum documentation of small objects. Proceedings of the XXIInd International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences Congress: 25 August - 1 September 2012, Melbourne, Australia: Imaging a Sustainable Future, XXXIX-B5, 103-108. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B5-103-2012
• Macdonald, S., Hess, M., Robson, S., & Were, G. (2012). 3D Recording and Museums. In C. Warwick, Terras, Nyhan (Eds.), Digital Humanities in Practice (pp. 91-115). London, UK: Facet.
• Hosseininaveh, A., Serpico, M., Robson, S, Hess, M. V. M., Boehm, J, Pridden, I, & Amati, G. (2012). Automatic Image selection in Photogrammetric Multi-view Stereo methods. Eurographics. European Association for Computer Graphics.. doi:10.2312/VAST/VAST12/009-016

2011

• Re, C, Robson, S, Roncella, R, & Hess, M. (n.d.). Metric accuracy evaluation of dense matching algorithms in archaeological applications.
• Hess, M., Robson, S., Simon Millar, F., Were, G., & MacDonald, S. (2011). Well Connected to Your Digital Object? E-Curator: A Web-based e-Science Platform for Museum Artefacts. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 26 (2), 193-215. doi:10.1093/llc/fqr006

2010

• Hess, M., & Robson, S. (2010). 3D colour imaging for cultural heritage artefacts. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XXXVIII (Part 5), 288-292.

2009

• Hess, M., Brown, I., MacDonald, S., & Robson, S. (2009). E-Curator: A 3D Web-based Archive for Conservators and Curators. Ariadne: Web magazine for information professionals (Ariadne Issue 60).  
• Hess, M., Robson, S., Millar, F. S., Were, G., Hviding, E., & Berg, A. C. (2009). Niabara - the Western Solomon Islands War Canoe at the British Museum. 15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2009), 41-46. IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/VSMM.2009.12

2008

• Hess, M., Millar, F. S., Ong, Y. -. H., MacDonald, S., Robson, S., Brown, I., & Were, G. (2008). E-Curator: 3D Colour Scans for Object Assessment. Athens.
• Brown, I., Hess, M, Were, G, Robson, S, Ong, Y-H, Simon Millar, F, & MacDonald, S. (2008). e-Curator: A Web-based Curatorial Tool. Paper 1075. Edinburgh.
• Hess, M., Simon Millar, F., Ong, Y. -. H., Robson, S., Were, G., Brown, I., & MacDonald, S. (2008). Final report: E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment. ahessc (Arts & Humanities e-science support centre).

2007

• Drewello, R., Fundel, S., & Hess, M. (2007). Interdisciplinary research project. Fragmentary Mural Paintings; Digital Documentation, Possibilities of Aesthetic Presentation and Exemplary Communication. 7th European Commission Conference; Saveur, 1&2, 427-437. Prague, Czech Republic: ITAM, European Communities.

EU COSCH Action: Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage. Part of Working Group II: Spatial Object Documentation. The main objective of this COST Action is to promote research, development and application of optical measurement techniques – adapted to the needs of heritage documentation – based on an interdisciplinary cooperation, on a concerted European level and to offer a novel and reliable, independent and global knowledge base facilitating the use of today's and future optical measuring techniques to support the documentation of European heritage. Part of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is one of the longest-running European frameworks supporting cooperation among  scientists and researchers across Europe.

The project 'E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment' was a one-year project from 2007 to 2008 at UCL Museums and Collections. This project draws on UCL's expertise both in curatorship and in e-Science. It takes advantage of the presence at UCL of world class collections across a range of disciplines and of a state of the art colour scanner, the quality of which is unequalled in the UK. The project explores the use of 3D colour scanning and e-Science technologies to capture and share very large 3D colour scans and detailed datasets about museum artefacts in a secure computing environment. The combination of these technologies could assist curators and conservators in object identification and assessment, both locally and remotely. The E-Curator project was jointly funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (AHESSC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The aim of this project is to bring together, through workshops, practical sessions and conferences, as well as in an edited publication, museum conservators, educators, scientists, curators and other professionals from the higher education and museum sectors who are interested in this technology and its implications across the heritage sector.

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