Graphics and Archaeology: Interpreting the Past

Snowbird, Utah
20-23 May 2000

 

 

 

Participants

  1. Michael Ashley-Lopez is a graduate researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the Berkeley Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük (BACH) team. He is an archaeological photographer with interests in vision sciences and technologies.
  2. Paulo Bernardes is a researcher at the Universidade do Minho, Portugal. His current study includes visualization of the ancient Roman city of Braga.
  3. Edward Hudson is a computer animator and artist for New World Computing, a division of the 3DO Company. His interests include graphic arts, photography, and a passion for anthropology and archaeology.
  4. Rebecca Christel is an illustrator and animator for New World Computing, a division of the 3DO Company. Her background includes extensive work in computer art and technical illustration for museum and educational sites.
  5. Erica Johnson is Program Director for ACM SIGGRAPH at the ACM Headquarters in New York.
  6. Marc Levoy is an associate professor of computer science at Stanford University. His specialities include computer visualization, pioneering work in volume rendering, and leadership of the Digital Michelangelo Project.
  7. Paul Debevec is a graphics researcher with the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California. His interests include image-based rendering and modeling techniques for reconstructions.
  8. John Fujii is a graphics software engineer with the Hewlett-Packard Company specializing in realistic and interactive visualization technologies. His past work included archaeological reconstructions of the Cluny Cathedral in France.
  9. Stuart Jeffrey is an archaeologist with the University of Glasgow. His research includes the study of Scottish early medieval sculptured stone monuments and visualization techniques for capture and study of these artifacts in their original contexts.
  10. Kevin Mitchell is a visualization researcher at DERA Farnborough. His specialities include physically accurate lighting, color, and pigment simulation for visualizations.
  11. David Arnold is a professor of computing sciences at the University of East Anglia. His graphics interests include European Union Virtual Heritage projects, EuroGraphics, and ACM SIGGRAPH.
  12. Colleen Cleary is a project manager with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida. She has studied and participated in numerous archaeological projects and her interests include using CG techniques for non-invasive visualizations of archaeological surveys.
  13. Tom Brown is a researcher at Argonne National Labs. His background includes both sculpture and research at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  14. Donald Sanders is President of Learning Sites, Inc., an educational and research-based software firm that specializes in visualizations of archaeological site reconstructions. His background includes architecture, architectural history, and archaeology.
  15. Philippe Martinez is an archaeologist with the Ecole Normale Superieure. His specialities include Egyptology and computer reconstructions of architectures and objects through visualization techniques.
  16. Charles Hixon is founder and administrator of Bergmann Associates Visualization. His interests include high-end 3D visualizations and animations for archaeological reconstructions.
  17. Duncan Brown is an archaeologist with Southampton City Heritage. His specialties include research and study of medieval ceramics.
  18. Anne Solomon is an archaeologist with the Natal Museum, South Africa. Her specialties include South African San rock art and related aspects of the Late Stone Age; her interests include theory and interdisciplinary studies of art and culture.
  19. Luis Fonseca is a researcher at the Universidade do Minho, Portugal. His current study includes visualization of the ancient Roman city of Braga.
  20. Alonzo Addison is Director of the Center for Design Visualization at the University of California, Berkeley. His current work includes 3D laser capture / reconstruction projects and an advisory role with the World Heritage Centre in Paris.
  21. George Drettakis is a graphics researcher with the Institut d'Informatique et Mathematiques Appliquees (iMAGIS-INRIA). His interests include photorealistic rendering and archaeology.
  22. Michael Papka is a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory's Futures Laboratory. He is also a Fellow of the University of Chicago's Computation Institute and interested in large-scale remote field site visualization.
  23. Alyn Rockwood is a visiting researcher at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory in Boston. His research includes computer modeling and rendering technologies; his many interests include a broad spectrum of human history.
  24. Ruth Tringham is a professor of anthropology with the Archaeological Research Facility at the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently the director of the Berkeley Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük (BACH) team.
  25. Jerry Moore is an archaeologist with the California State University, Dominguez Hills. His interests include ancient Peruvian architectures and investigating the potentials for the use of virtual reality in understanding the past.
  26. Kevin Cain is with the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and is Director of the Egyption Cultural Heritage Organization (ECHO). He works with archaeologists and researchers on projects of 3D visualization and site documentation.
Alan Chalmers is a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Bristol. His specialties include photorealistic graphics and visualizations of archaeological site reconstructions.
Peter Shirley is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Utah. His specialties include advanced rendering and simulation.