AI & Earth Observation based services for cultural heritage monitoring
AIRFARE
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0579 (61PTE/2020)
The conservation of natural and historical monuments has a strategic importance for maintaining the local and national cultural identity, encouraging the sustainable exploitation of cultural properties and creating new social opportunities.
Project goal
The main objective of the AIRFARE project is to develop a prototype of services to the target market, which analyzes sites with high natural or cultural relevance and offers solutions to mitigate and prevent future degradation or deterioration by assessing past and current site conditions and forecasting future trends, focusing mainly on urbanization, vegetation changes and geological factors, in the context of climate change and anthropogenic intervention.
Contracting authority: Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI)
Implementation period: 07/09/2020-31/07/2022
Budget: 198.100 lei
Project responsible: Dr. Habil. Radu Claudiu Fierăscu
Coordinator:
S.C. GMV Innovating Solutions S.R.L.,
Project manager: Dr. ing. Mihaela Violeta Gheorghe
Partner 1:
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest,
Project responsible: Dr. Cristian Moise
Partner 2:
National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM,
Project responsible: Dr. Habil. Radu Claudiu Fierăscu
The main objective of the AIRFARE project is to develop a prototype of target services, which analyzes sites with high natural or cultural relevance and offers solutions to mitigate and prevent future degradation or deterioration by assessing past and current site conditions and forecasting future trends, with emphasis mainly on urbanization, vegetation changes and geological factors in the context of climate change and anthropogenic intervention.
The specific objectives of the project are: Development of change detection services for monitoring and risk prevention systems through early warning, using mergers between multispectral and radar EO data and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning algorithms; Development of movement monitoring services based on radar EO data and multi-temporal interferometry techniques; Improving travel monitoring services by integrating AI / ML techniques for early warning in case of atypical movement trends; Identifying the requirements associated with the development of services for the cultural heritage built by involving relevant stakeholders (central and local authorities, heritage site administrators, etc.); Defining, implementing and validating services in representative use cases and scenarios.
Defining user requirements, identifying, analyzing and choosing the optimal algorithms.
Deployment period: 07/09/2020 – 31/12/2020
Activities carried out by the partner ICECHIM:
- Identification of in situ or other necessary data sources – initial;
- Results dissemination;
Implementation of the platform.
Deployment period: 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021
Activities carried out by the partner ICECHIM:
- Identification of in situ or other necessary data sources – continuation;
- Carrying out testing and validation activities in the operational environment;
- Results dissemination.
Implementation of the platform.
Deployment period: 01/01/2022 – 31/07/2022
Activities carried out by the partner ICECHIM:
- Carrying out testing and validation activities in the operational environment;
- Results dissemination.
Published ISI papers
Fierascu I., Fierascu R.C., Fistos T., Motelica L., Oprea O., Nicoara A., Ficai A., Stirban A., Zgarciu M.-S. Non-invasive microanalysis of a written page from the Romanian heritage “The Homiliary of Varlaam (Cazania lui Varlaam)” Microchemical Journal, 168, 2021, 106345, DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106345;
Fierascu I., Baroi A.M., Brazdis R.I., Fistos T., Nicolae C.A., Raditoiu V., Inel I.C., Sava V., Fierascu R.C. Archaeometrical Characterization of Romanian Late Bronze Age Ceramic Fragments, Frontiers in Materials, 89, 2021, 630137, DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2021.630137.
Fistos, T.; Fierascu, I.; Fierascu, R.C. Recent Developments in the Application of Inorganic Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Organic Artifacts. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 207. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12020207
Papers presented at scientific meetings
- From Space to Earth—AIRFARE: A Project for the Cultural Heritage Preservation, authors: Irina Fierascu, Anda Maria Baroi, Toma Fistos, Roxana Ioana Brazdis, Cristian Moise, Alina Ortan, Radu Claudiu Fierascu, The 16th International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a Sustainable Development” PRIOCHEM, MDPI Proceedings 2020, 57(1), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057053, https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/57/1/53.
- Enhancement of antimicrobial potential of apathitic materials for cultural heritage applications, Toma Fistos, Roxana Ioana Brazdis, Anda Maria Baroi, Irina Fierascu, Lia-Mara Ditu, Radu Claudiu Fierascu, Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering, 25-26 June 2021, Bucharest, Romania;
- Potential application of apatitic materials substituted with Co and Zn as antimicrobial treatment in the preservation of cultural heritage, Toma Fistos, Roxana Ioana Brazdis, Anda Maria Baroi, Irina Fierascu, Lia-Mara Ditu, Valentin Raditoiu, Radu Claudiu Fierascu, The International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a sustainable development” PRIOCHEM XVIIth Edition, ICECHIM – Bucharest – ROMANIA, 27 – 29 October 2021
- Phosphate materials with potential antimicrobial properties for the conservation of cultural heritage, Toma Fistos, Roxana Ioana Brazdis, Anda Maria Baroi, Irina Fierascu, Lia-Mara Ditu, Valentin Raditoiu, Radu Claudiu Fierascu, Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering – NanoBioMat 2021, 25-27 November 2021, Bucharest, Romania – Best Poster Award – Academy of Romanian Scientists (AOSR).
