Program

Detailed Session Program

Monday, November 2nd

Session 1: Visual Interfaces & Heritage Experiences

Aula Màster 11:30 – 13:00 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

Visualizing Digital Cultural Heritage through Generous Interfaces and Semantic Navigation
Luis Vitor Zerkowski and Nina S. T. Hirata

Touching Civilization: Spatiotemporal Guidance for Accessible Museum Exploration
Haojun Xu, Xiaoyue Zhang, Ziyang Tan, Wenming Xu, Qiaolian Zhu, Dan Wu, Feng Tian, and Yuzhi Li

Beyond Display: How VR, Interactive Kiosk, and Physical Maquette Mediate Expert Reasoning in Digital Heritage
A. Pagès-Vilà, M. Potenziani, M. Callieri, and Imanol Munoz-Pandiella

Designing for Nature, Time and History: Novel Locative Technologies for Multilayered Heritage
Pedro Galvão-Ferreira, David Millard, Joris Vreeke, Marta Ferreira, Mads Haahr, Nuno Nunes, and Valentina Nisi

Session 2: Material Restoration & Defect Analysis

Aula de Graus 11:30 – 13:00 • GCH Full Papers Track

3D Reconstruction of Degraded Fingerprints from Clay Artworks with Surface-Constrained Gaussian Splatting
Chiara Schiavo, Simone Milani, Rita Deiana, and Moira Mascotto

Allure of Craquelure: A Variational-Generative Approach to Crack Detection in Paintings
Paul Laura, Rauhut Holger, Martin Burger, Kabri Samira, and Roith Tim

Digitally Reintegrating Losses in Heritage Embroidery with Model-Independent Stitch Priors and Surface-Normal Verification
George P. Jenkinson and Xavier Aure Calvet

Visualizing removed grime and varnish layers in restored paintings
Narag Mark Jeremy, Baumgartner Julian, and Soriano Maricor

Session 3: VR, MR & Immersive Environments

Aula Màster 14:00 – 15:30 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

An MR-Based Educational Experience for Open-Storage Art Museums: The Case of MMCA Cheongju
Sangah Lee, Jaewon Choi, Hayoung Bae, Dayoung Lee, Jusub Kim, Sangyong Kim, and Yongsoon Choi

Visualising Mechanical Heritage in Motion: A Mixed Reality Installation for the Japanese Matchlock Gun
Song Wenze and Hayashi Takefumi

Beyond the Frame: Translating the Spatial Logic of Double Screen Painting into VR
Yuting Cheng, Jiashu Yang, and Shichao Zhao

Designing 360° Virtual Experiences: Insights from a Structured Review and Expert Evaluation
L. Kougioumtzian, A. Katifori, D. Petousi, M. Boile, G. Koutiva, K. Servi, M. Koukouli, M. Roussou, and Y. Ioannidis

Session 4: LLMs, Agents & Co-Creation

Aula de Graus 14:00 – 15:30 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

An LLM-Powered Virtual Guide for Rupestrian Churches in XR
Colonnese Valerio, Manfredi Gilda, Capece Nicola, Ungaro Salvatore, and Erra Ugo

LLM-Assisted Procedural Modeling of Qing Timber Architecture with Rule Validation
Shunan Zhang, Yunfeng Shu, Xuguang Yuan, and Yi Xiao

Agentic SHIFT: Auditable Multi-Agent Itinerary Planning for Cultural Heritage
Abdessamad Imider, Abderrahmane Samali, John Kingston, Sara Qassimi, and Omar Bencharef

From Viewing to Co-Creating: An AI-Mediated System for Participatory Cultural Heritage in Museums
Bolun Zhang, Lingyan Guo, Han Cheng, and Da Sun

Session 5: Document Vision & Text Analysis

Aula Màster 16:00 – 17:30 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

When OCR is Not Enough: Evaluating OCR and Vision-Language Models for Historical Computer Music
Zuccante Anna, Siri Luca, and Canazza Sergio

Human-Centric AI for Papyrus Fragment Reassembly
N. Messina, G. Mirante, V. Iannace, F. Carrara, M. Corsini, P. Cignoni, F. Falchi, and F. Maltomini

Ancient Hands, Modern Errors: Computational Analysis of Graphic Compensation in Hellenistic Documentary Hands
Paraskevi Platanou, Lavinia Ferretti, Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, Giuseppe De Gregorio, Spyros Barbakos, Maria Konstantinidou, Asimina Paparrigopoulou, and John Pavlopoulos

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Automate Gravestone Documentation and Analysis
Michael J. May, Jamal Majadle, Libar Vizman, Netanel Shen, and Efrat Kantor

Session 6: XR, Storytelling & Audience Engagement

Aula de Graus 16:00 – 17:30 • GCH Short Papers Track

ChemiNovaKids: Augmented Reality as a Language of Heritage Participation
Martínez Bibiana, Vera Lucía, Targa Laya, Garcia Daniel, Palma Belén, and Portalés Cristina

Designing and Assessing Users’ Interactions with 3D Replicas of Heritage Artefacts
Samaroudi Myrsini and Rodriguez Karina Echavarria

Evaluations in Digital Heritage Environments. AWeb3D Solution
Veggi Manuele, Travaglini Laura, Massidda Marcello, Kenderdine Sarah, Nori Raffaella, Piccardi Laura, and Pescarin Sofia

A Generative AI Pipeline for Philologically Grounded Museum Storytelling using Digital Heritage Ambassadors
Russo Alfonsina, Turchetti Mariangela, Guidazzoli Antonella, De Luca Daniele, Liguori Maria Chiara, Mancini Mariano, and Cuppi Fulvio

From Digital Reconstruction to Immersive Gaussian Splatting: Revisiting Isabella d’Este’s Studiolo inWebXR
Guidazzoli Antonella, De Luca Daniele, and Pansini Rossella

Supporting Heritage Craft Through Artisan-Centred Digital Storytelling
Dadizadeh Nasim Abedi, Rodriguez Karina Echavarria, and Boykovski Mario

Tuesday, November 3rd

Session 7: Vision Foundation Models & Artifact Datasets

Aula Màster 09:00 – 10:00 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

Interpretable Visual Exploration of Archaeological Signs: A Human-Centred AI Approach
Stefano Valtolina, Bagnasco Giovanna Gianni, and Alvino Jennifer

TEXMET: A Curated Dataset and Deep Learning Benchmark for Archaeological Textile Reconstruction
M. H. Zafar, D. Gigilashvili, and J.Y. Hardeberg

Exploring 2D and 3D Vision Foundation Models for Archaeological Artifact Analysis
Emery Pierson, Souhail Hadgi, Diego Gomez, Maks Ovsjanikov, and Diego Jiménez-Badillo

Session 8: ECCCH: Interpreting, Assessing and Exploring Cultural Heritage

Aula de Graus 09:00 – 10:00 • ECCCH Track

Beyond Semantic Assertions: Evidence, Proof, and Multiple Historical Interpretations in Semantic Graphs
Giammetta Sharon and Pauwels Pieter

HeritageGuard: An ECCCH-Aligned Multimodal Framework for Cultural Heritage Risk and Resilience Assessment
A. Azizi, M. Toumpouri, P. Charalambous, and Y. Chrysanthou

Designing for Abundance: Towards Generous Interfaces for European Cultural Heritage
Windhager Florian, Smuc Michael, and Mayr Eva

Session 9: Advanced Imaging, RTI & Relightable Media

Aula Màster 11:30 – 13:00* • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

M2LIC: An Automated Target-Free Mobile Pipeline for Creating Relightable Models
Pintus Ruggero, Zorcolo Antonio, Jaspe-Villanueva Alberto, Pagani Nicola, Serreli Pietro Francesco, Pietra Giovanna, and Gobbetti Enrico

Caustics from Complex Luminaires in Real-Time
L.-A. Vandamme, A. Josse, Q. Huan, F. Rousselle, and C. Renaud

Technical Design Decisions for Multimodal Hyperspectral Imaging Software in Painting Conservation
N. Eckertz, H. Deborah, J.Y. Hardeberg, and ICA Sandu

RTI Panorama Generation using SfM-Guided Orthoplane Projection
Eloi Gattet, Erika Pistolesi, Alessandro Muntoni, and Federico Ponchio

Session 10: Image-based Analysis of Historical Documents and Artworks

Aula de Graus 11:30 – 13:00 • GCH Short Papers Track

Deep-learning Based Identity Verification of Sitters in Historical Portraiture: a Pilot Study on the RKD Collection
Bunda Sebastian T., Klink Matthies, Bunda Lisa M., Talavera Estefanía, Costiner Lisandra S., and Sero Dzemila

Deterministic Detection Algorithm of Armenian Inscriptions
Khachatryan Suren, Hakobyan Davit, and Nersesian Gevorg

From Digital Images to Searchable Datasets: Transforming Historical Newspapers at Scale
Albertin Fauzia, Cardano Giorgia, Imboden Silvano, Marconi Gabriele, Mattei Luca, Andrucci Federico, Pansini Rossella, Baisi Giovanni, Caraceni Simona, Lanzarini Angela, Liguori Maria Chiara, Giannelli Alex, Sforzini Donatella, Fatigati Gabriele, Guidazzoli Antonella,

Self-Supervised Exploratory Characterization of Deteriorated Historical Documents for Visual Triage
José Longino Mendoza Valdés, Christian Quesada-López, and Alexander Barquero

Still Got the Blues: Digital Colour Restoration of a Bleached Autochrome
Ciortan Irina M., Arteaga Yoko, and Trumpy Giorgio

Mapping the Color and Surface Relief of a Diego Rivera Fresco
Carla Schroer, Marlin Lum, and Mark Mudge

Session 11: Computer Vision for Analysis & Recognition

Aula Màster 14:00 – 15:30 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

A Benchmark for Cultural-Heritage Deterioration Segmentation
José Longino Mendoza Valdés and Christian Quesada-López

Modeling Historical Degradations: Contrastive Learning for Early News Pictures Clustering
Renard Raphaël, Bloch Isabelle, and Foliard Daniel

Deep Visual Style Recognition of ArchaeologicalWall-Painting Fragments
Ofir Itzhak Shahar, Gur Elkin, Nadav Alali, Maria Cristina Napolitano, Alessandra Zambrano, and Ohad Ben-Shahar

Reminiscens: Exploratory Access and Metadata Enrichment in Museum Collections with Vision-Language Models
S. Lugan, V. Rijks, K. Lasaracina, and B. Macq

Session 12: 3D Reconstruction, Modeling & Spatial Analysis

Aula de Graus 14:00 – 15:30 • GCH Short Papers Track

Visualization of the Prague astronomical clock
Ubik Sven, Linhart Oldřich, and Kubišta Jiří;

Towards a Parametric-Object-Oriented Modelling of Window-Elements: Methodological Workflow for Digitisation of Bavarian Historical Windows
B. Rodríguez, A. W. Putz, and M. Mitterhofer

From Excavation to Exhibition: Photogrammetric Reconstruction and 3D-Printed Visualisation of Iron Age and Roman Burials
Redford Adam, Eike Falk Anderson, and Smith Martin

Archaeological Artifact Reassembly Using Geometry and Topology
Diarra Ibrahim, Beguet Florian, Desbenoit Brett, Lanquetin Sandrine, Raffin Romain, Badie Alain, Dubourg Sandrine, Papadopoulou Anna, Rosso Emmanuelle, and Tardy Dominique

CuLAZ: GPU-Accelerated LAZ Decoding
Elias Kristmann, Michael Wimmer, and Markus Schütz

HeriRisk: Interactive 3D Screening of Flood, Earthquake, and Evacuation Scenarios for Cultural Heritage Sites
A. Azizi, P. Charalambous, M. Toumpouri, and Y. Chrysanthou

Session 13: 3D Geometry, Point Clouds & Gaussian Splatting

Aula Màster 16:00 - 17:30 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

Geometry-Constrained Front–Back Point Cloud Registration for Thin Cultural Heritage Artifacts
Yuezhe Zhang, Lei Wei, Jingnan Du, and Shuai Wan

Density-Aware 3D Gaussian Splatting for Robust Heritage Digitization
Haoran Xu, Ziyang Cheng, Liang Chen, and Shusheng Li

A 3D Point-Cloud Dataset of Prehistoric Pottery Impressions from Jōmon-Yayoi Period
Rio Fukuda, Masayoshi Aritsugi, Hiroki Obata, and Israel Mendonça

A Preliminary Study of Participatory 3D Documentation for Thousands of Balinese Temples
K. A. Satriadi, M.W. A. Kesiman, P. H. Suputra, I G. M. Darmawiguna, T. Chandler, B. Jenny, K. T. Dermawan, I. M. G. Sunarya, J. Seguin, V. Frings-Hessami, I. G. D. A. S. Punia, I. K. D. A. S. Nanda, L. S. Darma, I. P. B. A. Surya, and A. Wilson

Session 14: XR Mediation, Virtual Tours & Site Reconstruction

Aula de Graus 16:00 - 17:30 • GCH Full Papers

Mixed Reality Co-Design with Indigenous Cultures: Insights from Entering the Marae
Lloyd-Jones Lauriem, Mills Steven, Tennent Paul, and Whaanga Hēmi

GuidO: a Web-Based Framework for Guided Virtual Tours
Ganovelli Fabio, Ponchio Federico, Garro Valeria, Potenziani Marco, and Cignoni Paolo

Design and Field Evaluation of Guide-Orchestrated Augmented Reality for Cultural Heritage Mediation in a Deployed Tour System
Horst Robin, Zapf Andreas, Olbrich Manuel, Pröbe Annika, and Graf Holger

Analysis of Multi-Modal Semantic Masking, Inpainting for 3D Reconstruction and Visualisation of Heritage Sites
Eugene Ch’ng

Wednesday, November 4th

Session 15: Digital Reconstruction, Animation & Living Heritage

Aula Màster 09:00 - 11:00 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

Reimagining Chinese Calligraphy Heritage through VR: From Collage Elicitation to Immersive Interpretation with Community Participation
Xiang Yunpeng, Lo Cheng-Hung, and Song Yu

Reconstructing and Animating Qing Dynasty Court Opera Costumes for Interactive Virtual Exhibition
Jingyuan Ren, Yunfeng Shu, Shu Yang, Beibei Zhang, Zhaohui Yang, Na Liu, and Zhiming Liu

Reconstructing Virtual Living Heritage through Embodied Interaction and Knowledge-Driven Agents
You Zhou, Rui Cao, Xingbei Chen, Xiaolin Zhu, Bingyuan Wang, Ning Tang, and Zeyu Wang

Virtual Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Rituals
L. Cadevall1 and N. Torras-Benezet2 and A.Ríos1 and C. Andújar1

Revealing Archival Contradictions: A Digital Reconstruction of the Sets of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
R. Siagkri, A. Covaci, G. K. Fontana-Giusti, and A. Gillick

Session 16: Anthropology, Archaeology & Artifact Shape Analysis

Aula de Graus 09:00 - 11:00 • GCH Full Papers Track

Adaptive Surface Classification of Fractured Objects
Evangelou Iordanis and Papaioannou Georgios

Modeling Wear Trajectories in Neolithic Grinding Stones: Experimental and Computational Shape Analysis at Göbekli Tepe
Julius Mayer, Laura Dietrich, and Christoph von Tycowicz

An Automated Deep Learning Pipeline for Sex Estimation in Biological Anthropology from Two-Dimensional Pelvic Bone Photographs via Greater Sciatic Notch Angle Analysis
Alawad Sarrah, Bantavanou Panagiota, Eames Evan, Giapraki Eleni, Papageorgopoulou Christina, and Lercari Nicola

Deep Learning for Fragmented Long Bone Reconstruction in Biological Anthropology
Kizhakke Menakath Ajesh Krishnan, Bantavanou Panagiota, Eames Evan, P. Mathieu, Chrysa Tsimopoulou, Papageorgopoulou Christina, and Lercari Nicola

Monitoring Knapping Experiments for 3D Data Collection and Lithic Technology Graph Analysis
Florian Linsel, Jan Philipp Bullenkamp, and Hubert Mara

Session 17: Generative Synthesis & Semantic Frameworks

Aula Màster 11:00 – 13:00 • ACM JOCCH Special Issue - Visual Heritage Track

A Provenance-First Framework for Evidence-Linked FAIR Data and Visual Analytics of Chaoshan Drawnwork Heritage
Chen Jiajun, Zhang Ya, and Li Hongxin

Geometrically Constrained Synthesis of Interacting Two-Hand Mudras (gestures) for Digital Cultural Heritage
Jagadish Kashinath Kamble, Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Debaditya Roy, and Partha Pratim Das

Heritage-Informed Zhuang Brocade Generation: Linking Cultural Annotation with Visual Attention and Affect
Yanpin Song, Deao Song, Qiang Guo, Xiaoshan Mo, Di Xie, Suyan Zhang, and Bin Hu

Matching Computational Image Derivatives to Semantic Indexing Tasks: Evidence from CPSR
Haorui Yu, Jiao Xu, Tingting Yang, Ziyue Yang, and Qiufeng Yi

Session 18: Datasets Annotation & Metadata

Aula de Graus 11:00 – 12:30 • GCH Short Papers Track

A Five-Field Annotation Method for Communicating Internal Substructure Knowledge in 3D Cultural Heritage Objects
Bryand Josué Flores Medina, Rentaro Yoshioka, and Hideaki Inose

A Fine-Grained Expert-Annotated Dataset for Named Entity Recognition in Built Heritage
K. Réby, E. Peron, P. Arese, and L. De Luca

Sinopia: Automated Metadata Extraction from Auction Catalogues
Max Elias Balateu, Tamara van Maarseveen, Yiliu Peng, Lanneke Poels, RJ Beerens, and Houda Lamqaddam

Thursday, November 5th

Special Session on Architecture, Art, and Design

CIC Conference 14:00 – 15:20
Session Chair: Jordi Arnabat, HP (Spain)

Architectural Color Matters!
Juan Serra

Palette, Place, Planet: Chromatic Agency in Sustainable Design
Jada Schumacher

JIST-first: Estimating Optical Properties of Pigments from Color Charts with Multi-contrast Background
Irina Ciortan, Federico Grillini, Sony George1, and Jon Yngve Hardeberg

From Monday, November 2nd to Wednesday November 4th

Poster Session

Sala Polivalent 11:00 – 11:30

Multimodal Documentation of a Theban Tomb: From Field Capture to Virtual Access
Morita Mercedes M., Loaiza Carvajal Daniel A., Perez Barletta Joaquin, Gobbo Diego, Finkel Raul, Zingarelli Andrea, and Bilmes Gabriel

From Photogrammetry to CollaborativeWeb Visualization: Optimizing Val Camonica Rock Art for Archaeological Research and Public Engagement
Cittadini Tiziana, Gavaldo Silvana, Gastaldi Cristina M., Pansini Rossella, De Luca Daniele, Liguori Maria Chiara, Guidazzoli Antonella, F. Remondino, and E. M. Farella

Virtual Reconstruction of the Lost Church from Milișăuți Romania
Urrutia-Aparicio Maitane, Frincu Marc, Costantini Stefano, and Incerti Manuela

Chromatic Concealment: Multi-Layer Textile Projection for Depth in Bright Museum Environments
Hanzl Rafal and Johansen Jannicke

2D Outputs from 3D Photogrammetric Data: Case Studies
Carla Schroer, Mark Mudge, and Marlin Lum

Hyperspectral Discoloration Classification via Spectral Image Encoding for Smart Heritage Inspection
Dohun Kim, Hayoung Lee, Sunghee Lee, Yuju Jung, Young Hoon Jo, and Chan Hee Lee

Where History Becomes Tactile: 3D Printed Iron Age and Roman Burials as Museum Exhibits for Visually Impaired Visitors
Adam Redford, Eike Falk Anderson, and Martin Smith

Comparison of full-color additive manufacturing techniques of archaeological architectural models acquired using photogrammetry
Junk Stefan, Schill Mathilda, and Franceschini Mariachiara

3D visualisation as tool for the study of Herculaneum papyri
Ceccarelli Sofia, Amadei Chiara F., Fanini Bruno, Enzo d’Annibale, Miliani Costanza, and Ranocchia Graziano

From Visual Analysis to Procedural Translation: Designing Hmong Batik as Playable Digital Heritage
Huang Sha