Advanced School of Computer Graphics for Cultural Heritage

This is the program of the 20th edition of the Summer School which took place in 2011. See you in 2012 for the 21st edition!

The Advanced School of Computer Graphics for Cultural Heritage is an intense, 5 day, graduate level course in the field of Virtual Cultural Heritage.

This year the school is in collaboration with the European Network of Excellence V-Must net http://www.v-must.net/ and aims at completing and deepening the training of graduate students, Phd students and young researchers in order to develop advancend computer graphics tools for Virtual Cultural Heritage.

The topics covered will include:

• Modeling cultural scenarios in an open pipeline from archeological and historical sources
• The Blender pipeline: from the storyboard to a 3d stereo movie
• CINECA Blender Render Farm
• Cultural scenarios and a transmedial approach among cinema, web, TV, mobile devices

The school will be held on 3-7 October and the official language will be English.

The number of partecipants is limited to 20 students. Applicants will be selected according to their experience and qualifications. Basic knowledge of computer graphics is required.

Attendance is free. Grants up to 250 EUR are available for partecipants not funded by their institution and not coming from the Bologna area. Lunch will be provided by CINECA.

Registration are CLOSED!

Application deadline: July 22, 2011

The list of admitted applicants will be published on August 31, 2011

Professional stages: In order to complete the training, up to 3 partecipants could be offered an apprenticeship of 3 months at CINECA. The applicants will be involved in the development of computational projects and will receive a financial contribution of 500 EUR per month.

How to reach us: The school will be held at the CINECA supercomputing center, via Magnanelli 6/3, Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna), from monday to friday of each week. CINECA is located 9 Km from the Bologna Airport, 12 Km from the centre of Bologna.  More details.

Accommodation: we can propose you a list of hotels in the neighborhood or in Bologna. If the hotel has an agreement with CINECA, specify you are attending the school at booking time in order to obtain a discounted rate.