Team Members

Universitat de València Estudi General
Marcos Fernández. Project Coordinator
IP ARTEC Graphics group. He received his MSc. Degree in physics (1992) and the PhD. Degree in Computer Science (1998) from the University of Valencia (Spain). His PhD. Degree has Read More
Ester Alba. Dissemination & Exploitation Manager
IP SSH group. Professor of the Faculty of Geography and History. Degree in Geography and History and Doctor in History of Art from the Universitat de València. Her research focuses Read More
Cristina Portalés. Technical Manager
Senior Researcher (since 2012) in computer vision and augmented reality at the Institute of Robotics and ICT, Universitat de València. MSc in Surveying and Geoinformation (TU-Wien, 2002); PhD by Universitat Read More
Jorge Sebastian. Technical Manager
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History of Universitat de València, where he teaches on heritage and art history at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also been Read More
Mar Gaitán
Art Historian, Master in Cultural Heritage and PhD student in Art History from the Universitat de València. Member of ICOM, specialist in communication and cultural management. She has worked in Read More
Javier Sevilla
MSc, researcher at ARTEC and Autism & IT Labs at the IRTIC Technological Institute. He is also associated professor at the Computer Science Department at the Universitat de València. He Read More
Daniel Muñoz
Full-time assistant professor at the Department of Early Modern History of the Universitat de València. He obtained his PhD in Early Modern History from this university in 2012 with a Read More
Maria Dolores Pitarch
PhD in Geography and a full professor of Geography at the Universitat de València. She received an excellency award for her in 2008. She has been a visiting professor at Read More
Ricardo Franch
Professor of the early Modern History in the Universitat de València. He is a specialist in the research on the crafts and the silk industry in the Kingdom of Valencia Read More
María Roca
Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Fashion Design from the University of Southampton, Art Historian and a Master’s Degree in Art History and Visual Culture from the Universitat de València. Read More
Eliseo M. Roig
MA in Cultural Heritage Management. PhD Candidate on ICH. Doing research and developing work in projects on ICH, focusing on community participation, inventorying, heritage education plans, photographic documentation and heritage Read More

Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
Franz Rottensteiner. WP4 Leader
Associate Professor at the Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, where he is responsible for research on photogrammetric image analysis.
Dennis Wittich
Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master of Science with Honours in Navigation and Field Robotics from the Leibniz University of Hannover. Currently Ph.D. student in Geodesy and Read More
Dominic Clermont
Bachelor of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Master of Science with Honours in Navigation and Field Robotics from the Leibniz University Hanover. Currently Ph.D. student in Geodesy and Geoinformatics and Read More
Mareike Dorozynski
Bachelor of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Master of Science with Honours in Geodesy and Geoinformatics from the Leibniz University Hanover. Currently Ph.D. student in Geodesy and Geoinformatics and scientific Read More

GARIN 1820 S.A.
Elena Ribes
Graduated higher in ADE by the UV, with a specialization in textile from Aitex. She started in Garin in 2000 as administrative-commercial to know the operation of the business and Read More
Arabella León
Degree in Art History in 2008 from the UV. Master in Heritage Management from the UV (2010). She has worked as a curator at the Moncada Silk Museum, Valencia (Spain) Read More

Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Maurizio Vitella. WP7 leader
Associated Professor of History of Modern Art at the Department of Culture and Society of the University of Palermo, Italy. In 1996 he obtained a PhD in Industrial design, Figurative Read More
Georgia Lo Cicero
Bachelor degree in Art History, Master degree in History and Goldsmith Technology. PhD.in Architecture, Art and Planning from Università degli Studi di Palermo. Teaching assistant in History of Modern Art Read More
Valeria Seidita
WP7 co-leader. Valeria Seidita is Assistant Professor (since 2011) of Computer Science at the Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the Read More

Institut Jozef Stefan
Dunja Mladenić. WP3 leader
Works as a researcher and a project leader at Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, leading Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and teaching at Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, University of Ljubljana, Read More

Instituto Cervantes
Carlos del Val
Graduated in Software Engineering, Master´s degree in Business Administration; Master’s degree in Marketing and Commercial Management; Import /Export business degree. He has held different positions in several ICT and telecommunication Read More

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pierre Vernus. WP2 leader
Assistant Professor at the University Lumière Lyon 2, member of the LARHRA. He is the WP2 Leader. Specialist in history of silk and silkwares production and trade (19th-20th centuries). Co-director Read More
Marie Puren
Postdoctoral researcher in Digital History at the CNRS' Laboratory for Historical Research - Rhône Alpes (LARHRA). She received her PhD in History at the Sorbonne University. Her main research interests Read More
Florence Charpigny
Member of LARHRA as a Study Engineer. Member of CIETA and TICCIH and of the Editorial Board of Textile History. Researches focuse on textile history in south-eastern France, 1850-1950: technical Read More
Natacha Coquery
Professor of modern history at the University of Lyon 2, Deputy Director of LARHRA (CNRS/UMR 5190), senior member of the Institut universitaire de France. Specialist in history consumption and retail Read More

EURECOM
Raphaël Troncy. WP6 leader
Professor in the Data Science Department of EURECOM. His research focuses on knowledge modeling, semantic data integration, natural language processing and recommender systems. He is now the primary investigator of Read More
Thibault Ehrhart
Research Engineer in the Data Science Department of EURECOM. He has a strong experience in software engineering, notably in web and mobile development. He currently works on projects related to Read More
Pasquale Lisena
Pasquale Lisena is currently a PhD candidate in the Data Science department at EURECOM, working on music representation and recommendation under the supervision of Raphaël Troncy. He got his Master Read More
Thomas Schleider
Thomas holds a Master of Science in IT & Cognition from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), with a specialisation on natural language processing and word embeddings. He is now a Read More

Monkeyfab S.C.
Piotr Twardo
Co-founder and lead designer at Monkeyfab. He has studied architecture in Warsaw University of Technology and taken part in many architectural and design competitions.  Co-founded 3D graphics studio (Motionfront 2005 Read More
Pawel Twardo
Co-founder and managing director at Monkeyfab. He has studied Cinematography and Postproduction in Warsaw Film School, and taken part in many film projects. Since 2012 he is Member of Polish Read More