creatiVE Summer School 2023

The 11-th Edition of creatiVE Summer School in Virtual Environments, is organised by Ovidius University of Constanta through CeRVA Lab of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science with funding from the Ministry of Education, in partnership with "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning from Bucharest, and European Research Center for Virtual Reality, Brest, France with the support of Francophonie University Agency.
creatiVE 2023 focuses on applying gaming technologies in virtual cultural heritage dissemination.

Registration

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THE 2023 EDITION! :)

Target:

The 11-th edition of creatiVE addresses highschool, undergraduate, master and PhD motivated students in experimenting with mixed reality technology.

Expected number of participants: ONLINE/ONSITE 3-5 invited speakers, ONSITE up to 13 undergraduate (master) students and high school students.

Program

17.07.2023-31.07.2023

Date Hour Session
July 17, 2023 Opening day (PC06)
09.30-10.00 Early morning biscuit and coffee
10.00-10.30 Opening - VR technologies for heritage virtual reconstruction - Dorin-Mircea POPOVICI (CeRVA Team)
10.30-12.30 Preparing 3D simplified model of the artifacts & historical edifice (CeRVA Team)
12.30-14.00 Lunch & group photo
14.00-17.00 Designing interaction scenarios (CeRVA Team)
July 18, 2023 3D simplified artifacts integration (PC06)
09.30-10.00 Early morning biscuit and coffee
10.00-12.45 3D simplified model game-engine integration & interaction implementation (I) (CeRVA Team)
12.45-14.00 Lunch & group photo
14.00-17.00 3D complex digitized model processing (CeRVA & UAUIM)
July 19, 2023 3D complex artifacts integration (PC06)
09.30-09.45 Early morning biscuit and coffee
09.45-11.00 3D complex model game-engine integration & interaction implementation (II) (CeRVA Team)
11.00-11.45 Knowledge representation for cultural heritage in MR : Time and activites - Marie-Morgane Abiven & Pierre Mahieux (CERV)
11.45-12.45 3D complex model game-engine integration & interaction implementation (III) (CeRVA Team)
12.45-14.00 Lunch & group photo
14.00-17.00 Character designing and modeling (I) (CeRVA & UAUIM)
July 20, 2023 Character animation (PC06)
09.30-10.00 Early morning biscuit and coffee
10.00-12.45 Character modeling & rigging (II) (CeRVA Team)
12.45-14.00 Lunch & group photo
14.00-17.00 Character animation (CeRVA Team)
July 21, 2023 Putting everything together - session I (PC06)
09.30-09.45 Early morning biscuit and coffee
09.45-11.30 Model integration & Interactions & Animations (CeRVA)
11.30-12.45 Digitization of industrial and cultural objects - Zsolt Levente BUNA (UTCN)
12.45-14.00 Lunch & group photo
14.00-15.15 Digitization and dissemination techniques for cultural heritage - Calin NEAMTU & Radu COMES (UTCN)
15.15-17.00 Experimenting Motion Capture Technology - Alexandru MURARIU, Ana-Karina COPACEANU & Adrian TOPOLEANU (CeRVA)
July 22, 2023 Putting Photogrammetry at Work
8.30-16.30 Putting Photogrammetry at Work using DJII drone - Matei-Ioan POPOVICI (UAUIM)
July 23, 2023 Free time session (time for thinking, modeling, and swimming, in this order please! However, mind the waves!)
July 24-30, 2023 Putting everything together - session II (PC06)
10.00-17.00 Model integration & Interactions & Animations - online/onsite mixed format (all participants have access in the lab on demand) (CeRVA)
July 31, 2023 Closing Day (PC06)
12.00-14.15 Model integration & Interactions & Animations (CeRVA)
14.15-15.15 Sensorimotor Augmented Reality - Radu-Daniel VĂTAVU (USV)
15.15-16.00 Closing session & group photo

Participants

Invited speakers:

Marie-Morgane ABIVEN

European Research Center for Virtual Reality, Brest, France

PHD in history of science and technology and digital humanities, and currently research engineer at CERV working on the use of virtual reality and knowledge engineering for the conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage.

Zsolt Levente BUNA

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

He is interested in 3D modeling, digitization, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, Reverse Engineering, and digital restoration.

Radu COMES

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

An industrial engineer focused on computer aided design and 3D scanning. His research is focused on VR and AR technologies applied to cultural heritage and industrial process simulation.

Pierre MAHIEUX

European Research Center for Virtual Reality, Brest, France

PhD in computer science doing research on Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality, I mainly focus on using new technologies and new interaction paradigms for cultural heritage and acculturation to coastal risks related to global warming. I am currently working at the ENIB engineering school as a research engineer.

Călin NEAMȚU

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

He is interested in 3D modeling, reverse engineering and digitization using different scanners: laser, structured light, multisensory CMM and terrestrial scanners.

Radu-Daniel VATAVU

Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava

Radu is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Suceava and the scientific leader of the MintViz lab. He is interested in applying AI techniques to design useful and usable interactions between humans, computers, and environments.

Participants:

Alexandru CHIRIACESCU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Alexandru Ștefan MURARIU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Adrian TOPOLEANU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Claudiu Andrei DRĂGAN

Ovidius University of Constanța

Ana-Karina COPĂCEANU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Petre-Cătălin SANDU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Victor SAMOILĂ

Ovidius University of Constanța

Bogdan-Iulian MEREUȚĂ

Ovidius University of Constanța

Paul Sorin SIMION

"Mircea cel Batran" High School of Constanța

Andrei Nicolas COSTEA

"Mircea cel Batran" High School of Constanța

Bogdan MARAVEIA

Ovidius University of Constanța

Rebecca ACHEAMPONG

Transilvania University of Brașov

Bianca Georgiana IVANENCO

“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest

Mihai DOBIRCEANU

Ovidius University of Constanța

Victor Marian CIUCĂ

"Mihai Eminescu" High School of Constanța

Eduard George STANCIU

Computer Science International High School of Constanța

Organizers:

Gabriela BADEA

Ovidius University of Constanța

Dorin IORDACHE

Ovidius University of Constanța

CeRVA team member

Elena BĂUTU

Ovidius University of Constanța

CeRVA team member

Matei-Ioan POPOVICI

“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning

Bucharest

Coordinator:

Dorin-Mircea POPOVICI

Ovidius University of Constanța

CeRVA team leader

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Results

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Contact Info

Ovidius University of Constanța
124 Mamaia Blvd.
Constanța, România