Athena e Newsletter 2018 Final

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CONSORTIUM
“This project has received

funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme
under grant agreement No
691936”.
3rd e-Newsletter 2018
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“The “ATHENA” proposal aims to establish a Center of

Excellence in the field of Remote Sensing for Cultural
Heritage. This center will be established by twinning the
existing Remote Sensing and Geo-environment Research
Laboratory at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
with internationally-leading counterparts from other Member
States of the EU, such as the National Research Council of Italy
(CNR) and the German Aerospace Agency (DLR). The close
collaboration between CUT and other experts in the field
of Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage in the EU will form
a synergic network that will permit networking, transfer of
knowledge and training of the existing personnel of CUT.”
Contents
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Introduction to the Project ......................................................... 1
Statements on the Athena Project .............................................. 2
Training Activities............................................................................ 3
Webinars ........................................................................................... 4
Short Term Staff Exchange............................................................ 5
Dissemination ................................................................................... 6
Meetings............................................................................................. 7
Journal publications ......................................................................... 8
Conference publications in proceedings .................................... 9
Posters- Abstracts ........................................................................... 10
ATHENA springer book ................................................................ 11

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ATHENA is a funded project under the H2020-TWINN-20I5
Specific The specific challenge seeks to address networking gaps and

challenge deficiencies between the research institutions of the low
performing Member States and regions and inter-nationally-leading
counterparts at EU level.
Scope Twinning aims at significantly strengthening a defined field of research in
a particular knowledge institution (a research active university or a
public research organization or a private non-profit research
organization) by creating a link between this institution and at least two
internationally-leading research institutions in other Member States.
Twinning will:
1. Enhance the capacity of the linked institutions.
2. Help raise staff's research profile as well as the one of the institutions
involved. Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage-ATHENA
The Idea:
Cultural Heritage sector has always been facing a number of challenges
which have increased by the European financial crisis (e.g. decrease of
public budgets, urbanisation, and technological changes).
Within this context, Cultural Heritage professionals are seeking to
improve currently used methodologies, in order to better understand,
protect and valorise the common European past and common identity.
"ATHENA aims to improve and expand the capabilities of collaboration
between low-performing and leading institutions, involving professionals
dealing with remote sensing technologies for supporting Cultural
Heritage sector".
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The ATHENA Centre:

The ATHENA Centre is devoted to the development, introduction and
systematic use of advanced remote sensing science and technologies in the
field of archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
ATHENA is exploiting the current capabilities of the Cyprus University of
Technology (CUT), both in terms of capacity as well as of equipment,
performing advance research and support to the Cultural Heritage sector.
The Centre aims to be in close collaboration with both national as well
international research institutes and stakeholders, providing integrated
remote sensing services and solutions in the area of the Eastern
Mediterranean.
The new perspectives on archaeological and cultural heritage in the region will
position ATHENA as a centre of knowledge and a standard lab in the field of
Remote Sensing Archaeology.
Consortium:
 Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Lab established at the CUT is consisted
of more than 40 researchers and is the largest research group at the
University. Its multidisciplinary personnel has already established research
expertise on Geographical Information Systems, Remote Sensing for Cultural
Heritage, archaeology,
3D modeling, risk assessment, civil engineering and architecture, etc. The Lab
includes state-of-the-art equipment that will be mobilized for the
implementation of the project. www.cut.ac.cy
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 National Research Council (CNR)
IMAA and IBAM are two institutes of CNR with Laboratories specialized in the
application of Satellite Remote Sensing, LiDAR, GIS, Virtual reality, non-invasive
tests for Archaeological research, landscape, and Cultural Heritage valorization
and conservation. www.cnr.it
 German Aerospace Center (DLR)
DLR, the German Aerospace Center; is Germany's national research centre for
aeronautics, space, energy, transport, defense and security. The Earth
Observation Center (EOC) of DLR with the German Remote Sensing Data Center
(DFD) and the Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) supports science and
industry as well as the general public. www.dlr.de
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2.1. An expert’s opinion
Gunter Schreier
Coordination Manager for ATHENA partner
German Aerospace Agency (DLR)
It is part of the mission statement of the DLR Earth Observation Center (EOC) to
explore the use of space borne Earth observation data in several domains and
for a variety of users. With the creation of the Center for Satellite based Crisis
Information (ZKI) more than 10 years ago, EOC embarked on using the new kind
of very high resolution optical and microwave data from Earth observation
satellites for monitoring crisis and support humanitarian actions. It was also at
this time, when archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
approached us, being considered about their excavations in Iraq during and
shortly after the gulf war.
I was also personally biased towards archaeology. Helmuth Becker, a lecturer at
the Geophysics Institute of University of Munich (LMU), when I studied
Geophysics, left the University to create a - then innovative – department of
geophysical exploration at the Bavarian Office of Antiquities. Being experienced
in early computer programming, he asked me to support him in some image
analysis and data acquisition systems. So, my first contact with (airborne) Image
analysis was looking for Roman and Celtic remains, prior to work with satellite
data at DLR.
This was an ideal background to support the colleagues from the Cyprus
University of Technology (CUT) in their project on using Earth observation data
for monitoring and preserving cultural heritage. My colleagues from DLR
introduced and trained the CUT staff and students - amongst others - on
innovative methods of SAR and optical data analysis, GIS and landscape
monitoring. In common demonstration projects, they also learned quite a lot on
local features, archaeological heritage and of course Cyprian culture.
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Apart from coordinating the DLR part of the ATHENA project, my contribution
focused on introducing into the new opportunities created by the European
Earth observation program Copernicus. Next to the free and open Sentinel
satellite data – to some extent also usable for World Cultural Heritage
monitoring – Copernicus also promotes the use of satellite data for currently six
application domains. The DLR ZKI – for instance – is active in the domain
emergency and crisis mapping. The Copernicus program is currently evaluating
candidates to enlarge the applications in these domains. Interestingly,
monitoring and protecting of WHS is amongst these applications. During the
ATHENA workshops, representatives of the European Commission reported
about the status and progress in this enlargement of Copernicus core services.
They were interested to learn from the outputs of ATHENA and specifically the
findings of the various application demonstrators.
Whilst we, the participants of the ATHENA project look forward to this new
potential service in Copernicus, a large number of archaeologists and WHS site
managers have realized the importance information derived from Earth
observation. The ATHENA project has surely contributed to inform and enlarge
this new user community and therewith to connect our thousands of years of
human heritage and culture to latest space technology.
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2.2. A student’s opinion

Ms Nikoletta Papageorgiou
PhD Candidate at the Department of Civil
Engineering & Geomatics, Cyprus University of
Technology
During my postgraduate studies at the Department of Civil Engineering at the

MSc in Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies I had the opportunity to
come across with the Athena project through trainings and workshops as well
through presentations.
I did my MSc thesis on interpreting the archaeological record of Troodos
Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP). GIS and spatial
analysis using Athena experience. As an archaeologist, I had the opportunity to
understand the importance of earth observation for cultural heritage and
archaeology. Now, I am doing my PhD thesis using Athena experience on
Copernicus data for disaster management on cultural heritage.
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ATHENA project includes an intense training program targeting the knowledge

transfer amongst the participating partners of the project and beyond,
depending on the nature of each activity. The up to date accomplished training
activities of the third year are hereunder briefly described.
3.1. Summer School & virtual training
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3.1.1. Summer School: Geophysics (4 and 5 of September 2018)
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The 4 Summer School took place in Cyprus University of Technology premises
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in Limassol, Cyprus between the 4 and 5 of September 2018 with on-site visit
to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of “Tombs of the Kings”. For this reason, a
specific permission was asked and provided by the supporter of the project,
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, responsible for the management of all
archaeological sites of the island.
The summer school was organized by the team of the National Research Centre
of Italy (CNR) and was composed by Dr. Rosa Lasaponara, Dr. Nicola Masini, Dr.
Francesco Soldovieri and Dr. Ilaria Catapano. The Italian team visited the
members of the Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Lab of the Department
of Civil Engineering and Geomatics to introduce them the basic principles of
geophysical prospection, as well as to provide hands on training via real
measurements taken in the field.
The first day of the event, the team met at the archaeological site of the
“Tombs of the Kings” to take the necessary measurements. The campaign was
focused in two important monuments of the site, namely the “Tomb 3” and
“Tomb 4”. The in-situ campaign involved the acquisition of ground penetrating
radar (GPR) measurements using the MALA equipment at the peristyle atrium
of the tombs, while in parallel GPR investigations (equipped with 2GhZ
frequency antenna) were performed to the columns of the tombs along vertical
and transversal profiles.
After the end of these measurements, a fast 3-D documentation was carried out
by the team of CUT to have a 3D photorealistic result of the case study.
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The next day, the partners met in the premises of CUT, to elaborate the
measurements and further discuss on the geophysical prospection for
archaeological sites and monuments. The day involved both a theoretical part
and a hands-on on MATLAB environment.
Figure 1: Researchers, Post-graduate students attending the Training Geophysics Summer School,
Francesco Soldovieri from CNR is presenting.
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Figure 2: In-situ measurements at the archaeological site of the “Tombs of the Kings” in Paphos
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3.1.2 4 Virtual Training: “Integration of RS data for Cultural Heritage management
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in the Copernicus Era” (3 of September 2018)
The fourth virtual training for “Integration of RS data for Cultural Heritage
management in the Copernicus Era” from CNR, was successfully completed at
the premises of Cyprus University of Technology at the Remote Sensing and
Geo-Environment Lab of the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics.
Figure 3: Prof. Rosa Lasaponara and Dr Nicola Masini (CNR) are presenting at the 4th Virtual Training
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3.2. Workshops
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3.2.1. 3 Workshop: Fundamentals of GIS-QGIS (March 2018)
The third workshop of the ATHENA project on Geo-information systems has

been successfully accomplished during the Sixth International Conference on
Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment RSCy2018 on 27 March
2018 at Aliathon Holiday Village in Paphos, Cyprus. After a general introduction
to QGIS and its plugin mechanism, the workshop concluded with a hands-on
session based on the acquired knowledge.
http://www.cyprusremotesensing.com/rscy2018/Workshop
Figure 4: Photos of the workshop and Dr Verena Jaspersen presenter from DLR
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3.2.2. 4 Workshop on ‘Remote Sensing and Archaeology: Future and Expectations’
(October 2018)
The workshop of the ATHENA project on Remote Sensing and Archaeology:

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Future and Expectations has been successfully accomplished during the 7
International Euro-Mediterranean Conference EuroMed 2018 on 30 October
2018 at Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia. Concluding the general
introduction to the theme and to the ATHENA project by Cyprus University of
Technology, the presentations included the derived results by German
Aerospace Centre (DLR) and National Research Council of Italy. In addition to
the presentations of ATHENA, a video overview of Earth Observation data
sources and on-going work of Horizon 2020 in relevance to cultural heritage
were followed. Mr Chrysanthos Pissaridis, the president of the board of
ICOMOS CYPRUS participated at the event. The workshop concluded with a
discussion about Cultural Heritage as a potential service for Copernicus with
Oriana Grasso from the Copernicus Unit 12.
https://euromed2018.eu/
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Figure 5: Prof. Hadjimitsis, on the 4th ‘ATHENA ‘workshop presenting about the project outcomes.
Figure 6: Thomas Krauss on the left (Presentation on ATHENA results by German Aerospace Centre)
and Dr. Nicola Masini on the right (Presentation on ATHENA results by National Research Council of
Italy)
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Figure 7:Mr. Gunter Schreier (DLR) on the left presenting (Overview of Earth Observation data sources) and Dr.
Kyriacos Themistocleous (CUT) on the right presenting (On-going work of Horizon 2020 and cultural heritage)
Figure 8: Ms. Oriana Grasso from the Copernicus Unit 12 presenting on the Final ATHENA workshop
‘Cultural Heritage as potential new Copernicus Service’
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The Web-based Seminars (Webinars) took place on 17 October 2018 and
lasted two hours. The agenda included -among others- introduction to the
project and the contribution of DLR and CNR to ATHENA. More specifically,
speakers were focused on the use of GIS, on Hyperspectral Image Analysis, on
Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Analyses, Archaeological looting, Integration of
remote sensing data for Cultural Heritage management and Geophysics. This
seminar was targeted at graduate and post graduate students, researchers as
well as at the private sector.
Webinar 1 - DLR contribution to ATHENA
The session included presentations performed by Sarah Asam, Daniele Cerra

and Verena Jaspersen from DLR. The contribution included methods,
techniques and knowledge transfer during the project. Also, information about
the Geo Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Data Models, mentioned GIS
applications and GIS softwares and described the definition of the standards for
geospatial content and services, GIS data processing and data sharing.
Concluding the webinar included two presentations on the “Analysis of
hyperspectral images” and on ‘’Multi-temporal Analyses in Earth Observation’’.
Webinar 2 - CNR contribution to ATHENA
This session included three presentations: on the “Archaeological looting” and

on “Integration of RS data for Cultural Heritage management”. The
presentations focus on the needs and challenges from the extraction of big data
relating to the monitoring and preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage.
The final presentation was on “Geophysics” and referred to Ground Penetrated
Radar (GPR) surveys performed during the project, onsite, at the columns of
Tomb 4 and Tomb 3 at the UNESCO site known as “Tombs of the Kings”, an
ancient necropolis in Paphos, Cyprus
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Figure 9: Flyers through web site and social media for ATHENA-Webinars
Figure 10: Prof. Hadjimitsis and Mr. Andreas Christofe presenting and coordinating at the ATHINA
Webinars
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Short-term visits of the CUT personnel to DLR’s premises have been made in
March and November 2018. The main goal of these activities was to further
build on the synergies of the ATHENA network. With the involvement of high-
performance partners (CNR and DLR), the network will encourage the
development and exchange of knowledge, technology and innovation in the
domain of the cultural heritage. A great effort has been made by all partners to
maximize the role and capabilities of the ATHENA Centre and to increase the
strategic collaborations of the ATHENA Centre in the region providing access to
their links and making use of their own networks.
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5.1 March 2018 1 Visit to DLR
5.1.1. ATHENA – Old town Munich tour

(historical, cultural heritage monuments) with DLR
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On 20 of March 2018, under the ‘ATHENA’ H2020 Twinning project Prof.
Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Dr. Kyriacos Themistocleous and Mr Andreas Christofe
(Cyprus University of Technology) along with Mr Gunter Schreier and Mr
Thomas Krauss (DLR) had the opportunity for a guided tour at Munich old town.
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Figure 11: ATHENA tour at Munich old town center
5.1.2. ATHENA project at the Bavarian State Dept. of Monuments & Sites (Munich)
On 21 March 2018 Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis with Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous

and Mr Andreas Christofe (ATHENA, Cyprus University of Technology) with
Gunter Schreier from DLR had the opportunity to meet with Prof. Jörg W. E.
Fabbinder from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences which is
located at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany and the
Bavarian State Dept. of Monuments & Sites (Munich). The Archaeological
Prospection Group Munich at the Bavarian State Department for Monuments
and Sites (BLFD) has been responsible for non-destructive geophysical survey
methods for archaeology in Bavaria since 1982. Prof. Fabbinder made a
presentation as well short visits at the labs and premises of the Bavarian State
Dept. of Monuments & Sites (Munich) explaining the different ways of remote
sensing that they are using to manage the Bavarian cultural heritage. Indeed,
the following research topics have been explained by Prof. Fabbinder
Archaeological Geophysics, Soil Magnetism, Magnetometer Prospektion for
possible collaboration through the ‘ATHENA’.
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Figure 12: ATHENA team with Prof. Jörg W. E. Fabbinder at the Bavarian State Dept. of Monuments
& Sites (Munich)
5.1.3. ATHENA team at Leonhard Obermeyer Center / Department of Civil, Geo and
Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Munich
The ATHENA team had the opportunity to visit the Department of Civil, Geo and
Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Munich which is
responsible for tuition and research in the field of civil and environmental
engineering, surveying and geology at the TUM.
Prof. Uwe Stilla presented to the ATHENA members the activities and the
structure of the Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering that
includes Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Labs. Several site visits to the
different labs such as BIM, Cartography and Remote sensing labs have been
made.
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Figure 13: ATHENA team with Prof. Uwe Stilla at TUM premises
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5.1.4. ATHENA at DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen

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On the 22 of March ATHENA team, visited the Earth Observation Data Centre
Department of DLR in Munich, Germany.
Figure 14: Mr. Gunter Schreier with Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis at DLR premises (Oberpfaffenhofen)
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Figure 15: The ATHENA team discussed with Mr. Nils Sparwasser and Mr. Peter Folie for the
upcoming video production for the ATHENA deliverable by DLR.
Figure 16: Simon Plank presented to the ATHENA team the ZKI center for crisis information,
International Charter Space & Disasters
Figure 17: DLR team guided ATHENA team to DLR premises and gave a description on how an
organization like this is working.
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Figure 18: Mr Andreas Christofe at the Robotics laboratories by Mr. Kondak to the ‘Athena’Team
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Figure 19: ATHENA at the German Space Operations Center [GSOC] which is responsible for operating
spacecraft for more than 35 years and plays a key role in countless manned and unmanned missions
as the Galileo control center for the European GNSS.
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Figure 20: ATHENA team in the GSOC Columbus mission control, exhibitions
5.1.5. ATHENA visits ESA Business Incubation Centre (22 of March 2018)
The ATHENA H2020 Twinning visited the headquarters in Oberpfaffenhofen on

22 of March 2018 and met with Thorsten Rudolph, Stefanie Hermann and
Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen. Mr Rudolph, who is the CEO of the
Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen, presented the activities of the
ESA BIC.
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Figure 21: Thorsten Rudolph, Stefanie Hermann, Daniela Dobreva-Nielsen on the right meet with
ATHENA team at ESA Business Incubation Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen
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5.2 November 2018 2 Visit to DLR
5.2.1. ATHENA at DLR-Sensors
On the 20th of November ATHENA team, visited DLR premises with in the third
short Staff Exchange of the ATHENA project. Mr. Andreas Christofe, Dr Kyriacos
Themistocleous and Ass. Prof. Chris Danezis visited sensors and laboratories and
the European Space Imaging (EUSI) ground station at DLR facilities in Munich,
Germany.
Figure 22 : Mr Andreas Christofe, Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous and Ass. Prof. Chris Danezis from CUT
at DLR premises on the 3rd short staff visit of the ATHENA project.
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Figure 23: ATHENA team had a general Introduction presentation to DLR sensors by Maxwell
Figure 24: Dominik Rosenbaum present 3K/4K-camera to the ATHENA team
Figure 25: DLR Airborne Remote Sensing team Claas Köhler, Stefan Plattner & Jürgen Wörishofer
presented HySpex camera and UAVs.
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Figure 26: Andreas Baumgartner explained to the ATHENA team the importance of the Calibration
Home Base at DLR facilities.
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Figure 27: Christian Röske introduced the ATHENA team to the Spectroscopy lab
Figure 28: ATHENA team at the European Space Imaging (EUSI) receiving station at DLR premises
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5.2.2. ATHENA team visited the GAF AG and the European Space Imaging (EUSI) in
Munich
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On the 21 of November ATHENA team, visited GAF AG and the European Space
Imaging (EUSI) in Munich with in the third short Staff Exchange of the ATHENA
project. Mr Samuel Barisch, the technical manager of Earth Observation & image
Processing of GAF AG presented the company to the ATHENA team. GAF has
developed into a European leader with outstanding skills in the geo-information
industry. Being a part of the Telespazio Space Service Grouping, the company still
follows its successful strategy of having a flat decision-making hierarchy, lean
internal management structures and a quick-to-market strategy.
https://www.gaf.de
Figure 29: Mr Samuel Barisch (GAF AG) discussing with Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous and Ass. Prof.
Chris Danezis (CUT) at GAF AG premises.
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Figure 30: ATHENA team with Mr. Samuel Barisch, the technical manager of Earth Observation &
image Processing of GAF AG
Figure 31: Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous at European Space Imaging (EUSI) office in Munich.
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6.1. The ATHENA project was disseminated through conferences,

events and meetings-information activities
ATHENA @ KTISIS Open access repository (2018)

Ktisis is an open access institutional repository gathering any digital material
relating to the various activities of the Cyprus University of Technology, especially
original research material produced by the members of the University. Athena has
been disseminated through Ktisis
http://ktisis.cut.ac.cy/cris/project/pj00016?sort_byall=2&orderall=DESC&open=all#all
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2 e-Newsletter of ATHENA
The second e-Newsletter of ATHENA released. It contained all the activities

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carried out during the 2 year of the ATHENA project.
https://athena2020.eu/category/leaflets/
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Athena presented at EUROMED in Greece (December 2017)

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Athena was presented at EuroMed 2017 that took place in Volos, Greece 1 to 3
December 2017, as a poster and oral presentation by Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous.
The theme of the conference was Cultural Heritage Digitization. The title of the
ATHENA presentation was:
Benefits derived from “ATHENA” Horizon 2020 Twinning project in the field of
Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage http://euromed2017.eu
Figure 32: Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous presenting ATHENA project

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ATHENA at Horizon 2020 Cyprus National Event-

Work Programmes 2018-2020 -Towards FP9
The ATHENA project was promoted during the event “Horizon 2020 Cyprus
National Event: Work Programmes 2018-2020” aiming to inform researches and
innovative businesses about the opportunities arising from the Horizon 2020
funding scheme for 2018-2020. Prof. Hadjimitsis presented during this event in
the ‘SPACE’ session the activities of the group activity for the last 10 years in Earth
Observation, as well the ATHENA project by highlighting the importance of space
technologies and earth observation at the national, regional and European level.
During this event, Dr K. Katzis (European University of Cyprus) and Dr A. Agapiou
(CUT) national contact points presented the existing funding opportunities in
Space.
Figure 33: Prof. Hadjimitsis is presenting and Dr. Agapiou with Dr Katzis are on the panel at Horizon
2020 Cyprus National Event
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Department of Lands and Surveys (February 2018)

Prof. D. Hadjimitsis and Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous promoted ATHENA at the
Department of Lands and Surveys in Nicosia at the 26 of February 2018 .
Figure 34: Prof. Hadjimitsis & Dr Themistocleous at Lands and Surveys department
CAA 2018 Conference in Germany-Human History

and Digital Future (March 2018)
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Gunter Schreier from DLR on the 20 of March 2018 as an invited speaker
presented ‘Athena Twinning’ and ‘EXCELSIOR Teaming’ projects in which Earth
observation is beneficial for supporting cultural heritage management in the East
Mediterranean and Cyprus region. Athena project was part also of the CAA2018
book of abstracts.
Earth observation technologies and cultural heritage needs through the "ATHENA
TWINNING PROJECT". https://2018.caaconference.org/
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UNESCO, Paris, (13 March 2018)

Dr K. Themistocleous visited UNESCO premises at France. Dr Themistocleous
presented ATHENA project among the other activities of the group in cultural
heritage run by the Cyprus University of Technology. Dr Themistocleous had the
opportunity to discuss future collaboration with other projects consortiums
through other funded project of the group.
Figure 35: Dr K. Themistocleous at the UNESCO premises - France
ATHENA as one of the supporters of the RSCy 2018

(March 2018)
‘ATHENA’ was included as one of the supporters of the RSCY2018, the ‘Sixth
International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment
RSCy on 26-29 March 2018. The conference took place at the Aliathon Holiday
Village in Paphos, Cyprus. http://www.cyprusremotesensing.com/rscy2018/
Figure 36: RSCy 2018 conference room and Mr. Christofe with the ATHENA brochure
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ATHENA promotion at RSCy 2018 (March 2018)

ATHENA had been promoted in many ways at the ‘Sixth International Conference
on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment” RSCy 2018 on 26-29
March 2018. ATHENA brochures were included at the info kiosk of
ERATOSTHENES group portfolio. In addition, ATHENA leaflets and project
brochure were included in every conference bag, while ATHENA logo was
promoted through the banners in all the conference rooms. Furthermore,
ATHENA project was a part of the discussion agenda about our group existing and
future activities with the Copernicus support office since we are Copernicus
Academy members.
Figure 37: Info kiosk of our team including leaflets of Athena, EXCELSIOR and other projects
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Figure 38: ATHENA banners in all the conference rooms with ATHENA logo & ATHENA
brochures/leaflets
Figure 39: Meeting with the Copernicus Support Office team at RSCy 2018
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ATHENA @ the Copernicus Training and Information

Session Cyprus (March 2018)
Pro. Diofantos Hadjimitsis presented ATHENA at the Copernicus Training and
Information Session that took place on 27 March 2018 at the Aliathon Holiday
Village in Paphos, Cyprus, as a part of a series of national Copernicus events. The
European Commission is organising the Sessions at request of, and in
collaboration with Member States. The event promoted awareness of the many
uses of Copernicus data and information.
http://www.copernicus.eu/infosession-cyprus
ATHENA at the European Geosciences Union

General Assembly EGU (April 2018)
ATHENA project was presented during this session with 2 poster abstracts.
“Knowledge transfer through the ATHENA Twinning project: Remote sensing for
cultural heritage”, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, Vienna, Austria
“ATHENA project: training activities for the detection of looted archaeological

sites”, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, Vienna, Austria
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Figure 40: The two posters-abstracts of ATHENA project at EGU
Ben-Gurion University, Israel (April 2018)

Prof. Hadjimitsis, the ATHENA project coordinator and Vice-Rector of Academic
Affairs of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) visited, following a formal
invitation, the Ben-Gurion University in Israel between 23 and 25 April 2018. Prof.
Hadjimitsis met Prof. Yuval Goren of the Department of Bible, Archaeology and
Ancient Near Eastern Studies and discussed possible future collaboration with the
‘ATHENA’ project and their team. Prof. Hadjimitsis visited also the Earth and
Planetary Image Facility and he discussed with Prof. Dan Blumberg for possible
collaboration on remote sensing projects .
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Figure 41: Prof. Hadjimitsis at the Ben-Gurion University in Israel
Figure 42: Prof. Dan Blumberg and Dr. Shimrit

Maman with Prof. D. Hadjimitsis at the Ben-
Gurion University in Israel
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UNESCO Chair and ΑΤΗΕΝΑ (May 2018)

Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis presented ATHENA in his official talk during the first
UNESCO Chair in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology
premises during 8-9 May 2018.The UNESCO Chair ceremony has been also joined
by Mr Gunter Schreier.Three members of the ATHENA have been selected to
assist the UNESCO Chair. Athena team discussed with Dr Ioannides future
collaborations. www.digitalheritagelab.eu
Figure 43: Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis delivers the opening speech at the inauguration of the UNESCO
Chair(right), Dr Kontoes from NOA and Prof. Hadjimitsis with the ERA-Chair and Unesco Chair holder Dr
Marinos Ioannidis(left)
Figure 44 :
Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis with Mr Gunter Schreier
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ATHENA meets the Head of the European Commissions'

Representation in Cyprus (May 2018).
Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis promoted ATHENA to the Head of the European
Commissions' Representation in Cyprus Mr Ierotheos Papadopoulos within the
framework of the UNESCO Chair in Digital Cultural Heritage ceremony at the
Cyprus University of Technology premises 8 of May 2018.
Figure 45: Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Mr Ierotheos Papadopoulos Mr Marinos Ioannidis at UNESCO
Chair in Digital Cultural Heritage ceremony
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ATHENA meets Korea National University

of Cultural Heritage (May 2018)
The Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
(https://www.nuch.ac.kr/english/main.do) aspires to promote traditional culture
in both theory and practice by enhancing creative inheritance and development of
traditional culture and preservation, management and utilization of cultural
properties. During their visit to Cyprus University of Technology they met with the
coordinator of the ATHENA project prof. Hadjimitsis who informed them about
the activities of the project and its objectives. The representatives of the Korean
University were given and informative talk and expressed their interest for future
collaboration with ATHENA center.
Figure 46: Members of the Korea University with the Rector, academic and administrative staff of CUT
and the Coordinator of ATHENA prof. Hadjimitsis.
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Science Cafe in Cyprus (May 2018)

ERATOSTHENES Research Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology organized
on 23 May 2018 a Science Café in Paphos in the context of the Cyprus Week for
Innovation and Research by the Research Promotion Foundation. The event took
place at Second Cup Café in Paphos, where more than 30 people gathered to
meet the ERATOSTHENES team and learn about the Copernicus Academy and the
ways in which Earth Observation can be beneficial for the society and the
environment. ATHENA was one of the projects presented to the audience.
Figure 47: Science Cafe in the context of the Cyprus Week for Innovation and Research by the Research
Promotion Foundation
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ATHENA@ the 3 South - Eastern Europe GEO Workshop
(June 2018)
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ATHENA promoted at the 3 South - Eastern Europe GEO Workshop under the
theme “Uptake of GEO and Copernicus in South - Eastern Europe, North Africa
and Middle East.” 3-4 June 2018, Thessaloniki Greece
http://www.copernicus.eu/events/3rd-south-eastern-europe-geo-workshop
Figure 48 : Prof. Hadjimitsis with Mr. Andreas Chistofe during the Workshop
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ATHENA at the Palepaphos archeological area

to identify Looting (June 2018)
During the ATHENA project, 27 June 2018, in collaboration with the Department
of Antiquities and the Ministry of Communication and Works, a UAV survey using
remote sensing techniques was conducted at the Palepaphos area in order to
identify looting in archaeological areas. Specific areas were identified, which will
continue to be monitored through the ATHENA project.
Figure 49: Surveying the Palepaphos archaeological area

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ATHENA collaborates with the Kourion Urban Space Project-

Excavations at Kourion site (28 June 2018)
The ATHENA project collaborated with the Kourion Urban Space Project
sponsored by the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and visited the
excavations at the Kourion site with the project’s surveyor/architect, Dr
Christopher Davey, Tom Davis from the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary and Bill Weir from the University of Cincinnati. The ATHENA team
carried out GPR measurements at the site in order to assist with future
excavations at the site performed this year.
Figure 50: Mr. Andreas Christofe from the ATHENA team in action, at the Kourion excavation site.
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ATHENA @ EARSeL Chania (July 2018)

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The ATHENA project was presented during the 38 Annual EARSeL Symposium
“Earth Observation Supporting Sustainability Research” that took place at Chania,
Greece from 9-12 July 2018. Ms. Loulli of the ATHENA team, presented at the
Symposium the following:
The use of Copernicus data to support archeological research in the Eastern
Mediterranean
http://symposium.earsel.org/38th-symposium-Chania/
Figure 51: Ms. Loulli presenting ATHENA at EARSeL Symposium at Chania, Greece
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ATHENA @ at the Mediterranean Regional Information Network

(MedRIN) initiative (July 2018).
The Mediterranean Regional Information Network (MedRIN) held its Kick-off
Meeting on 13 & 14 at Chania, in Greece organized by NASA. Cyprus has been
represented at this NASA initiative with the Eratosthenes Research center of the
Cyprus University of Technology. At the end of the MedRIN meeting, Prof
Hadjimitsis was nominated as the first Leader of the new network. The following
presentation have been made by Mr. Christofe:
Capitalize on the Experience from the 'Athena’ H2020 Twinning project for the
regional benefit & Stakeholder Hub
Figure 52: Group photo of the MedRIN participants, slide from the presentation.
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ATHENA Meets with the New Minister for Transport,

Communication and Works (July 2018)
ATHENA team met with Mrs. Anastassiadou the Minister of Transport,
Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus in the presence of the
General Director of the Ministry Mr Alecos Michaelides and the Director of
Department of Electronic Communications (DEC) Mr Komodromos. Prof.
Hadjimitsis had the opportunity to present the group activities including ATHENA
project. The Minister expressed her great support to the project.
Figure 53: ATHENA team with the Ms. Anastassiadou the Minister of Transport, Communications and
Works of the Republic of Cyprus
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ATHENA @ SPIE 2018 Berlin (September 2018)

Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous from CUT presented ATHENA project at SPIE
conference in Berlin on 12 September 2018. Dr. Themistocleous had an oral and
poster presentation of the following:
Remote sensing Archaeology knowledge transfer: examples from the ATHENA
Twinning project. http://optics.org/events/2018/755
Figure 54: Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous from CUT at SPIE conference in Berlin presenting ATHENA project
ATHENA @ International Symposium on the use of Space Technologies

for Natural and Cultural Sites Campeche (September 2018).
Mr. Gunter Schreier from DLR was participating as one of the honorary keynote
speakers to the International Symposium on the use of Technologies for Natural
and Cultural sites that took place in Mexico on 18-20 of September 2018. Mr.
Gunter Schreier presented ATHENA project to the Symposium.
http://www.simposio.coesicydet.com/index.php?action=home&idioma=en
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European Researcher’s Night (September 2018)

Athena project presented at the European Researcher’s Night 28 of September
2018 coordinated by Eratosthenes Research Centre/EXCELSIOR.The researcher’s
night theme moto for 2018 was "The protection of our cultural heritage concerns
us all ‘’.
During such an event the public had the opportunity to take part in research
activities under the guidance of the researchers, and at the same time to be
informed for various scientific issues, during a festive atmosphere, promoting the
idea that researchers are "simple people", whose inclination is the scientific
curiosity and the passion for research. The main objective of the event organized
by the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (www.research.org.cy)
was to strengthen the public image of researchers and promote the important
role they play within Cypriot society, as well as to encourage young people to
follow professional careers in research.
http://www.research.org.cy/el/news/researchers-night-2018
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ATHENA back to School (October 2018)

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On the 24 of Octomber, 25 students from a specific research group of the Pascal
English school (Larnaca) named «engineering club mission to space» visited CUT
premises in Limassol, Cyprus. Mr. Marios Tzouvaras presented the activities of the
ERATOSTHENES Research Centre and more specifically the ATHENA project. The
actions of our group within the framework of the ATHENA project were
showcased to the students and promotional material (brochure and leaflets) were
handed out to the students and their teachers.
Figure 55: Students from the Pascal English school (Larnaca) attending the presentation at CUT
premises
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ATHENA and the Department of Antiquities join forces

at the Amathounda excavation site (2017- 2018)
The ATHENA project collaborated with the Department of Antiquities in order to
document archaeological remains in the Amathounda area during site excavations
using remote sensing techniques such as UAV, 3D photogrammetry and GPS
measurements.
Figure 56: Archaeological remains at the Amathounda excavation site

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ATHENA @ Euromed 2018(November 2018)

Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis presented ATHENA project at Euromed conference in
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Nicosia on the 2 of November 2018.
Capitalize on the Experience of the ATHENA Project for Cultural Heritage for the
Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence for the Benefit of the East Med Region
https://www.euromed2018.eu/
Figure 57: Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis presenting ATHENA project at Euromed 2018 conference
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ATHENA video presented at the 4 ATHENA workshop -Euromed 2018
Mr. Gunter Schreier presented the ATHENA video, prepared by Mr. Peter Folie
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and Mr. Nils Sparwasser (DLR), at the 4 ATHENA workshop during EuroMed 2018
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on the 30 of October, Filoxenia Conference Centre, Nicosia.
https://athena2020.eu/dissemination/videos/
https://athena2020.eu/promotional-athena-video/
Figure 58: Snapshots from ATHENA video and pictures from the Video Shooting.
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ATHENA Young Scientists & Schools (2018)

ATHENA team supports schools participating in research competitions. Our aim is
to support students during their first contact with research, science and
technology and encourage them to become young researchers. Students
participate in research competitions by forming working groups and are guided by
their teachers.
Figure 59: Dr Christiana Papoutsa with the students of the Secondary High School of Agios Neophytos
during their visit at the Cyprus University of Technology.
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ATHENA meets the Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications

and Media of Greece (November 2018)
Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis met Mr Nikos Pappas, the Minister of Digital Policy,
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Telecommunications and Media of Greece at CUT premises on the 20 of
November 2018. Mr Pappas included CUT on his one-day visit to Cyprus in order
to be informed about the remote sensing laboratory based at the University. Prof.
Hadjimitsis had the opportunity to promote ATHENA on his presentation
regarding ‘the earth observation activities for the environment and the EXCELSIOR
project".
Figure 60: Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis presenting at the senate room of CUT.
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Figure 61: The Minister Mr. Nikos Pappas and Prof. Hadjimitsis at CUT.
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6.2. The ATHENA project was disseminated

through other projects of our group.
Athena was presented as part of the group activities in several other funded projects
 http://www.clima-project.eu/
‘ATHENA’ project presented during CLIMA project meeting in Viterbo, Italy
(November 2017). Mr. Marios Tzouvaras, Research Associate at the Remote
Sensing Lab.(CUT) presented the current activities of the Eratosthenes Research
Centre as well as the ATHENA project. The importance of collaboration with
acknowledged research centres was also highlighted. Participants were from the
Università degli Studi della Tuscia, University of Stirling, University of Copenhagen
and Alma Sistemi SAS.
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ATHENA promoted at the 3 South - Eastern Europe GEO Workshop under the
theme “Uptake of GEO and Copernicus in South - Eastern Europe, North Africa
and Middle East.” 3-4 June 2018, Thessaloniki Greece
 www.excelsior2020.eu
ATHENA was promoted through various activities that took place under the
EXCELSIOR project, including 48 dissemination activities to the open public,
stakeholders, the Government and the Academia. Also, ATHENA was promoted
through the Social Media of EXCELSIOR in both Twitter, Facebook and on the
Website.
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 http://www.cophub-ac.eu/
ATHENA was promoted during the Kick off meeting of the COPHUB project which
took place in October 2018 in Brussels to the 12 partner organizations in the field
of Space Technologies and Remote Sensing. The partners received information
about the ERC Lab and the activities of ATHENA project.
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https://seo-dwarf.eu/index.php/the-project/
Christiana Papoutsa from Cyprus University of Technology promoted the ATHENA
project during the MID TERM meeting of the ‘SEO–DWARF’ project, funded by the
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA–RISE).
ATHENA project was communicated to a strong and experienced research team,
of 4 academic and 5 industrial partners, coming from Greece, Italy, Germany,
France, Cyprus and Bulgaria constitute the project’s consortium.
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The Athena was presented at the kick-off meeting of MSCA-RISE 2018 RESEARCH.
Dr Christiana Papoutsa during her presentation highlighted the previous
experience of the CUT’s team in the field of Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage
in the areas of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage through the ATHENA project.
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6.3. The ATHENA project was disseminated through other networks.
 https://www.fabspace.eu/
The ERATOSTHENES Research Center became an associated partner to the
FabSpace 2.0 Project, led by Université Paul Sabatier, which aims at fostering co-
creation of innovative Earth Observation applications by enabling Universities to
become Open Innovation Centres for their region. During the first joint activity of
the fourteen new FabSpaces 2.0 Workshop on Sharing Practices to Spread the
FabSpace Spirit, ATHENA project was promoted among the participants by Dr
Kyriacos Themistocleous
 http://symposium.earsel.org/38th-symposium-Chania/
Athena presented at EARSeL Workshop in Chania – Greece (25-27/9/2017) as a
poster and oral presentation part of the EXCELSIOR Teaming Project
www.excelsior2020.eu by Prof. D.G.Hadjimitsis and PhD candidate Andreas
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Christofe. Also, during the 38 Annual EARSeL Symposium “Earth Observation
Supporting Sustainability Research, 2018, Ms. Loulli of the ATHENA team,
presented the project’s activities and objectives.
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 http://web.cut.ac.cy/medrin/
ATHENA was presented at the Mediterranean Regional Information Network
(MedRIN) initiative in July 2018. The Kick-off Meeting on 13 & 14 tool place at
Chania, in Greece organized by NASA. Cyprus has been represented at this NASA
initiative with the Eratosthenes Research center of the Cyprus University of
Technology. At the end of the MedRIN meeting, Prof Hadjimitsis was nominated
as the first Leader of the new network. The following presentation have been
made by Mr. Christofe:
Capitalize on the Experience from the 'Athena’ H2020 Twinning & 'EXCELSIOR'
H2020 Teaming projects for the regional benefit & Stakeholder Hub
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https://www.copernicus.eu/main/copernicus-academy
The ERATOSTHENES Research Centre is a member of the COPERNICUS ACADEMY.
The ATHENA project is being promoted through various activities under the
umbrella of the Copernicus Academy such as the Science Cafes, the RSCy
conference workshops and other training activities.
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6.4. The ATHENA project was disseminated through Social Media.
Figure 62: ATHENA at Facebook

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Figure 63: ATHENA at Twitter

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Meeting with Dr. Philimis from CYRIC CyRIC &

Cyprus Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises
(March of 2018)
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On the 5 of March of 2018, Dr. Papoutsa and Prof. Hadjimitsis had the
opportunity to meet-up with Dr. Philimis (CyRIC) regarding the ‘ATHENA Project’
and the importance of using space technology for monitoring and management of
Cultural Heritage sites. Dr. Papoutsa and Prof. Hadjimitsis promoted ATHENA
project to the industry sector as Dr Philimis is the President of the Cyprus
Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises. https://www.cyric.eu/
Figure 64: Dr. Philimis (CyRIC) with Dr. Papoutsa (CUT)

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ATHENA meets SEREN 3 project (April 2018)

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On the 26 of April 2018, ATHENA introduced during the meeting with the
National Contact Points of the SEREN 3 project under the H2020 Secure Societies
call. The event was supported by the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus.
http://www.seren-project.eu/
Figure 65: Mr. Andreas Christofe with the SEREN 3 project team at CUT premises
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ATHENA @ EXCELSIOR meeting (May 2018)

ATHENA activities were discussed during the H2020 - EXCELSIOR meeting between
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CUT and DLR on the 8 and 9 of May 2018.
ATHENA pre-Final Meeting at CUT premises (October 2018)

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ATHENA partners from CUT and DLR had a meeting at CUT premises on the 18 &
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19 of October for the preparation of the oncoming ATHENA workshop from DLR
at EUROMED 2018 in Nicosia. They also discuss for the oncoming ATHENA final
meeting, the ATHENA video and the ATHENA Business plan preparation.
Figure 66: Dr. Themistocleous and Mr. Schreier at the meeting

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ATHENA Final Meeting @ EuroMed2018(October 2018)

The Final Meeting of ATHENA project has been successfully accomplished at the
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31 of October, during the EuroMed 2018 international conference that took
place in Nicosia - Cyprus. ATHENA consortium partners placed focus on all Work
Packages, pending issues related to the technical and financial report as wells as
to future plans and concluding remarks.
Figure 67:
Dr. Agapiou, Mr. Schreier, Dr Masini and Mr. Krauss at Filoxenia Hall in Nicosia
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Journal publications in scientific peer reviewed international journals. For

further dissemination of the research outcomes of the projects, these articles
have been published under an open access status.
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Paper Selected as Editor’s Choice Articles

Remote Sensing
The paper entitled as “An Objective Assessment of Hyperspectral Indicators for

the Detection of Buried Archaeological Relics” coauthored by Cerra, D.; Agapiou,
A.; Cavalli, R.M. and Sarris, A. and published by the Remote Sensing MDPI (impact
factor 3.244) was nominated as Editor’s Choice Articles.
Find more about the paper here: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/4/500.
Editor’s Choice Articles: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/editors_choice
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Journal
 Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., Ioannides M., Kantiranis N., Charalambous E., 2018, A
multi-disciplinary approach for the investigation of Paphos (Cyprus) harbour
Castle, Heritage, 1,1
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 Cerra, D.; Agapiou, A.; Cavalli, R.M.; Sarris, A. An Objective Assessment of

Hyperspectral Indicators for the Detection of Buried Archaeological Relics.
Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 500.
 Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Sarris A., Papadopoulos N., Hadjimitsis D. G., 2017,
Fusion of satellite multispectral images based on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
data for the investigation of buried concealed archaeological remains,
Geosciences, 2017, 7(2), 40; doi:10.3390/geosciences7020040
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 Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., 2017, Advancing archaeological research through

remote sensing: the example of Tylliria area in Cyprus, Global Journal of
Archaeology & Anthropology, 1(1).
 Agapiou A., 2016, Remote Sensing Heritage in a petabyte-scale: Satellite Data and
Heritage Earth Engine© applications, International Journal of Digital Earth,
10.1080/17538947.2016.1250829.
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 Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Hadjimitsis D. G., 2016, Study
of the variations of archaeological marks at Neolithic site of Lucera, Italy using
multispectral high resolution datasets, Remote Sensing, 8(9), 723;
doi:10.3390/rs8090723.
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 Lysandrou V., Cerra D., Agapiou A., Charalambous E., Hadjimitsis D. G., 2016,
Towards a spectral library of Roman to Early Christian Cypriot floor mosaics,
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.029
 Agapiou A., 2016, Orthogonal equations for the detection of archaeological traces
de-mystified, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,
10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.004
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 Cerra, D.; Plank, S.; Lysandrou, V.; Tian, J. Cultural Heritage Sites in Danger-
Towards Automatic Damage Detection from Space. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 781.
 Kyriakides N., Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., Illampas Ρ., Charalambous E., 2016,
Correlating damage condition with historical seismic activity in underground
sepulchral monuments of Cyprus, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,
doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.007.
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 Agapiou, A.; Lysandrou, V.; Hadjimitsis, D.G. Optical Remote Sensing Potentials
for Looting Detection. Geosciences 2017, 7, 98.
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1. Capitalize on the Experience of the ATHENA Project for Cultural Heritage for the
Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence for the Benefit of the East Med Region,
Hadjimitsis D. G., Themistocleous K., Evagorou E., Michaelides S., Christofe
A., Nisantzi A., Neocleous K., Papoutsa C., Mettas C., Tzouvaras M., Loulli E., Kouta
G., Danezis C., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Cerra D., Schreier G. and Papadavid
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G., 7 International Conference, EuroMed 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 29–
November 3 - In book: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage:
Documentation, Preservation, and Protection - DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01762-
0_56.
2. Remote sensing archaeology knowledge transfer: examples from the ATHENA
twinning project, Hadjimitsis D. G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Nisantzi A., Christofe
A., Tzouvaras M., Papoutsa C., Mamouri R.E., Mettas C., Evagorou E.,
Themistocleous K., Papageorgiou N., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Biscione M.,
Danese M., Sileo M., Krauss T., Cerra Gessner U., Schreier G. and Michaelides
S., Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments - SPIE
Remote Sensing 2018, Berlin, Germany - DOI: 10.1117/12.2325532.
3. Monitoring cultural heritage sites affected by geohazards, Themistocleous K and
C. Danezis, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications -
SPIE Remote Sensing 2018, Berlin, Germany - DOI: 10.1117/12.2325455.
4. Digitization issues in documenting cultural heritage with drones: case study of
Foinikas, Cyprus - Conference: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote
Sensing/GIS Applications - SPIE Remote Sensing 2018, Berlin, Germany - DOI:
10.1117/12.2325459
5. The innovative documentation of cultural heritage using H-BIM: case study of
Asinou church, Themistocleous K., Earth Resources and Environmental Remote
Sensing/GIS Applications - SPIE Remote Sensing 2018, Berlin, Germany - DOI:
10.1117/12.2325453
6. Study of ancient monuments’ seismic performance based on Passive and Remote
Techniques, Kyriakides N., Illampas R., Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., Masini N., Sileo
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M., Catapano I., Gennarelli G., Lasaponara R., Soldovieri F., Hadjimitsis D. G., 16
European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), 18-21, June 2018,
Thessaloniki, Greece.
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7. From space to ground. Digital techniques or the investigation of monuments and

sites, 10th MONUBASIN “Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards and Sustainable
Preservation”, Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., Kyriakides N., Hadjimitsis D. G., 20-22
September 2017, Athens, Greece.
8. Benefits derived from “ATHENA” Horizon 2020 Twinning project in the field of
Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage, Hadjimitsis D.G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V.,
Nisantzi A., Christofe A., Tzouvaras M., Papoutsa C., Mamouri R., Mettas C.,
Evagorou E., Themistocleous K. EUROMED 2017, pp 727-731.
9. ATHENA: Center of Excellence in Cyprus in the Field of Remote Sensing for
Cultural Heritage in the Areas of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Hadjimitsis D.
G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Branka C., Themistocleous K., Nisantzi A.,
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Lasaponara R., Masini N., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., 6 GEOBIA
2016, 14-16 September 2016 / Enschede, The Netherlands.
10. Satellite based investigation for detection of ancient tombs’ looting in Cyprus,
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Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., 2 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in
Archaeology (CAA GR) 2016, Athens, Greece 20-21 December 2016.
11. Observing the changes in landscape around the historical capital of Nicosia using
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multi-spectral multi-temporal datasets Cuca B., Agapiou A., Hadjimitsis D.G., 6
International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EuroMed 2016), 31 Oct. – 05
November 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus.
12. Searching data for supporting archaeolandscapes in Cyprus: an overview of aerial,
satellite and cartographic datasets of the island, Agapiou A., V. Lysandrou, K.
Themistocleous, B. Cuca, R. Lasaponara, N. Masini, T. Krauss, D. Cerra, U. Gessner,
G. Schreier, D. Hadjimitsis, Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing
and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2016), 4-8 April 2016, Cyprus.
13. Automatic damage detection for sensitive cultural heritage sites, Cerra D., Tian J.,
Lysandrou V., Plank S., XXIII ISPRS Congress 2016, 12-19 July 2016, Prague.
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1. Research and support for knowledge transfer in the ATHENA Twinning project:
Remote sensing for cultural heritage, Hadjimitsis D. G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V.,
Nisantzi A., ., Christofe A., Tzouvaras M., Papoutsa C., Mamouri R.-E., Mettas C.,
Evagorou E., Themistocleous K., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Danese M., Sileo M.,
Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., GEOBIA 2018
2. The use of Copernicus data to support archeological research in the Eastern
Mediterannean, Hadjimitsis D. G., Christofe A., Agapiou A., Nisantzi A., ., Tzouvaras
M., Papoutsa C., Mettas C., Evagorou E., Themistocleous K., Lysandrou V., Kouta
G., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Schreier G., EARSEL 2018.
3. ATHENA project: training activities for the detection of looted archaeological sites,
Hadjimitsis D. G., Christofe A., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Themistocleous K.,
Lasaponara R., Masini N., Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, Vienna, Austria.
4. Knowledge transfer through the ATHENA Twinning project: Remote sensing for
cultural heritage, Hadjimitsis D. G., Christofe A., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Nisantzi
A., Tzouvaras M., Papoutsa C., Mamouri R.-E., Mettas C., Evagorou E.,
Themistocleous K., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Danese M., Sileo M., Krauss T., Cerra
D., Gessner U., Schreier G., Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, Vienna,
Austria.
5. Earth observation technologies and cultural heritage needs through the ATHENA
TWINNING PROJECT”, Hadjimitsis D. G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Nisantzi A.,
Christofe A., Tzouvaras M., Papoutsa C., Mamouri R., Mettas C., Evagorou E.,
Themistocleous K., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Danese M., Sileo M., Krauss T., Cerra
D., Gessner U., Schreier G., CAA 2018, 19-23 March 2018, Tubingen, Germany.
6. Exploring the Importance of Monitoring the Fire Risk Index in the vicinity of Cultural
Heritage Sites in Cyprus using Sentinel Remote Sensing data, Kouhartsiouk D.,
Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Themistocleous K., Nisantzi A., Hadjimitsis D. G.,
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Lasaponara R., Masini N., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., 11 EARSeL Workshop, 25-
27 September 2017 Chania, Crete.
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7. Copernicus and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean under the ‘ATHENA’
Project, Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Themistocleous, K.; Kouhartsiouk D., Nisantzi A.,
Cerra D., Gessner U., Krauss T., Schreier G., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Hadjimitsis D.
G., RSPSoc 2017 Annual Conference Earth & Planets: making the most of our
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observations, 5 – 8 September 2017, Imperial College London, UK.
8. From Detection of Underground Archeological Relics to Monitoring of Word Heritage
Sites in Danger: Ongoing Research Activities in the Frame of the ATHENA Twinning
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Project, Cerra D., Agapiou A., Plank S., Lysandrou V., Tian J., Schreier G., the 37
International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment -ISRSE 2017, 8-12 May
2017.
9. Exploitation of big data cloud infrastructures for earth observations: mapping the
land use changes patterns in the vicinity of the Great Pyramid at Giza, Agapiou Α.,
Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geo-information of the
Environment 2017, 20-23 March 2017, Cyprus.
10. Active Satellite Sensors for the needs of Cultural Heritage: Introducing SAR
applications in Cyprus through ATHENA project, Kouhartsiouk D., Agapiou A.,
Lysandrou V., Themistocleous K., Nisantzi A., Hadjimitsis D. G., Lasaponara R., Masini
N., Brcic R., Eineder M., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., Geophysical
Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017, Vienna, Austria
11. Coastal archaeological sites and coastline changes: a multi-temporal GIS study based
on aerial and satellite imageries in Cyprus, Agapiou Α., Lysnadrou V., Zorpas E.,
Hadjimitsis D.G., Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017, Vienna, Austria
12. Elaborating latent and apparent knowledge configurations in Hellenistic-and Roman
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landscape of Cyprus, Lysandrou V., Agapiou A., 2 Computer Applications and
Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA GR) 2016, Athens, Greece 20-21
December 2016.
13. Urban landscapes: temporal changes around the historical capital of Nicosia, Cuca B.,
Agapiou A., Hadjimitsis D. G., Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG) annual
meeting, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 7-9, September 2016.
www.athena2020.eu
14. ATHENA: Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage in Cyprus. Hadjimitsis
D. G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Branka C., Themistocleous K., Lasaponara R., Masini
N., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., European Geosciences Union – EGU,
General Assembly 2016, 17 – 22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
15. Establishing a remote sensing science center in Cyprus: first year of activities of
ATHENA project, Hadjimitsis D., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Themistocleous K.,
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Lasaponara R., Masini N., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., 6
International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EuroMed 2016), 31 Oct. – 05
November 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus.
16. Establishment of a center of excellence in the field of remote sensing for cultural
heritage at the Cyprus university of technology: the ‘ATHENA’ Horizon 2020
Twinning project, Hadjimitsis D. G., Agapiou A., Lysandrou V., Branka C.,
Themistocleous K., Nisantzi A., Lasaponara R., Masini N., Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner
U., Schreier G., Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing and
Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2016), 4-8 April, 2016, Cyprus.
17. Educational activities of remote sensing archaeology, Hadjimitsis D. G., Agapiou A.,
Lysandrou V., Themistocleous K., Branka C., Nisantzi A., Lasaponara R., Masini N.,
Krauss T., Cerra D., Gessner U., Schreier G., (Conference Presentation), Proc. SPIE
10005, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VII,
100050L (December 9, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2242109.
18. Orthogonal equations for the detection of archaeological traces de-mystified,
Agapiou A., Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation
of the Environment (RSCy2016), 4-8 April 2016, Cyprus.
www.athena2020.eu
Through the ATHENA project, the book "Remote Sensing for Archaeology and
Cultural Landscapes" was prepared and is currently in print. The book is part of the
“Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry” book series, which is published by
Springer.
The book provides an overview of the knowledge developed within the ATHENA
project. The book is divided into four sections. The first section, Policy Perspective,
examines the opportunities by the Copernicus Program for Archaeological
Research and World Heritage Site Conservation and policies related to Looting and
Illegal Antiquities Trade, especially in light of the destruction of Palmyra, Syria. The
second section, Advancements in Theory, focuses on various advancements in
Earth observation techniques for archaeology, including the use of SAR, change
detection from satellite imagery and Dense Surface Models from Airborne and
Spaceborne (Multi-)Stereo Images. The third section, Archaeology and Cultural
Landscapes focuses on case studies of how Earth observations techniques were
used for different archaeological sites in different countries, such as Cyprus, Syria,
Italy, Poland, etc. The forth section, Added Value of In-Situ Data, provided three
case studies where in-situ data was used in combination with Earth observation
techniques for monitoring archaeological sites in Palmyra, Syria, Petra, Jordan and
Choirokoitia, Cyprus. The book provides detailed information regarding the value
of the use of Earth observation techniques in archaeology and cultural heritage as
well as the significance of the ATHENA project in terms of developing and applying
these techniques.
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ATHENA project includes an intense training program targeting the knowledge
transfer amongst the participating partners of the project and beyond, depending on
the nature of each activity. The up to date accomplished training activities are
hereunder briefly described
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“This project has received

“The “ATHENA” proposal aims to establish a Center of

Introduction to the Project ......................................................... 1

Statements on the Athena Project .............................................. 2

Short Term Staff Exchange............................................................ 5

Journal publications ......................................................................... 8

Conference publications in proceedings .................................... 9

Posters- Abstracts ........................................................................... 10

ATHENA springer book ................................................................ 11

ATHENA is a funded project under the H2020-TWINN-20I5

Specific The specific challenge seeks to address networking gaps and

The ATHENA Centre:

 National Research Council (CNR)

 German Aerospace Center (DLR)

2.1. An expert’s opinion

2.2. A student’s opinion

During my postgraduate studies at the Department of Civil Engineering at the

ATHENA project includes an intense training program targeting the knowledge

The third workshop of the ATHENA project on Geo-information systems has

The workshop of the ATHENA project on Remote Sensing and Archaeology:

Webinar 1 - DLR contribution to ATHENA

The session included presentations performed by Sarah Asam, Daniele Cerra

Webinar 2 - CNR contribution to ATHENA

This session included three presentations: on the “Archaeological looting” and

5.1.1. ATHENA – Old town Munich tour

Figure 11: ATHENA tour at Munich old town center

On 21 March 2018 Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis with Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous

5.1.4. ATHENA at DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen

The ATHENA H2020 Twinning visited the headquarters in Oberpfaffenhofen on

Figure 24: Dominik Rosenbaum present 3K/4K-camera to the ATHENA team

6.1. The ATHENA project was disseminated through conferences,

ATHENA @ KTISIS Open access repository (2018)

The second e-Newsletter of ATHENA released. It contained all the activities

Athena presented at EUROMED in Greece (December 2017)

Figure 32: Dr Kyriacos Themistocleous presenting ATHENA project

ATHENA at Horizon 2020 Cyprus National Event-

Department of Lands and Surveys (February 2018)

CAA 2018 Conference in Germany-Human History

UNESCO, Paris, (13 March 2018)

Figure 35: Dr K. Themistocleous at the UNESCO premises - France

ATHENA as one of the supporters of the RSCy 2018

ATHENA promotion at RSCy 2018 (March 2018)

ATHENA @ the Copernicus Training and Information

ATHENA at the European Geosciences Union

“ATHENA project: training activities for the detection of looted archaeological

Figure 40: The two posters-abstracts of ATHENA project at EGU

Ben-Gurion University, Israel (April 2018)

Figure 41: Prof. Hadjimitsis at the Ben-Gurion University in Israel

Figure 42: Prof. Dan Blumberg and Dr. Shimrit

UNESCO Chair and ΑΤΗΕΝΑ (May 2018)

ATHENA meets the Head of the European Commissions'

ATHENA meets Korea National University

Science Cafe in Cyprus (May 2018)

ATHENA at the Palepaphos archeological area

Figure 49: Surveying the Palepaphos archaeological area

ATHENA collaborates with the Kourion Urban Space Project-

ATHENA @ EARSeL Chania (July 2018)

ATHENA @ at the Mediterranean Regional Information Network

ATHENA Meets with the New Minister for Transport,

ATHENA @ SPIE 2018 Berlin (September 2018)

ATHENA @ International Symposium on the use of Space Technologies

European Researcher’s Night (September 2018)

ATHENA back to School (October 2018)