Digital Preservation for Heritages
ISBN: 9783642048623
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited
Subjects: Computer Science;

"Digital Preservation for Heritages: Technologies and Applications" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of digital technologies in the area of cultural heritage preservation, including digitalization, research aiding, conservation aiding, digital exhibition, and digital utilization. Processes, technical frameworks, key technologies, as well as typical systems and applications are discussed in the book. It is intended for researchers and students in the fields of computer science and technology, museology, and archaeology.

Dr. Dongming Lu is a professor at College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, China. His research area includes digital preservation for cultural heritages and digital media networks. Prof. Yunhe Pan is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and also a professor at College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, China. His research area includes digital preservation for cultural heritages, digital library, and intelligent human animation.


Prof. Lu received his M.S., and Ph.D. Degrees in Engineering from Zhejiang University, and was promoted to Prof. there in 2000. Some of his courses include Digital Culture and Media Networks, Multimedia Technology, and Compiler Principles. He is specialized in Digital Relics, and Digitization of Folk Performing Arts. His major ongoing projects include Demonstration Engineering for Digitizing Ancient Cultural Heritage, Digital Preservation and Copy Assisting Technology for Ancient Precious Murals, Digitization and Preservation of Folk Performing Arts, and Research on the Digitization of Relics and its Applications.

Prof. Pan is president of Zhejiang University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He worked as head of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Zhejiang University from 1990 to 2006. From 1986 to 1988, he worked as a visiting scholar at UCLA, and Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He has also worked as head of the Automation Research Institute at Xiangfan, Hubei, vice-director of the Science Commission at Xiangfan, Hubei, director of the Computer Science Dept., Zhejiang University, and vice-president of Zhejiang University.

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